Flight of the Conchords – Seagull (Guitar)
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[Verse]
D I'm tired of this place Em I need to get away A It's time for me to go now D I can't stay D No no no no
I'm like a bird
Em I need to spread my wings A Fly over the ocean D7 See what the new day brings
Cause I'm a seagull
D
Yeah[Verse Analysis]
D (What the singer's trying to say here Em7 Em Is that he's stifled in some ways A Feeling hindered or
Imprisoned by his current situation
D
And he uses the metaphor of being a seagullOf wanting to be free)
[Verse]
D
I wanna flyFly into the sky and
Em
Catch a summer breezeSoar above the clouds
A And let my soul be free D Yeah, cause I'm a seagull D Yeah, yeah, yeah D I'm seagull
[Verse Analysis]
Em (In the second verse he mentions a summer breeze A And I believe this is a construct
Allowing him to be free of his problems
D Sees himself being untethered from D He'd rather avoid responsibility D Or let something else take control D Of his destiny
And he sees that as similar to being a seagull)
[Verse]
D I can't stay here, I can't stay here Em On this cold little rock
It's for me to go
A7 Yeah, my mind's made up D It's the mind of a seagull D Yeah, yeah, yeah D I'm a seagull, I got the mind of a seagull
[Verse Analysis]
D (In this verse he mentions a rock Em I believe the rock represents you A The person in the relationship with the singer D And by saying you're like a rock D He means that you're hard, cold and emotionally impenetrable D Unlike him, the freewheeling seagull)
[Verse]
D The tide is rising up Em The tide is rising, it's my time to go
And glide across the sky
A See the world below D Yeah, yeah, 'cause I'm still a seagull D Yeah, yeah, yeah D I'm, I'll always be a seagull
[Verse Analysis]
Em
(The image of the tide rolling in or rising upOf course, represents the feeling of doom
A A feeling of being drowned D And that's what he thinks being in the relationship D With you is like)
[Verse]
I need to leave this rock behind
Em7 Em There's something more I seek A A7 I wanna feel the warmth of the morning sun
Across my beak, yeah
D I'm a seagull D Yeah, yeah, yeah D I've got a beak because I'm a seagull
[Verse Analysis]
Em (In the last two verses we've established that you are the rock A The beak mentioned in this verse is clearly a phallic metaphor D It's obviously his cock
And he wishes to travel to more sexually abundant locations)
[Bridge]
Em I'm a seagull Em7 Em D A seagull I will always be Em Dive into the ocean D Dip my beak into the sea D Here we go now D La la la la
La la la la la la la
Em A La la la la la... A La la la D7 I'm a seagull
Yeah, yeah, yeah
D I've gotta lift this keyboard Em I've gotta lift it with my hopeless wings
Damn this feathered things, oh
A7 Oh, they're the curse D The curse of being a seagull D Yeah, yeah, yeah D (Not quite sure what he means here)
One day I've found this old piano
Em Found it on this cold little rock A Since that day I've been playing non-stop, yeah
'Cause I'm a piano
D Piano-playing seagull D Yeah, yeah D Who sometimes shits on people
D
[Verse Analysis]
(Oh, we'll have to re-evaluate
Em I think what he's actually trying to say is A Those aren't metaphors, he is actually a seagull D Sorry, it's not about a guy who wants to be like a seagull
It's an actual seagull)
[Verse]
D Em I'm literally a keyboard-play-in' sea’bird D But who also sings Em Em A keyboard-play-in' seagull D But play this piano with my wings D Oh, here we go now
La la la la la
Em La la la la la A La la la la la
La la la la la...
D I'm a seagull D (He's literally a seagull) D La la la la la
Aghk, aghk
Em A La la la la la
Aghk, aghk
D
(He's actually a piano-playing seagull)D
[Piano solo]
(Literally mash random cluster chords)
N.C.
Oh, I wish I had some fingers
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Ah, damn this feathered things
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Damn
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Aghk
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Aghk
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Fuck
N.C.
Oh, now
D La la la la la Em A La la la la la D I'm a seagull D La la la la la Em A La la la la la D I'm a seagull D (Actually a seagull)