Thrice - Black Honey (Lyrics)

Thrice released Black Honey on April 27, 2016.
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Lyrics:
I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I...
I want honey on my table
I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I...
I want honey on my table

But I never get it right
No I never get it right

I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees
I can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again till I got what I need

I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest
Don't they understand I deserve the best
And I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again till I got what I need

I tried to stick this pin through a butterfly 'cause I...
I like all the pretty colors
But it just fell apart so I flung it in the fire
To burn with all the others

Cause I never get it right
No, I never get it right

I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees
I can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again till I got what I need

I'll rip and smash through the hornet's nest
Don't they understand I deserve the best
And I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again till I got what I need

And this time I'll get it right
Yeah this time I'll get it right
It's gonna be this time I'll get it right
Oh God let it be this time I get it right

So I'm cutting that branch off the cherry tree
I'm singing this will be my victory then I...
I see them coming after me

And they're following me across the sea
And now they're stinging my friends and my family and I...
I don't know why this is happening

But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again till I got what I need

I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees 'cause I...
I want honey on my table

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[Brotatoe]

the audio quality is pretty low but the lyrics are actually readable so that's a plus

[ZoeyKnows]

This is not hard to figure out, but that doesn't subtract from the painful truth the song carries. He's talking about the United States going to war in the Middle East for personal gain (oil is black honey) and the effects that it has on us. We keep getting stung each time we go to someone else's country and destroy people's homes and lives while our government pretends to be waging war for our safety. If you don't want to get stung, don't swing your hand through the swarm of bees. It also references the greed and selfishness of American culture "do what I want, do what please, I'll do it again till I got what I need", and "do you understand I deserve the best". The swarm following us home across the sea is a reference to sleeper cells and domestic terrorism in western countries: San Bernardino, Paris, Brussels, etc. ISIS is just the newest swarm we have created ourselves and are following us home to "sting" our friends and family. The butterfly part is interesting in that it seems to be reflecting on our wastefulness and carelessness in destroying things over and over and not learning the result of our actions (threw it in the fire to burn with all the others). The part he repeats "but I never get it right" and then "this time I'll get it right" parallels this. We keep going to war, to reap death and destruction, while a select few profit, and then blame the "bees" for stinging us. We are doomed to do this over and over until we realize the result of our actions. Taken from another chat.

[Brayace]

Something about this song is good but makes me feel nauseaus

[JJfan]

That foxhavens logo looks like a college or university logo

[KissingEmbers]

What you do? delete everyone else's comments

[hardboiledfrog]

Hornets don't make honey.

I can't connect with music that is fiction rather than autobiography.

For a long time I've wanted to like thrice. Can't seem to.