This song is based on The Island of Dr. Moreau, a book by H. G. Wells, who also wrote War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. It is a book about animals being surgically transformed into humans, and after the doctor who maintains their humanity dies, they begin to revert back into the animals as which they began, gaining their primal urges back as well as they lose the part of them that remembers the rules imposed upon them by the doctor. The humanised animals were unable to smile and the doctor who had "vivisected" them, as the book says, had difficulty giving them proper hands and feet. At the end of the book, when the protagonist returns to civilisation, his trauma causes him to suspect all of humanity, even himself, to possibly be these vivisected animals. Edit: Terribly sorry about the run-on sentences. Not sure how better to structure this. Also, Oingo Boingo's No Spill Blood is about the same book, but has a much different musical tone.
glass animals makes my ADHD feel so good, its too musical to be considered background music, allowing me to exist in a constant state of perpetual distraction! just how i like it (:
The blissful meditative state of being still in the moment, and just being. That is our true state. At all times. Only our perceptions fell from grace....so to speak. Nothing religious.
Never thought people would actually pay attention to Glass Animals, say what you want but I love that the animation meme community has noticed this masterpiece
And half of people here, they do not even understand it! Look: "i don't know why, but when i play this song. i imagine myself dressed up classy, driving a bmw down the highway at night." "Great song for sex!" TOP VOTED COMMENTS LOL on the most incredible song you can ever imagine
+kachigar Oh please, maybe you should expand your musical universe before making such a laughable claim. Far more beautiful and complex songs have already been imagined. It's a pretty good tune tho.
Lyrics Put your hand down, boy Welcome to my zoo Put your head inside My big black wild while I can still help you See the snake-baboon Funky, chic, and smooth Honey, can you spy The divine ape-swine 'Cause he can see you I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted, too Five fingers, two black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright And all I ever want Is just a little love I said in purrs under the palms And all I ever want is breaking me apart I said to the thing that I once was I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers, two black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright To the left now, boy Underneath the moon By the thick tan sand And the tall thin grass One more thing for you See the distant flume In the sleepy dunes Makes my nerves clench close And my bones go cold When I see that room And all I ever want Is just a little love I said in purrs under the palms And all I ever want Is breaking me apart I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers, two black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright
whenever i listen to this, i feel like it's a really bad drug trip. the guitar strums, the echoes and the rhythm of the drum makes me feel like there's colors all around me and it feels so surreal. and during it, there's the feeling of eyes watching you and that you're being followed by something that you can see but isn't actually there. it's creepy yet impressive that glass animals can make you feel all of these twisted emotions. great work
I know the common association with this song is The Island of Doctor Moreau, but it also reminds me of Frankenstein. The line about "five fingers to black hooves" can be related back to how, when introduced to the idea of God and creation, Frankenstein's monster sees himself in Lucifer more than in Adam. Later on the line "And my bones go cold, when I see that room" can be related back to the monster's "upbringing", spying on/learning from the human inhabitants of a small (presumably one room) cottage through cracks in the walls, learning to love and later hate that cottage because of the people living inside it. To me, this sounds the way the confrontation between Victor and the monster in the mountains sounds- the monster introducing Victor to his "zoo" of dysfunctional emotions, experiences and ideas about humans and society, an amalgam of human knowledge and philosophy without any actual humanity behind the application. (This MAY be a reach, though.)
Yes like Noah and his ark. The animals represented his different personality traits. Though most modern poets use cars as vehicles to drive them towards their goals. Anger, love, guilt,.. etc
This was on Taken? You should live stream Triple J, they bring you all this kind of awesome music. Seriously, you're living a half life if its a life without Triple J...
Put your hand down, boy Welcome to my zoo Put your head inside My big black wild while I can still help you See the snake-baboon Funky, chic and smooth Honey can you spy The divine ape-swine 'Cause he can see you I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted, too Five fingers to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright And all I ever want Is just a little love I said in purrs under the palms And all I ever want is breaking me apart I said to the thing that I once was I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright To the left now, boy Underneath the moon By the thick tan sand And the tall thin grass One more thing for you See the distant flume In the sleepy dunes Makes my nerves clench close And my bones go cold When I see that room And all I ever want Is just a little love I set in birds into the pond And all I ever want Is breaking me apart I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers, to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright Im here! One year late but i am still here!
+Drinkjockey Your body responds too certain musical stimulus. That same stimulus causes dopamine to release in your body causing what you believe to be your great taste in music. There is other physiological and psychological explanations to your experience. I also enjoy this song.
You guys have to know what you where doing when composing these lyrics.. these sounds... leaves feeling that are other worldly. I am literally on full blown acid trip and this song is just inasane to say the least . The sounddss... just.. listen....
I was heavily under the influence when i discovered glass animals too and i agree that they made this music specifically for psychedelic trips!! I couldnt get out of my chair that day i swear these songs lap danced on me and it made my cheeks hurt from smiling so hard
My 3 year old has some good taste in music, had it on replay until I finally realized it wasn’t one of those weird UA-cam videos he usually watches and stood there in shock as he was just listening to this song on repeat. Now I have it on repeat 😂
originally Black Mambo was gonna be called Crystal Meth cuz he got some kind of inspiration from Breaking Bad. I read it in an article like right after Zaba came out!
Every time i hear this song i’m filled with disgust but mesmerized. It’s the voice, the lyrics, and the music seducing me, toying with me, and warning me to flee.
