mewithoutYou - The Fox, The Crow, And The Cookie

[frizzybob]

i thought this was an interesting album. i had it playing, and my friend was in the bathroom he came out , and had the most disgusted look on his face when he heard it playing, he was legit disgusted by the music. im not too sure what causes music to make yeah feel like that, but it was weird. because i enjoy this music

[SarahHeartsYou97]

@frizzybob exact same thing happened to me. pissed me off.

[Spartans1ify]

*Made by, sorry

[Spartans1ify]

@FrontyardFlatground I think it's a tale based on Aesop, right?

[X13XCORE]

Good little story to tell the youngsters

[lukerr87]

These are the most unique, odd and amazing lyrics I have ever read. Amazing song, too.

[Kimmocheck]

These lyrics in my heart <3

[casedinlight]

"The clever fox crept close behind." is my favorite line. I want it as a tattoo.

[PaulMathletics]

it's the violins. The violins. Love the violins.

[elmerfudd4516]

i get the story but can someone please explain what this is a metaphor or parable or whatever for

[ProAtNuthin365]

@elmerfudd4516 Well the moral is Don't listen to the advice of flatterers. I'm not sure if that's what your asking.

[FrontyardFlatground]

@elmerfudd4516 The message is striving for modesty and the vacancy of conceit. The fox compliments the crow and then asks him to sing. In an attempt to show-off, he loses the cookie he stole and the fox gets it, just so the crow could embrace his sense of self. It's an anti-ego based song.

[missionmooch]

Aaron Weiss is a genius, HE SINGS IN PARABLES! Thank you GOD For Aaron Weiss. :DDD

[mickeymumps]

What the fuck happened to them ]:

[LannieWelleven]

"every broken jay in the court has been raving about me too" _a free translation from the bible's 'false prophets,' and so in the Dutch 'schuinmarcheerders'

_Note Van Dale i want that one in the next edition. For English speakers 'jay walkers.' Now you need some Dutch to reinterpret that'un in the allegorical. Grin, Shouldn't be too hard though.

[Guitargurl0709]

I love the 'using most unfriendly words the village children had not yet heard' part. That cracked me up.

[julieandrewsno1fan]

@Guitargurl0709 and the "You rotten wooden mixing spoon." :D

[BIGWIGGLYSTYLE5]

relaxing :]

[emnity33]

YOU ROTTEN WOODEN MIXING SPOON!!

I would seriously hug someone if they insulted me with that xD

[ghostplanes]

Hahaha this song reminds me of happy times. I havent felt like this in years. Good job on the lyrics by the way.

[Fox5593]

5 people are no good rotten mixing spoons.

[frogiteo2]

listening to this band is like reading the Bible

notice something new everytime

[almazingsk8er]

your subltle acclamations true best to give praise where praise is do and when the baker is chewing him out ae the best of the song

[dancekvndance]

every rook and jay in the corvidae's been raving about me too... i love that line

[Silentartisan207]

A baker from the outskirts of his town, made his life peddling sweets on a ragged cart he dragged around. Omg... there's such whimsy to this song that makes me love this song sooo much.

[S0ulWrought]

"Your subtle acclamation's true! Best to give praise where praise is due." Something about that line drew me in.

[deathmetalgrl15]

like most of there songs are from Proverbs...like its so cool how they use it.

[EpicBrocoli]

@deathmetalgrl15 Isn't this "The Fox and the Crow" from Aesop's fables?

[punchachristian1]

wow, i never really realized that going for the jeff magnum sound has potential to make you sound fucking obnoxious!

[ellijos5]

@punchachristian1 yeah "obnoxious", that's the word for expressing yourself i guess :S

[TheERExperience]

It must be the passion in my ca.

[JemmWells]

Oh, and also, I believe it's "The baker shouted threats by canzonette to curse the crafty bird" I see you just put a question mark between by and to curse. =)

[JemmWells]

I'm pretty sure it's boysenberry pie, not POISON berry pie...

[volcomjesusfreak]

wow they get the award for the most creative lyrics ive ever heard!!!!!!!!

[sunburststratocaster]

They use SOOOO many metaphors in every single one of their songs.

[iluvzimandgir]

this song always makes me hungry...

[jermypwnd]

this songs cool when ur high

[spiraldude20]

My powdered sugar funnel cake COCAINE! MY FAVORITE PART! <3333! THE FOX THE CROW AND THE COOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kimmocheck]

Amazing lyrics! :)

[Kimmocheck]

Amazing lyrics! :D

[youeralldead22]

47 replay and counting love this song!!1

[1223dude1223]

i love this band thier music is so diverse.

[skunkster101]

It's "boison berry pie" And "shouted threats by canzonette"

[Hokkafu]

omg this is the shit XD

[ninjatuna09]

LMFAO. exactly what i was thinking.

