This song was released just after Carrie & Lowell and was originally intended to be a tour-only 7", but was later distributed online by Asthmatic Kitty in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the exploding whale incident.
Like many songs on Carrie & Lowell, this song has references to O...
[Verse 1]
I'm nobody's friend
Loneliness rides in my bed
My misfortune
Give everything you've got
While the sun burns hot
My addiction
Spoils my affection
For everything good
Elephant in the room
Might as well shoot at the moon
Wild ambition
Give everything you've got
Jump the Fosbury flop
With intention
Pursue your invention
As something of worth
[Chorus 1]
The thing I most regret
Is having to repress what I'm feeling
While expressing delight as a myth
Embrace the epic fail
Of my exploding whale
[Verse 2]
Poison or powdered milk (Poison or powdered milk)
Paralyzed as it took (Paralyzed as it took)
Premonition (That is what we are)
Give everything you've got
Before your life is caught
In conditions
Be the first of its victims
The foot of a hare
Action or consequence (Action or consequence)
My unyielding defense (My unyielding defense)
Superstition (That is what we are)
My attempts to obscure
The wonders of this world
Be it fortune
Or faith in distortion
The patron of prayer
[Refrain 2]
The thing I most resent
Is having to consent to illusion
While confessing distress with my fist
Will history prevail
My exploding whale?
[Outro]
What of a dream deferred
My appeal in reverse?
Apparition
Embrace the epic fail
Of my exploding whale
Exploding Whale was written by Sufjan Stevens.
Exploding Whale was produced by Sufjan Stevens.
Sufjan Stevens released Exploding Whale on Thu Apr 09 2015.