I was talking with my friends about Glass Animals and I was like "I love toes so much!" These bitches knew *exactly* what they were doing when naming this absolute banger of a song
I remember where I was when I heard this for the first time. I was in the hospital. Had to be there for like 3 weeks. When I discovered this song in 2015, I was bumping it in my room the entire day lol.
A couple days ago me and a buddy each took 2 blotters of some really good acid. We both came to the conclusion that some molly would coincide perfectly, so we each took half a gram. I remembered that someone told me to check these guys out, so I did. BEST DECISION I'VE EVER MADE. Their music took me to a whole new place. I didn't know it was possible to feel this way about music. I know I've only been a fan for a short period, but I can honestly say that I'll be a fan for life.
I did some digging and found that this song is loosely based off a book and the story of this "crooked man" and the "boy" is quite chilling yet sad. So let's look at the meaning in each line: Put your hand down boy - you the listener is the "boy", and are also confused as to where you are or how you got there Welcome to my zoo - the location is a type of attraction/freak show Put your head inside My big black wild - he is letting you in his head, to tell you his thoughts while I can still help you - you may be in some form of danger See the snake baboon Funky, chic and smooth - inhabitants of this "zoo" are of a peculiar type Honey can you spy - you should be on guard The divine ape-swine - these animals are chimeras, a combination of two different species Cause he can see you - it's actually you who are being watched and not the other way around I’m a man, I’m a twisted fool - He's claiming to be a man My hands are twisted too - but his physical appearance is warped and twisted into something else Five fingers to black hooves - a faun type of creature I’m a man - the creature insists he's a man again he and does so repeatedly in the chorus almost like he's trying to convince himself or trying to prevent himself from forgetting it. don’t spin me a lie - He was lied to. Maybe this is why he's a "twisted fool" ? Got toes and I can smile - Trying to prove he can do "human" things. I’m crooked but upright - "crooked" is referring to his crooked physical appearance of half man/half beast. "but upright" shows that he's a actually an innocent person. And all I ever want is just a little love - "love" in this sense means to be recognized as a human being I said in purrs under the palms - he's now talking to the other members of this "zoo" now but in hushed purrs, trying to remain hidden under the palms - so he too is on guard for there are other bigger threats out there. And all I ever want is breaking me apart - the conflict in his mind is slowly driving him insane. I said to the thing that I once was - you, the "boy" is the thing that he once was. The human that he once was. To the left now boy - around the bend, in a hidden place Underneath the moon - this line signals that its at night but also a transition from the current time to a distant time in memory. By the thick tan sand And the tall thin grass - illustrates a type or eerie calmness. One more thing for you - we finally arrive at the revelation of why you are here. See the distant flume - you can actually see "it" approaching in the distance. In the sleepy dunes - sleepy dune because you may enter or leave this place while in a state of drunken stupor. possibly from being drugged and dragged there. Makes my nerves clench close And my bones go cold - this place strikes so much fear in him that the very sight chills him to the bone and makes his mind freeze in terror. When I see that room - that "room" is the place where he was first taken to, experimented on and was turned into a beast. This whole time he had been telling you that the inhabitants of this zoo are actually people who had been twisted and turned into animals. He had been losing his mind/humanity as he is struggling to remember who he was as a man. All this time, through a lulling melody, he's been guiding you to the very room where this all began to show you that the danger here is that you are next.
i mosty agree but there are some buts i think are still left up for interpretation. for one , it think two black hooves is referring to a goat , showing that he's "cloven hooved" . and 'dont spin me a lie' is also him insisting he's a human and you cant tell him otherwise. that last bit im unsure of with sleepy dunes , and the room being a place where the speaker was experimented on , but i love the story you wove from this song and i cant unhear it now.
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You could imagine my joy when I found out about Glass Animals yesterday on two geltabs. Holiest nearly dismantled my brain, Gooey turned me into pooh bear and Toes had me bring out my blacklight. Now I'm a couple bucks poorer but two albums richer. Astonishing sound.
I know other people already mentioned it, but the Island of Doctor Moreau is a super intriguing book, and I think it’s worth the odd read. Plus you get to think more about the lyrics of this song.
I imagine a creepy American Horror Story style abandoned zoo with a child molestor luring children to their doom. THAT IS WHAT I GATHER FROM THE LYRICS
Put your hand down, boy Welcome to my zoo Put your head inside My big black wild while I can still help you See the snake-baboon Funky, chic and smooth Honey can you spy The divine ape-swine 'Cause he can see you I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted, too Five fingers to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright And all I ever want Is just a little love I said in purrs under the palms And all I ever want is breaking me apart I said to the thing that I once was I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright To the left now, boy Underneath the moon By the thick tan sand And the tall thin grass One more thing for you See the distant flume In the sleepy dunes Makes my nerves clench close And my bones go cold When I see that room And all I ever want Is just a little love I set in birds into the pond And all I ever want Is breaking me apart I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool My hands are twisted too Five fingers, to black hooves I'm a man, don't spin me a lie Got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright
Listening to this song reminds of the multiplicity of human personality and duality in human nature. People are grafted from different aspects of experience in their lives, but there always seems to be a balance: two sides of the same coin, almost always visible in himans. What you see in one person is the opposite elsewhere. The gentility of angels fade to warlike hysterics when in hell; its like this song just subtly tries to explain that humankind is something that it itself has yet to recognize; manmade but still a part of nature. Mechanical and organic. Damn this song makes you think.
My wife introduced me to glass animals when we met in 2016 and absolutely fell in love with her and this band at the same time. Our wedding song was toes to dance to lol but it meant so much to us, our guests thought we were crazy. Nothing but love for glass animals
The rubiks cube in the picture doesn't make sense because the second white square down on the left column on the front is adjoined on it's left by another white square on a completely different side. Therefore making it impossible to solve.