[markfoster19]

This is awesome

[KameronID]

:) Hahaha. Incredibly original. This is very cool. Hahaha.

[WrittingInInk]

They must have been hungry when they wrote this song. Now I want a cookie.

[EamonJgod]

So I don't get the ending, does the crow drop the cookie and the fox get's it, which makes the crow go off all melodramatic? Whatever, this song blew my mind.

[LacrosseInCanada]

haha! bro it's boysenberry not poison berry. :-P

[Brian12327]

yeah I know, when I posted this it was before the album was released, so no one knew the actual lyrics and had to go by what they heard, which caused wrong lyrics like the one you posted above.

Thank you,

brian12327

[dcd1248]

@LacrosseInCanada Oh No! That means its BOYSENOUS!

[missionmooch]

@LacrosseInCanada But that means... THESE ARE BOYSENOUS! xD

[sceintistforGod]

@LacrosseInCanada Hey, no one cares 'cause Canada sucks (haha).

[MrJihadjared]

"i found my neutral milk hotels"-new mewithoutYou

[everennui1]

Nice comparison. They are both great story tellers have you heard "a glass can only spill what it contains" or "january 1979" they're my favorites or "torches together" they remind me a lot of like fugazi or something.

[MrJihadjared]

yeah their older stuff has a very post-hardcore sound to it, probably the best at it since fugazi broke up.

[johndeere8345rt]

lol this is such a wierd song.. only better one is These Are Not My Pants by Five Iron Frenzy

[CrazyMarkie]

I've got a wall-nut brownie brain,

And molasses in my veins..

I'm pretty sure thats the line.

[Brian12327]

Refer back to my comment from LacrosseInCanada.

Thank you,

brian12327

[Undead1036]

@Brian12327 why do you put "brian12327" at the bottom of your posts, you tube will do that for you :p js

[Brian12327]

@Undead1036 I did that awhile ago, I don't do it anymore.

[Undead1036]

@Brian12327 haha its cool just wanted to ask X D

[cottoncactus]

when letting all attachments go is the only prayer we know, may it be so.

[TheJelloMaster]

Everyone has there own favorite line, each one different. If you ask me, each one is bloody brilliant. I feel like buying this whole album now!

[liltimir]

oh and its burned black macaroon not bird, and only so not even

[liltimir]

its boisen berry pie not poison

[catzrok90]

it rained,

And molasses in my veins,

Crushed the graham cracker crust,

My powdered sugared funnel cake cocaine.

genius

[31dayz0fSpazztastics]

"we'll have rootbear floats in our bannana boats across the tapioca sea!" thats my favorate line!

[Facehead090]

"you no-good burned-black macaroon" AWESOME! best line!

[xozazzie]

This is amazing.

[STLArabians]

so good.

[FourtyNinerFan89]

Holy Quadrilogy = God, Jesus, The Holy Ghost, and Aaron Weiss.

[sbbnstarkpatch]

Also, in the first verse it's a *boysenbery* pie. Sixth verse, subtle *acclamation*.

Love this song. Thanks for posting it!!

[sbbnstarkpatch]

Some corrections to the last verse

*I've got a walnut brownie brain*

*Would rest upon the knee,

Where all division cease to be*

The last verse seems to be a fantasy of the crow(?), a vision of paradise. Paradise=Heaven, where all division cease to be, all will bend the knee. Get it?

[NumbPlanet]

and also" my powdered suger funnel cake of pain not cocain"

[claykallias]

no he's not on drugs its just using the sweets addictiveness to that of a dope fiend, he's NOT on drugs

[MrShortyPivot]

No offence to Brian12327 but the word you are missing is cantoneze xD

[mrhoodie24]

its an old fable from those easop books

[hutchmansaw]

It's more likely from Bawa Muhaiyaddeen's story named "The fox the crow and the cookie" which is much like Aesops fable. But his parents sat with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.

[MetalRulesOverAll]

Great song haha, my mother and stepfather love this song. I give them great luck on their tour with No Doubt.

[mrhoodie24]

ian you slut

[thesoundofgreen]

There is a lot to take in from this story... focus on both the fox and crows intent, method and reward.  It teaches a lesson in humility.

Cant stop listening to this song!

[skabossec]

When I saw them in June, Aaron improved the whole middle of the song. It was amazing XD

[luminara222]

It is basically saying don't fall for flattery.

[MrShortyPivot]

I realise this, but the last verse the singer is well, on drugs (please correct if I'm wrong) and I was wondering the purpose of it. For example was the singer easily flattered? And due to this his life (The food) was lost and he turned to drugs. I don't its a good idea.....

[AdrianTepes21]

on drugs?!?! what no, this is a retelling of a old childes fable. So no it is just useing that to state the addictiveness of it.

