“Umbilical” by Mazzy Star tells the story of a fetus that “eats” its sister inside their mother’s womb. Also known as “Vanishing twin syndrome” the other twin absorbs the fetal tissue in the uterus. Mazzy Star presents this experience through the point of view of the fetus, which seems to be getting...
She should have seen the thing in mother's belly
Grew up alongside her sister of ethnical
She reached out for nourishment
And falls from her mother's umbilical cord
With her sister in the womb
One day she opens her mouth wide and swallows her surroundings
The red, and orange and the sounds all around her
Now she was in her corner
Now she was in her corner
Her eyes closed with some kind of complete
Happiness
Some kind of complete
Happiness
Now she can walk in the sunlight
With a quiet sense of relief inside
Now she walks in the sunlight
An extra feeling inside her soul makes her cry
In her mother's belly her mouth opens wide her sister
One day she opens her mouth wide and swallows her surroundings
The red, and orange and the sounds all around her
In the sunlight makes it go away
Now she was in her corner
In the sunlight
Now she was in her corner, she listens
Her eyes closed with some kind of complete
Happiness
Some kind of complete
Happiness
And now she walks in the sunlight
With the extra feeling inside her
Now she walks in the sunlight
With the extra feeling inside her
Inside her
Umbilical was written by David Roback & Hope Sandoval.
Umbilical was produced by Hope Sandoval & David Roback.
Mazzy Star released Umbilical on Tue Oct 29 1996.