*I'm a man, i'm a twisted fool,* *My hands are twisted, too:* *Five fingers to black hooves.* *I'm a man, don't spin me a lie,* *Got toes and i can smile,* *I'm crooked but upright.*
you were always meant to click. never forget. first-person-life never makes mistakes, that is the subjective reality we live in. every click is a click towards enlighten, metaphorically speaking that is ;)
this song scares me so much. i kept thinking somebody was saying my name but im alone. it felt like somebody was watching me but at the same time i was completely lost in a jungle at in the dark and i keep hearing mysterious sounds. i got the feeling of somebody putting a knife up to my throat. Long story short, this terrifying tune gives me the feeling of certain death. amazing Edit: I posted this a year ago and wow I sound insane. I don’t remember the whole knife thing. I’m glad some people found this somewhat entertaining lol
Usually when a song reminds you of someone you don't want to think about, you change the song, but with this song, it's too good to never listen to again, even if it reminds me of the past
For people who don't understand hes talking about how animals see us "I'm a man I'm a twisted fool five fingers two black hooves (shoes) I'm a man don't spit me a lie got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright" crooked but upright resembling how crooked people will stab you in the back but we walk standing straight up on two legs
This song is actually based off a book, called "The Island of Dr. Moreau". I don't wanna spoil too much but the song is from the perspective of an animal-man.
@@gasolina8223 I know I only found that out a few weeks ago if they ever make a island of dr moreau tv show,movie or play they should put this song in it
@@aaronmeade5435 i totally agree. i would die for a new dr moreau, theres so many great fan songs and Richard Stanley's concept for his movie were so amazing and then he got sacked and it was all rewritten. there's so much potential to make some trippy gothic art piece movie and use this song..
@@jameseuringer7610 very true and now that new art movies are accepted nowadays it would somthing else to see this on the big screen with a much more hg Wells monstrous image paired with amazing practical effects
What a creative comment section. One of my favorites. I've never commented this much before, trying something new. Looking for good, benevolent, and thought-provoking interaction
never heard of glass animals until I randomly came across them just now. what planet have I been living on ? I love it !!!!! :O I've found where I belong
This reminds me of a demon or a wild creature with human intelligence trapped in a zoo, and trying to convince one of the workers there to let him out. The creature starts out looking completely human, and as the song goes on it gets gradually more and more angry and it grows and becomes more "demon-y".
After reading the book this song was based on, (The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells)... This became an even bigger bop. Re-reading it now while listening to this song. Stars above i love this song and this band so much
This already released 3 years ago? Holy shit. i must be livin under a rock
They have a lot of other good music
Same, but I've been living under a rock for over 4 years now so.. Welcome to the rock! Enjoy your stay UwU
Diamondrati Hakasya Seno Adji me too buddy XD
boi me too
no this is patrick
I didn't expect to like a song named *_Toes_* so much.
My b day cake will be toes
The meme version is called Five Fingers. Ironic
Lmaoshsbbebe
Fr-
Same I just clicked it out of CURITOSITY but I ended up loving it- 💀
Their music is like what color sounds like
trueeeee
someone does acid
The music sounds like a fluid
the awesomest That's kinda what this music is. I don't even need to touch a drug. Glass Animals is my addiction haha
Synesthesia, this song looks blue and green to me.
okay but this song has the vibe that can be described as melting crayons. that’s the only way to explain it
yes.
How did you nail it so perfectly?
@@kaylah9648 idk it was the only thing i could think of while listening to this song
@@jellyfishyy it's perfect
Wow you have a magical mind sir
This song is based on The Island of Dr. Moreau, a book by H. G. Wells, who also wrote War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. It is a book about animals being surgically transformed into humans, and after the doctor who maintains their humanity dies, they begin to revert back into the animals as which they began, gaining their primal urges back as well as they lose the part of them that remembers the rules imposed upon them by the doctor.
The humanised animals were unable to smile and the doctor who had "vivisected" them, as the book says, had difficulty giving them proper hands and feet.
At the end of the book, when the protagonist returns to civilisation, his trauma causes him to suspect all of humanity, even himself, to possibly be these vivisected animals.
Edit: Terribly sorry about the run-on sentences. Not sure how better to structure this. Also, Oingo Boingo's No Spill Blood is about the same book, but has a much different musical tone.
Where was this comment when I found this song? Very interesting!
I always thought it was about a minotaur lol
@@galaxyinc.6955 I thought it was the devil or a very philosophical POV of a deer thing lol
@@Archaneleo loll
Wow! that's awesome! Now I want to read the book. I see there was a movie made based on it with Val Kilmer.
This band is just on a whole other level
+Marc Iwata Wha?
Trolls and religious zealots be fillin' these replies, mon.
Enraged Babylon. Es el ritmo .
So are you
ReadySalted80 really?
hey this song is really goOH MY GOD THE EYES ON THE TITLE ARE BLINKING
Malkon A A A A A A
Saw the g move
HOLY SHI-
Thhose are zoo animal eyes
Acurate
Remind me to never search up “Toes” without “Glass animals” anywhere.
oh god what happened
@@pieceofresistance29 There is a “Kink” in the Internet based around the Feet of girls... It's horrible
Don't search up toes without glass animals.