[MrShortyPivot]

Yes, I understand that the first 6 Verses are about a Children's Fable. I'm not saying it's not but the last verse mentions cocaine and I was wondering why.

[helivesheloves72]

he has had problems with it in the past, we all have had problems, hes jsut using an example

[emnity33]

Hmm I wonder if I understood the story correctly..

There is a Crow who steals some snacks from a baker.

The Crow goes up into his nest, with the snacks in his mouth.

The Fox speaks with the Crow to ask him to share, but the Crow refuses.

So the Fox flatters the Crow, and asks him to sing him a song, which causes the snacks to drop from the Crow's beak, and onto the ground, so the Fox can eat.

Is there some kind of deep meaning I am missing to the story or something?

[DiJohnny18]

emnity33, it's a song made out of one of Aesop's Fables. It's point is, not to fall for flattery, or pride goes before a fall.

I love how they take the children's morality tale and make such a sweet song out of it! MeWithoutYou is such an awesome band!

I don't get the ending though, it's really weird, but kind of funny. "And root beer float in our banana boat across the tapioca sea," lol XD

[emnity33]

Oh how I love stories mixed with music :P

[ajmac42]

This band has always been one of my favorites.

[FriskyPoptart]

saw em live 2 days ago. they were so good

[ajmac42]

I'd love to see 'em live. They're just so dang amazing!

[miryamstein777]

@ first when listening to this song i thought it was a random/goofy song like one of relient k's songs until i read the comments about it being about a parable. i like the different style of this band.

[americanreeses96]

I know! Releint K is so random, but awesome! I love them

[wes788d8]

Amazing. Amazing. The second encore of the best show I've been to.

[johngears11]

Were can i find the official video?

[twistontheclassic]

"The crow swooped down and snatched a shortbread cookie and a German chocolate tart" I love that line.

[MitchellDavisLuver77]

The passion in my CAW!

He acctually cawed at theconcert i went too. x]]]

[Brian12327]

its all crazy! its all false! its all a dream! its alright.

[Rainbowmeat69]

this and every thought a thought of you are the only good songs on this album, this new voice of his is rather annoying

[phatzman247]

Yeah... sigh... I was so excited for the release of this album only to be moderately disapointed. By combining a new folk style with the great sound of old they have compromised both! I would have been fine with them doing a folk album but I don't like the idea of this being the new sound from one of my favorite artists. Oh well, at least they put out three great ones before this that we can still enjoy.

[ch320033]

what a lyrical genius. i love the new album. it's not better than their older stuff, just different. but equally impressive in my opinion.

[punchachristian1]

well honestly, it sounds like he stole the lyrics from some terrible childrens novel, ugghh and that voice,

[emay75wildcats]

I actually heard that it about a story that his mom used to read to him.. i could be wrong but i definatly know that it is a story

[TheMaskedMumbler]

it's based on a parable by a sufi mystic named Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.

[emay75wildcats]

ah well thank you

[ch320033]

it's a story told by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, a Sufi from Sri Lanka. So i think you are probably right about that considering both his parents are converts to Sufiism.

[herbanshaman]

I remember hearing this song as a kid... its taught me the best way to pick up women lol

[topherotica]

i can sort of see what you mean but im still a little lost to what you are referring to if anything particular

[elliotbosveldiznotme]

wait what??? this song was released this year....

[herbanshaman]

the story is about vanity and flattery; when the crow opens his mouth to rant about how proud he is to have the best voice (lol) he drops his cookie

[Brian12327]

Yeah saying that with a name like that.

[CanUfeeeLit]

The lyrical content of this album is genius... so deep, Aaron is right it wasn't him who wrote it... it was HIM.

[njboi94]

to be honest, i didnt like this album. my favorite album from mwY is "Catch for us the foxes" cuz i think it has more energy. this sounds like... hodown music lol not that its bad, its good but compared to their other albums, its not too good.

[SgtToadstool]

If you enjoy it, buy it.

[garethrns]

Easily my favorite song on the album!

[ohhcomely]

earned his living PEDDLING sweets

or a BOYSENBERRY pie

the baker shouted threats by CANZONET to curse

this failed to persuade the crow IN THE LEAST

your poems of wisdom, MY GOOD crow

your subtle ACCLAMATION's true

I GOT A WALNUT BROWNIE BRAIN, and molasses

CAROM covered almond eyes

where ALL DIVISIONS cease to be

brilliant lyrics. thanks for the "Corvidae"

[TheIrrationalAtheist]

mewithoutYou FTW

[1911gi45]

That song is so great lol

[UtopiasNemo]

man oh man... that's all I can say...

and thanks!

[shmunks]

"I got a walnut brownie brain..."

[SETHANDURZZ]

*boison berry pie ;)

[Brian12327]

oh sorry i mix up P's and B's all the time.

I have dyslexia.