According to Gira, he came up with the chord but was struggling to find words for it, until he thought of the image of Baby Dee in diapers, floating in space and sucking milk from the stars.
This is one of two tracks on the album with instrumentals by The Necks
[Verse 1]
Floating, floating
I'm happy to be floating
I'm naked, I'm drifting
In black milk that I'm drinking
I'm licking, I'm sucking
White nipples, while sinking
Oh sweet light, oh mind krill
This throat jerks, this belly fills
Not thinking, gently streaming
I'm dreaming while feeding
I'm sinking, I'm sifting
I'm calling, freely leaking
I'm weeping, I'm seeping
I'm cleaving, while leaching
My disgorger, my forger
We swim in your ordure
[Verse 2]
Bring bells of bright silver
Bring pillars of glitter
White horses, they're screaming
They're echoes, receding
Floating, falling
The angels are calling
The Nub was written by The Necks & Michael Gira.
The Nub was produced by Michael Gira.