Reminder
U creepy
This song is like a lava lamp or smth
Glitter Witch lmao that’s literally what I thought
This makes much more sense than the top comment rn
Y E S
That resonates
@@catiebrown2890 llk you
glass animals makes my ADHD feel so good, its too musical to be considered background music, allowing me to exist in a constant state of perpetual distraction! just how i like it (:
Even better when you have ADHD and like storytelling/animation. very satisfying to imagine my characters moving to
Lmao ive got autism and same effect here cant do anythin whilst listening to this song coz i play the lyrics like reel in my mind
aAAhh, yes, same!! Love listening to this song while drawing, heck yeah
The blissful meditative state of being still in the moment, and just being. That is our true state. At all times. Only our perceptions fell from grace....so to speak. Nothing religious.
as someone with adhd, i use these type of songs to portray characters from games and bring them to unique scenarios.
Never thought people would actually pay attention to Glass Animals, say what you want but I love that the animation meme community has noticed this masterpiece
ye
As someone who found out from the animation community I'm glad as well, I would've never found this amazing music
Sir fluffy sent me buddy, she took down the video though. Shame
Heck yeah
@@EvilRaccoonDM
You mean this video? ua-cam.com/video/CZFtfG1wSas/v-deo.html
Distance learning is really getting to me Thought the first lyrics were "Welcome to my Zoom"
*no, not again..*
glass animals - toes online school parody
The 'From March to March F'd Up '20-'21' Remix.
Or something.
What does he actually say? I keep hearing that too
@@katooga9749 "welcome to my zoo"
My mom brought me here. She'll pick me up at 8.
Lol
😂???
Its been a year, I'm starting to believe your mother isnt coming back.
Its been a year
tell her to pick up some bbq chips on her way back pls im hongry
This music is the epitome of an eargasm
And half of people here, they do not even understand it!
Look:
"i don't know why, but when i play this song. i imagine myself dressed up classy, driving a bmw down the highway at night."
"Great song for sex!"
TOP VOTED COMMENTS LOL on the most incredible song you can ever imagine
kachigar I think that people enjoy music in their own way. That's the beauty of music.
+kachigar Oh please, maybe you should expand your musical universe before making such a laughable claim. Far more beautiful and complex songs have already been imagined. It's a pretty good tune tho.
Aint that the truth
Now imagine it in 8D audio.
Lyrics
Put your hand down, boy
Welcome to my zoo
Put your head inside
My big black wild while
I can still help you
See the snake-baboon
Funky, chic, and smooth
Honey, can you spy
The divine ape-swine
'Cause he can see you
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted, too
Five fingers, two black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I said in purrs under the palms
And all I ever want is breaking me apart
I said to the thing that I once was
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers, two black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
To the left now, boy
Underneath the moon
By the thick tan sand
And the tall thin grass
One more thing for you
See the distant flume
In the sleepy dunes
Makes my nerves clench close
And my bones go cold
When I see that room
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I said in purrs under the palms
And all I ever want
Is breaking me apart
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers, two black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
👍😎
whenever i listen to this, i feel like it's a really bad drug trip. the guitar strums, the echoes and the rhythm of the drum makes me feel like there's colors all around me and it feels so surreal. and during it, there's the feeling of eyes watching you and that you're being followed by something that you can see but isn't actually there. it's creepy yet impressive that glass animals can make you feel all of these twisted emotions. great work
dashii a trip, yes. Bad... hell no!
This tune literally sounds different while u are on acid, something is off,,, almost like if u were unlocking another skin for,,, the song?
@@arbusto5157 lmao that's the perfect description
This sounds like a good trip lmao
I've literally experienced what you described in a trip, it was a overwhelming but great experience 👁
The Rubix cube has an impossible configuration
Hannah Bee ik
Wait how *I don’t understand*
Broster I think they mean the white one on the middle row,, it crosses into two sides
not a 400u
@@broster9211 Green should be opposite blue, and there's a double-white edge.
this song is slowly bubbling, dripping ooze tbh
nah that's Gooey
bubbling, dripping & crooked, funky chic & smooth xx
bubbling in the cut
a lot of their songs are tbh
long wang
This has been a super chill homework session.
I always listen to them when I'm doing work
+Gabriella Wilson Works best when studying late night. Like right now lol.
+Syvmana makes me chill out and worry less about not finishing everything lol
+Syvmana shut up teen
+doctormikeeeey Yes, only teens have homework. No one else has homework ever. Ipso facto, Synmana is a teen, he/she sucks, and should be quiet.
glass animals is way too underrated, they deserve more attention and love.
YES I GET IT THEY ARENT UNDERRATED THIS WAS A YEAR AGO.
DEFINITELY ABSOLUTELY
A-G-R-E-E-D
better than overrated...they are our little "secret"
@@chrisrodney7599 well actually their song heat waves got noticed by tiktok and they will song become mainstream
@@chrisrodney7599 I meant soon not song
This song has so much more depth when it plays through a decent speaker.
Decent headphones as well.
Doesn't every song?
Right?
Subwoofers luv glasanimals
ShadowDenizen or if you have the ear to hear everything going on!
If this song were a person I would take it home and cook it a 5 course meal then Netflix and chill
Haha, great comment, man. :)
kenny113071 Hahaha! Fuck yeah!
U forget the jay
ha gayyyyy
@@synnrs yes you called?
The album art though.
Fuckin right!?
+Cea This is no art cover, this is a video, though very minimalistic.
Look closer. ;O)
Anyone notice the Rubiks cube?
