In an interview with Robert Becraft for F News Magazine, Steve Albini said:
The Squirrel Song is basically just a short story. It’s just about this guy who becomes suspicious of the power of the distribution grid and he wants to separate himself from it, so he builds a squirrel-powered generating p...
This is a sad fucking song
We'll be lucky if I don't bust out crying
How does it feel?
Your night light, your curling iron
Lit up by the sweat of others
For many's the day
But not from November to May
The floor is littered
With woodchips and apple cores
And hulls of acorns
There is a chattering sound
Because they were squirrels; real squirrels
(And there were thousands)
This isn't some kind of metaphor
Goddamn, this is real
Squirrel Song was written by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Squirrel Song was produced by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Shellac released Squirrel Song on Tue Aug 08 2000.