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“Spud Infinity” was released 14 December 2021 alongside “No Reason” as the sixth and seventh tracks released from Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. It is likely the oldest song on the album, with the first known performance in September 2017, and it became a live staple of both full band an...
[Chorus]
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take
To free the celestial body?
[Verse 1]
From way up there, it looks so small
From way down here, it looks so small
One peculiar organism aren't we all together?
Everybody steps on ants
Everybody eats the plants
Everybody knows to dance, even with just one finger
[Chorus]
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take
To free the celestial body?
[Verse 2]
When I took another look
The past was not a history book
That was just some linear perception
Ash to ask and dust to dusk
A dime a dozen, aren't we just?
But a dozen dimes will buy a crust of garlic bread
[Chorus]
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take
To free the celestial body?
[Verse 3]
When I say celestial
I mean extraterrestrial
I mean accepting the alien you've rejected in your own heart
When I say heart, I mean finish
The last one there is a potato knish
Baking too long in the sun of Spud Infinity
When I say infinity, I mean now
Kiss the one you are right now
Kiss your body up and down, other than your elbows
'Cause as for your elbows, they're on their own
Wandering like a rolling stone
Rubbing up against the edges of experience
[Chorus]
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take
To free the celestial body?
[Outro]
Woo
Spud Infinity was written by Adrianne Lenker.
Spud Infinity was produced by James Krivchenia.
Big Thief released Spud Infinity on Tue Dec 14 2021.
“I used to think of “Spud Infinity” as purely a joke song, but as I played it, I realized it’s not. It’s serious. There’s playfulness in it: “Your elbows are on their own/Wandering like a rolling stone.” What part of our body do we live in? Maybe we live in our whole body, but it feels like we’re mo...