Sushi GAMING Nope! Thanks! :)
that cube would be impossible to solve though ^^
I know the common association with this song is The Island of Doctor Moreau, but it also reminds me of Frankenstein. The line about "five fingers to black hooves" can be related back to how, when introduced to the idea of God and creation, Frankenstein's monster sees himself in Lucifer more than in Adam. Later on the line "And my bones go cold, when I see that room" can be related back to the monster's "upbringing", spying on/learning from the human inhabitants of a small (presumably one room) cottage through cracks in the walls, learning to love and later hate that cottage because of the people living inside it. To me, this sounds the way the confrontation between Victor and the monster in the mountains sounds- the monster introducing Victor to his "zoo" of dysfunctional emotions, experiences and ideas about humans and society, an amalgam of human knowledge and philosophy without any actual humanity behind the application. (This MAY be a reach, though.)
Isn't the lryic five fingers,two blaack hooves?
They touch on this exact topic with "splicer island" and dr mercurio in the urbz sims in the city for the ds.
I just heard this from Taken 3.
Yes like Noah and his ark. The animals represented his different personality traits. Though most modern poets use cars as vehicles to drive them towards their goals. Anger, love, guilt,.. etc
that's a really cool interpretation, love that book!
Glass Animals: *exists*
Animation Memes: _its free real estate_
what meme?
The eddsworld one is good !😃
Diamonedd I saw that one
Omg I love the eddsworld one
literally tik tok and animation memes be stealing everyones real estate 😔😔😔
I'm so glad I saw Taken. I wouldn't have been introduced to this band if I hadn't seen it.
So True
Me the same
This was on Taken? You should live stream Triple J, they bring you all this kind of awesome music. Seriously, you're living a half life if its a life without Triple J...
Same here, i searched the song for like one week until i found a good version :D
*****
:) Enjoy
every time I hear this song I feel like it should be playing in some drug Lord's underground lair in Gotham.
shits real
Cover-Up true as hell
@Vodka 210 add a cigar in his mouth and three gold rings on his right hand
You guys forgot the tigers
*penguin enters*
3:16 best part of the song in my opinion
It just feels like you're descending into madness.
Feels like you're being encircled by a predator
@@L0rdOfThePies that is an interesting interpretation.
FOR REAL THE BEST PART
Yes, this is also my favorite part! I love the sound of madness
Agreed
when I look for new music on youtube this is the type of shit where i think "I arrived"
+222JJJKKK1 Same !
totally!
From the bifrost, I take it?
yes
Sameee
I love glass animals. Their music has a perfect calm mood and kind of mysterious sounding music. Each song is really an adventure.
wheres that one person that comments the entire lyrics when i need them >://////////////
Put your hand down, boy
Welcome to my zoo
Put your head inside
My big black wild while
I can still help you
See the snake-baboon
Funky, chic and smooth
Honey can you spy
The divine ape-swine
'Cause he can see you
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted, too
Five fingers to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I said in purrs under the palms
And all I ever want is breaking me apart
I said to the thing that I once was
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
To the left now, boy
Underneath the moon
By the thick tan sand
And the tall thin grass
One more thing for you
See the distant flume
In the sleepy dunes
Makes my nerves clench close
And my bones go cold
When I see that room
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I set in birds into the pond
And all I ever want
Is breaking me apart
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers, to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
Im here! One year late but i am still here!
They are in the description
man i love toes
by glass animals
LMAO
Both. Both is good
@@y3nji 👀
congrats, this genuinely made me laugh!!
me too, but i also love glass animals
that amazing feeling when you just found out a band and you know you are going to have a hell of a week !
maaaaaan this bit where Dave sings "and all I ever want" is PERFECT. I've never seen voice division sound and fit so nicely.
My taste in great music brought me here
doubt it.
same, It all started with Twenty one pilots(:
One good thing doesn't cancel out the really terrible thing.
+Drinkjockey Your body responds too certain musical stimulus. That same stimulus causes dopamine to release in your body causing what you believe to be your great taste in music. There is other physiological and psychological explanations to your experience. I also enjoy this song.
+Jack Graham I totally agree
You guys have to know what you where doing when composing these lyrics.. these sounds... leaves feeling that are other worldly. I am literally on full blown acid trip and this song is just inasane to say the least . The sounddss... just.. listen....
I was heavily under the influence when i discovered glass animals too and i agree that they made this music specifically for psychedelic trips!! I couldnt get out of my chair that day i swear these songs lap danced on me and it made my cheeks hurt from smiling so hard
Wait til it becomes real. Keep tripping! 😂
My 3 year old has some good taste in music, had it on replay until I finally realized it wasn’t one of those weird UA-cam videos he usually watches and stood there in shock as he was just listening to this song on repeat. Now I have it on repeat 😂
your kid is cooler than most adults
your kids gonna grow up to be a cool lad lemme tell ya that
My 2 year old loves Glass Animals. Dances every time
Cute to hear 🥰
ugh their music just makes you wanna do such bad ass shit. I wish their music was on breaking bad
originally Black Mambo was gonna be called Crystal Meth cuz he got some kind of inspiration from Breaking Bad. I read it in an article like right after Zaba came out!
The music. The voice. The lyrics. The background. Every freaking thing is awesome!
Every time i hear this song i’m filled with disgust but mesmerized. It’s the voice, the lyrics, and the music seducing me, toying with me, and warning me to flee.
WOAH YOU DEFINITELY WORDED THIS CORRECTLY
Jungle book on shrooms. This is it.
This song feels like dripping ink spilling over yellow sand creating the night sky. No idea why
_Yes!_ this is such a great description!
