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The song’s principal lyrics were written by War on Drugs mastermind Adam Granduciel. Mike Katzif for NPR writes that Adam apparently wrote it “while sweating out the prospect of his own eviction”, which could help to explain some parts of the rather involuted lyrics.
Generally, the lyrics evoke a f...
[Verse 1]
You seem a little on the high side, disconnected from me
Been a little too anxious and a little too sweet
Have you been chopping down treetops tree after tree?
Have you been digging for diamonds at the bottom of the sea?
He said I'm taking the farm out from under your knees
Said I'm taking the air and the rag that you're bleeding upon
Come on, meet me where the highways and the one-way streets
Come together like the motion comes together with my feet
[Bridge]
Well top and bottom, it's all the same to me
Until all my breathing air is gone
[Verse 2]
Well you feel it in the ozone, zone
You can feel it in the knees, knees, knees
You can feel it in the dirt that's going under your feet
You can feel it in the highways and in the one-way streets
When you're digging for diamonds at the bottom of the sea
You seem a little on the high side, disconnected from me
Been a little too anxious and a little too sweet
But I'll be chopping down treetops tree after tree
When I'm confusing my highways for a one-way street
Taking the Farm was written by Kurt Vile & Adam Granduciel.
Taking the Farm was produced by Jeff Zeigler & Kurt Vile & Adam Granduciel.
The War on Drugs released Taking the Farm on Thu Jun 19 2008.