Fly Trapped in a Jar

Track 8 on We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

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On a literal level, “Fly Trapped In a Jar” is Isaac Brock rambling off a chilling nautical tale: a boatload of men dock in a small town for a brief spell only to be… Read More

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Fly Trapped in a Jar Lyrics

[Intro]
All part and parcel
Well, we're already dead
Well, it's probably been said
That it's always been said that

[Chorus]
One wing isn't even enough
It isn't even enough
It isn't even enough to leave
One wing isn't even enough
It isn't even enough
It isn't even enough to leave
(Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha)

[Bridge]
I'm gonna shake myself right out the door
I'm gonna thank myself when it's finally over
I'm gonna let my own bad self take over
Gonna move my arm out with my shoulder, and

[Chorus]
One wing wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough to leave
One wing wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough to leave

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[Chorus]
One wing wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough
It wasn't even enough to leave

[Verse 1]
"First off." Gary was on dry and drunk before we'd left bed
As things got bad, it wasn't hard to say that he had no idea
Well, I hadn't noticed, but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So, we all just opened up our mouths and wallets to this town
Well, I was walkin' just a little bit sideways
And you were walkin' sideways too
Well, I hadn't learned when a front door can't be used, here we go, sir

[Verse 2]
We had docked in dark so we didn't read what the sign read
Though simple enough, it was demure and tough
"The ground needs to be fed"
Well, I hadn't noticed, but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So, not a single one of us will ever leave town, here we go, sir

[Verse 3]
Our bodies were laid out evenly for fifteen yards
Well, two feet above each of our heads was a fly trapped in a jar
Well, I hadn't noticed, but the people really noticed
That they really didn't want us around
So, every single one of us fed the ground, here we go, now

[Bridge]
One wing (One wing) wasn't even enough
One wing (One wing) wasn't even enough (wasn't even enough)

[Outro]
All part and parcel
Well, it's probably been said
That it's always been said
We were already dead

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On a literal level, “Fly Trapped In a Jar” is Isaac Brock rambling off a chilling nautical tale: a boatload of men dock in a small town for a brief spell only to be captured by the townsfolk and ritually sacrificed to the ground which “needs to be fed.”

Like the rest of the album, the song also works as a parable for the current state of our civilization: we struggle to save ourselves like the fly with one wing trapped in a jar, like those men held by the townsfolk, but we may already be doomed to an inescapable fate.