There's a remix of this song out there that, in my opinion, makes it incredibly ultra-orgasmic the remix Is called Kramble remix 100% recommend
On school
friend:*put hands up* teacher can i go to bathroom?
me:Put your hand down boi.
dinnae get it mate :/
I dont get the joke-
Eyebrow Of the year it’s a lyric from this song
@@liv1664 ohhhh xD
😏
These songs are the types I'd put full blast and just zone out for 2 hours, just existing, making a daydream to the song
I actually have read The Island of Doctor Moreau, the book that inspired this song, and for some reason it captures the feeling of the book perfectly
Cultured.
@@jamesv4262 oh no haha I only read it because I liked this song
where can i find it?
@@noname420 You can buy it pretty much anywhere where they sell books :)
@@eryyyy_y im currently getting it! a friend of mine is giving me her copy! thank you though, and nice sunny pfp
I was talking with my friends about Glass Animals and I was like "I love toes so much!"
These bitches knew *exactly* what they were doing when naming this absolute banger of a song
I remember where I was when I heard this for the first time. I was in the hospital. Had to be there for like 3 weeks. When I discovered this song in 2015, I was bumping it in my room the entire day lol.
Years later and this song still gives the most immaculate vibes.
I always thought he said "I'm cooking butterflies" lol
lol, that is the best!
Bea H. I will never hear it any other way now! Lol
Ihace to rlly think aboit it in order to hear it
What line did you mishear that as?
@@volatilevulture8102 I think it was "i'm crooked but upright" at 3:37.
Just found out about this group and I can't get enough of them. Love the chill vibe, good shit
Saying this with no context is concerning,
" Oh, well i like toes."
@BonkTonkDonk oh brother me too
Who doesn't like listening to toes tbh
(lmfao listen to the t o e s, they have things to say)
Your comment has 666 likes, I want to like it but I don't want to ruin this count :')
@@13434O_ well, go ahead and like it now!
@@jamontoast7467 thanks for the reminder 🤠👌
I swear, there is something beautifully natural/primal about their soundtracks.
I love it though it's hard to explain in words~
Anyone else notice that the eyes on the Animal Glass Text are actually blinking?
Haha i hadn't...great observation! ;)
Will Storey Thanks :)
I thought I just was high!
What?! Oh shit! lol
sorrowsmiles13 ;)
6 in the morning listening to this song while high. This feels so good right now
Bravo amigo. ;)
+Trevor Phillips Thank god the speed freak has switched to pot. ;)
+Trevor Phillips thats me right now
+Trevor Phillips I agree with you 420%
A couple days ago me and a buddy each took 2 blotters of some really good acid. We both came to the conclusion that some molly would coincide perfectly, so we each took half a gram. I remembered that someone told me to check these guys out, so I did. BEST DECISION I'VE EVER MADE. Their music took me to a whole new place. I didn't know it was possible to feel this way about music. I know I've only been a fan for a short period, but I can honestly say that I'll be a fan for life.
I did some digging and found that this song is loosely based off a book and the story of this "crooked man" and the "boy" is quite chilling yet sad. So let's look at the meaning in each line:
Put your hand down boy - you the listener is the "boy", and are also confused as to where you are or how you got there
Welcome to my zoo - the location is a type of attraction/freak show
Put your head inside
My big black wild - he is letting you in his head, to tell you his thoughts
while
I can still help you - you may be in some form of danger
See the snake baboon
Funky, chic and smooth - inhabitants of this "zoo" are of a peculiar type
Honey can you spy - you should be on guard
The divine ape-swine - these animals are chimeras, a combination of two different species
Cause he can see you - it's actually you who are being watched and not the other way around
I’m a man, I’m a twisted fool - He's claiming to be a man
My hands are twisted too - but his physical appearance is warped and twisted into something else
Five fingers to black hooves - a faun type of creature
I’m a man - the creature insists he's a man again he and does so repeatedly in the chorus almost like he's trying to convince himself or trying to prevent himself from forgetting it.
don’t spin me a lie - He was lied to. Maybe this is why he's a "twisted fool" ?
Got toes and I can smile - Trying to prove he can do "human" things.
I’m crooked but upright - "crooked" is referring to his crooked physical appearance of half man/half beast. "but upright" shows that he's a actually an innocent person.
And all I ever want
is just a little love - "love" in this sense means to be recognized as a human being
I said in purrs under the palms - he's now talking to the other members of this "zoo" now but in hushed purrs, trying to remain hidden under the palms - so he too is on guard for there are other bigger threats out there.
And all I ever want is breaking me apart - the conflict in his mind is slowly driving him insane.
I said to the thing that I once was - you, the "boy" is the thing that he once was. The human that he once was.
To the left now boy - around the bend, in a hidden place
Underneath the moon - this line signals that its at night but also a transition from the current time to a distant time in memory.
By the thick tan sand
And the tall thin grass - illustrates a type or eerie calmness.
One more thing for you - we finally arrive at the revelation of why you are here.
See the distant flume - you can actually see "it" approaching in the distance.
In the sleepy dunes - sleepy dune because you may enter or leave this place while in a state of drunken stupor. possibly from being drugged and dragged there.
Makes my nerves clench close
And my bones go cold - this place strikes so much fear in him that the very sight chills him to the bone and makes his mind freeze in terror.
When I see that room - that "room" is the place where he was first taken to, experimented on and was turned into a beast. This whole time he had been telling you that the inhabitants of this zoo are actually people who had been twisted and turned into animals. He had been losing his mind/humanity as he is struggling to remember who he was as a man. All this time, through a lulling melody, he's been guiding you to the very room where this all began to show you that the danger here is that you are next.
that’s such a good explanation, thank you!!
