This song is most definitely about Robbie’s struggles with mental health. It’s about him letting his thoughts consume him because we’re all going to die eventually. While the song itself has a pretty positive sounding beat, when you take time to examine the lyrics, you can see the underlying sadness...
[Sample Intro]
Anything on anybody's mind?
[Verse 1]
Dirt in your head and you don't know how to get it out
So black and white to me, it's everything or nothing now
Educate on your state, you can figure out
What all these mad hatter chatterers are on about
[Chorus]
Quickly falling down
Nothing matters to us now
One day we'll all be underground
You can't pull yourself out
No, you can't pull yourself out
[Sample Break]
[Verse 2]
In bed and there's no one in this house anymore
Turn around, shut the door
We're not going out today
The day is lost anyway
Try and question all of these thoughts
Let them come and go when they want
I guess my brain is an appealing place to stay
[Sample Break]
[Chorus]
Quickly falling down (Hello?)
Nothing matters to us now
One day we'll all be underground
You can't pull yourself out
No, you can't pull yourself out
One day (Hello?) we'll all be underground
You can't pull yourself out
No, you can't pull yourself out
[Sample Outro]
The one story with the, um— there's a few stories about— I think it's the snake and the prairie dogs
Snake & the Prairie Dogs was written by Cavetown.
Snake & the Prairie Dogs was produced by Cavetown.
Cavetown released Snake & the Prairie Dogs on Sat Apr 16 2016.