Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
The song, “Natural Selection”, questions the nature of free will and fatalism. Is it our choice, or “selection”, that is natural, or are we more beholden to a predestined path?
In the end, Animal Collective doesn’t settle on any answer, simply concluding that it’s “Tough to say / What obeys / Sneak...
It’s best this mess is part of the plan
The truth is moving under the ground
You’re sure the steering wheel
Is resting in your hands
Tough to say
You think success belongs to the bank
You take directions into the skin
An ancient motor revving up
To keep it living on
Strings tied to the hands
Hands upon a mouth
Strings tied to the hands
Hands upon a mouth
Strings tied to the hands
Hands upon a mouth
Sneaky ways
The path is written before the act
A mode of growing seems like a choice
It feels like progress
Is a product of a hidden game
What obeys
You measure hits by stuff in the house
It’s more sincerely smiles on the face
The instinct leads you if you do
Or if you don’t want
Tackle on a neck
Trapped within the ring
Tough to say
What obeys
Sneaky ways
Sneaky ways
Natural Selection was written by Geologist & Avey Tare & Panda Bear & Animal Collective.
Natural Selection was produced by Panda Bear & Avey Tare & Geologist & Sonny DiPerri & Animal Collective.
Animal Collective released Natural Selection on Fri Feb 19 2016.