Ohhhh interesting! Thanks for sharing!
i mosty agree but there are some buts i think are still left up for interpretation.
for one , it think two black hooves is referring to a goat , showing that he's "cloven hooved" . and 'dont spin me a lie' is also him insisting he's a human and you cant tell him otherwise. that last bit im unsure of with sleepy dunes , and the room being a place where the speaker was experimented on , but i love the story you wove from this song and i cant unhear it now.
Thanks for the explanation.
@Mae I'm a little late to this but maybe because he welcomes the boy to the zoo? And saying that they're watching him too.
this track is drowsy, hypnotic. feels like im melting..
Dude all of Glass animals music is so strange but great;~; same with Alt-j honestly my favorite song by Glass animals is Poplar st! It's so good!
Skyler Mullins mine is definitely hazey but that song is good too
Yea i like that one too :D
Try GA's Youth pleaseeeee
Oh I've already listened to that one^_^It was good!
Skyler Mullins ah geez glass animals and alt j are my favorite bands but i think i prefer glass animals honestly
One of my favs from them! Perfect for my solitude.
This and black mambo are my favorite. Listen to cocoa hooves
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This screams take an acid tab
for real
this screams let's have sex XD
Take two
You could imagine my joy when I found out about Glass Animals yesterday on two geltabs.
Holiest nearly dismantled my brain, Gooey turned me into pooh bear and Toes had me bring out my blacklight.
Now I'm a couple bucks poorer but two albums richer. Astonishing sound.
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I know other people already mentioned it, but the Island of Doctor Moreau is a super intriguing book, and I think it’s worth the odd read. Plus you get to think more about the lyrics of this song.
The perfect song doesn't exi-
*oh wait*
@Dylan is Obsessing over too much was the a 21 pilots reference?
i don't know why, but when i play this song. i imagine myself dressed up classy, driving a bmw down the highway at night.
+ConkShow I imagine the BMW drive itself and I own BMW :D
I imagine a creepy American Horror Story style abandoned zoo with a child molestor luring children to their doom. THAT IS WHAT I GATHER FROM THE LYRICS
+Madam Fakename Calm down, Twisty.
Joseph Favela damnnnnnnnn
Joseph Favela why not both
Ok Ok... I admit it, it's one of them songs that get under your skin. This beat has the fluidity of a serpent gliding through the undergrowth. Nice.
This song feels like the moment when you get up to quick and gravity feels weird.
This is music I haven't heard in a long time...so relaxing and poetic
?? I'm talking about songs that are poetic and calming. Not specifically Glass Animals
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Put your hand down, boy
Welcome to my zoo
Put your head inside
My big black wild while
I can still help you
See the snake-baboon
Funky, chic and smooth
Honey can you spy
The divine ape-swine
'Cause he can see you
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted, too
Five fingers to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I said in purrs under the palms
And all I ever want is breaking me apart
I said to the thing that I once was
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
To the left now, boy
Underneath the moon
By the thick tan sand
And the tall thin grass
One more thing for you
See the distant flume
In the sleepy dunes
Makes my nerves clench close
And my bones go cold
When I see that room
And all I ever want
Is just a little love
I set in birds into the pond
And all I ever want
Is breaking me apart
I'm a man, I'm a twisted fool
My hands are twisted too
Five fingers, to black hooves
I'm a man, don't spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I'm crooked but upright
Thank you
I love this song so much. That bass is SOOO soothing, the lyrics provacotive, and the overall vibe is engulfing and warm. Salute!
Listening to this song reminds of the multiplicity of human personality and duality in human nature. People are grafted from different aspects of experience in their lives, but there always seems to be a balance: two sides of the same coin, almost always visible in himans. What you see in one person is the opposite elsewhere. The gentility of angels fade to warlike hysterics when in hell; its like this song just subtly tries to explain that humankind is something that it itself has yet to recognize; manmade but still a part of nature. Mechanical and organic.
Damn this song makes you think.
The voice quiver at 1:51 has me blushing.
Ikr 🤣🤣🤣 I usaly imagine him smiling and laughing at that part while saying he's a Twisted Fool, almost in a crazy since
I freaking love this album. Got it for Christmas and couldn't be happier.
Zaba is one of my favorite albums so far, it makes my mind feel like CRTV static. Just how music should
My wife introduced me to glass animals when we met in 2016 and absolutely fell in love with her and this band at the same time. Our wedding song was toes to dance to lol but it meant so much to us, our guests thought we were crazy. Nothing but love for glass animals
The rubiks cube in the picture doesn't make sense because the second white square down on the left column on the front is adjoined on it's left by another white square on a completely different side. Therefore making it impossible to solve.
Wtf man 😂
Mega Bix What XD
Savannah Saldana Artists do things on purpose?
Mega Bix Also the colors all wrong, and for some reason it's 2 dimensional
Mega Bix yea and how bout that hour glass on its side?? how is time supposed to flow now?
Yo my headphones are broken and its making the voice sound underwater but all the instruments are fine. Im not rlly opposed
DragonInaGasMask I can imagine that sound and it's perfect for this
ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html someone made an edit of the song for it to sound like it’s underwater it’s really good
@@sleep3667 fuck you
*The link is a rickroll*
*I'm a man, i'm a twisted fool,*
*My hands are twisted, too:*
*Five fingers to black hooves.*
*I'm a man, don't spin me a lie,*
*Got toes and i can smile,*
*I'm crooked but upright.*
I can’t explain the feeling every time I hear this song.
