Glass Animals - Toes (Official Audio)

this one is from our album ZABA.. listen here:
 
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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 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 to black hooves
I’m a man don’t spin me a lie
Got toes and I can smile
I’m crooked but upright

#GlassAnimals

[daniellefechtel]

Their music is like what color sounds like

[monsieur]

This already released 3 years ago? Holy shit. i must be livin under a rock

[abandonedchannel]

I didn't expect to like a song named *_Toes_* so much.

[postmortem]

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.

[glossyellie]

This band is just on a whole other level

[jellyfishyy]

okay but this song has the vibe that can be described as melting crayons. that’s the only way to explain it

[MalkonDova]

hey this song is really goOH MY GOD THE EYES ON THE TITLE ARE BLINKING

[thedeliveryboy]

Remind me to never search up “Toes” without “Glass animals” anywhere.

[sgatlersquad]

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

[katebandy]

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 (:

[ayushimandlik]

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

[Lyw]

this song is slowly bubbling, dripping ooze tbh

[deadthrills]

This music is the epitome of an eargasm

[shadowofmine]

This song has so much more depth when it plays through a decent speaker.

[skeletonwithacleaver]

Distance learning is really getting to me Thought the first lyrics were "Welcome to my Zoom"

[Syvmana]

This has been a super chill homework session.

[CommandoIvan]

I'm so glad I saw Taken. I wouldn't have been introduced to this band if I hadn't seen it.

[dashii]

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

[vmpyy.]

glass animals is way too underrated, they deserve more attention and love.

YES I GET IT THEY ARENT UNDERRATED THIS WAS A YEAR AGO.

[jr]

My mom brought me here. She'll pick me up at 8.