Eighth Wonder

Eighth Wonder is the seventh track on Spirit Phone. It is about the legend of Gef, the talking mongoose.

A slightly different version of this song was originally released on Almanac 2009, then as a single on Neil's YouTube channel alongside a music video on November 18th, 2009.

Eighth Wonder
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	Spirit Phone
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	4:42
Genre	Pop
Language	English
Links:	Video

Lyrics

Extra clever
Earthbound spirit
Ghost in the form of a mongoose

And I have hands
And I have feet
I’ll never die
I am a freak

Hello
I’m here
I’m living in the wall
I know
I might be small but I
I
I am a freak

Thou wilt never know what I am
I am the fifth dimension
And I’ll split the atom

If you see me
You’re paralyzed
Pillar of salt
You’re mummified

Hello
I’m here
I’m living in the wall
I know
I might be small but I
I
I am the eighth wonder

And I was born
1852
And I was born
In India

And I shall haunt
Like the Buggane
With such weird noise
And clanking chains

Hello
I’m here
I’m living in the wall
I know
I might be small but
I
I
I am a freak

I say “vanished”
To underground
Jim, let me go
I watch like hell

And I have hands
And I have feet
I’ll never die
I am a freak

Hello
I’m here
I’m living in the wall
I know
I might be small but I
I
I am the eighth wonder
Eighth wonder of the world
You'll never get to see
What in the name of God can I be?

Alternate Versions

• Eighth Wonder for Almanac 2009

Live Performances

• Youmacon 2009 (October 31st, 2009, Dearborn, MI)

Trivia

• This song's lyrics inspired the Fifth Dimension and Split Atom color variants of the Needlejuice Records vinyl release of Spirit Phone, first released in 2021 and 2022 respectively.