Glass animals are just so groovy
This vibe is hot, sexiest misclick on a UA-cam video I've ever made.
you were always meant to click. never forget. first-person-life never makes mistakes, that is the subjective reality we live in. every click is a click towards enlighten, metaphorically speaking that is ;)
Haha yea this music is strangly lovely and cruel
We don't make mistakes
We make happy little accidents! -Bob Ross
Fuckin lit comment
E..excuse me??
this song scares me so much. i kept thinking somebody was saying my name but im alone. it felt like somebody was watching me but at the same time i was completely lost in a jungle at in the dark and i keep hearing mysterious sounds. i got the feeling of somebody putting a knife up to my throat. Long story short, this terrifying tune gives me the feeling of certain death. amazing
Edit: I posted this a year ago and wow I sound insane. I don’t remember the whole knife thing. I’m glad some people found this somewhat entertaining lol
gazebo s Lol
what for me its relaxing
Same
I think that's a personal problem
Ok.... aaaay???
Usually when a song reminds you of someone you don't want to think about, you change the song, but with this song, it's too good to never listen to again, even if it reminds me of the past
song title: toes
band: glass animals
me: glass animals toes
thanks, i hate it!
Sammy how could you!
@@calcium7258 because why not
@@thedeliveryboy1123 your welcome
@@lisagonzales1739 yes I am child
Am i crazy or are there eyes blinking in the letters?
Definitely not crazy.
LOL I was abt to say you are loco loco hahaha but they are blinking.
those aren't mutually exclusive... just saying.
no
You're crazy!
God I love Toes in my ears
I read this wrong
@@Randeldeechickenlegs No, I believe you read it very correctly
@@TrafficPartyHatTest oh
like that toes or the song
This band makes me feel like a toddler who got into the crayon box
sounds like alt-j
and that's a compliment ;)
Exactly what I thought
That's it! It's not the first time I've seen a comment like that. Checkin alt-j out NOW!!!!
i finnaly achieved something good , enjoy it
sgonna be a eargasm
i actually felt a Morcheeba groove in there..
Exactly ! Zaba is realy like An Awesome Wave!
For people who don't understand hes talking about how animals see us "I'm a man I'm a twisted fool five fingers two black hooves (shoes) I'm a man don't spit me a lie got toes and I can smile I'm crooked but upright" crooked but upright resembling how crooked people will stab you in the back but we walk standing straight up on two legs
This song is actually based off a book, called "The Island of Dr. Moreau". I don't wanna spoil too much but the song is from the perspective of an animal-man.
@@gasolina8223 I know I only found that out a few weeks ago if they ever make a island of dr moreau tv show,movie or play they should put this song in it
@@aaronmeade5435 i totally agree. i would die for a new dr moreau, theres so many great fan songs and Richard Stanley's concept for his movie were so amazing and then he got sacked and it was all rewritten. there's so much potential to make some trippy gothic art piece movie and use this song..
@@jameseuringer7610 very true and now that new art movies are accepted nowadays it would somthing else to see this on the big screen with a much more hg Wells monstrous image paired with amazing practical effects
What a creative comment section. One of my favorites. I've never commented this much before, trying something new. Looking for good, benevolent, and thought-provoking interaction
Aquait Tahlil well, you'll find that here.
And neither one of them commented for another year
" Who's still with me in2021!? "
I am 👍
Yo
That art cant be old
sup
@@642smiley heya
man getting high and listening to glass animals must be such a trip.
Can confirm
"Taken 3" put it to my ear at first listening. ;) My repeat button is on fire now. :)
This song takes you to a whole different dimension and jungle. I'm glad I quit drugs, I'm not sure Id come back from this trip....
OLD BAY Congrats!
My experience showed me you can get a lot higher without drugs. No lie
never heard of glass animals until I randomly came across them just now. what planet have I been living on ? I love it !!!!! :O I've found where I belong
0:17 Every teacher when a person that isn't in his/her class enters the meeting
"Taken 3" brought me here. But omg im addicted to this song. Is this song a drug?
Kim Ngân Vũ yes and Taken 3 brought me here too
May as well be, best drug out there tbh. It cures my anxiety! ✨
Same. And I thought Glass Animals is underrated until he got featured in one of Top Music Mafia's video. ua-cam.com/video/Nlj7E1qrb_A/v-deo.html
This was one of my favorite songs when I was an angsty high schooler; it still holds up today
Glass animals? More like CLASS animals... I fucking love this song. Oh man I'm a twisted fool!
This reminds me of a demon or a wild creature with human intelligence trapped in a zoo, and trying to convince one of the workers there to let him out. The creature starts out looking completely human, and as the song goes on it gets gradually more and more angry and it grows and becomes more "demon-y".
This song is based off a book called "The Island of Dr. Moreau" and you're very close, it's from the perspective of an animal-man
❤
Great song, great blinking eyes, and great comments .... nothing could have been better
After reading the book this song was based on, (The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells)... This became an even bigger bop. Re-reading it now while listening to this song. Stars above i love this song and this band so much
Everyone here is calling the hot and sensual... I keep imagining a man turning more animal then man during this. Oh no...
It's actually about a novel."The Island Of Dr. Moreau",I believe.
Can I animate this idea? Ik this was not serious (and posted last year) but I'm just coming across this song
@@foxi9009 please do-
please do not shoot me, I am going through 2nd Danganronpa now🥺( translated with the help of a translator)
Oh god that reminds me of a movie called "Tusk"