{"id":198,"date":"2024-12-10T21:39:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2024-12-14T21:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:41:50","slug":"lyrical-changes-and-themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/digital-editions\/beta-page-will-woods\/lyrical-changes-and-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"*~Cicada Days, Annotated~*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Cicada Days\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7rN0PYbcQ7quewRhtqvLGK?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Lyrics of Cicada Days by Will Wood<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[verse]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The greener grass grows where the wildfires fertilize<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghosts of trees and termites bloom in the beanstalk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is it from shaking out the weight of phosphenes and pasts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salt deposits on warm little rivers that burst from our words<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pre-chorus]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And God knows crying ain&#8217;t gonna change a thing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said &#8220;Take care&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I take more than I bring<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[chorus]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said, &#8220;It just feels inhumane to lose this much&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;&#8216;Cause when you leave you know you tak\u0435 more than your love&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just one week of cicada days, w\u0435&#8217;re losing touch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[verse]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our nerves were braided under ceiling stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That were all glow in the dark, hanging over queen-sized<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Purple waves of ancient chemicals just whisper!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you ever build with those endangered bones?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, the ground looks soft enough to bury this now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh, please, oh no<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pre-chorus]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then my sponsor said &#8220;Do nothing, nothing works&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then my doctor said &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that if it hurts&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[chorus]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said, &#8220;It just feels inhumane to lose this much&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;&#8216;Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The seasons of cicada days, we can&#8217;t make up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[bridge]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don&#8217;t let me leave, I&#8217;ll only take more than I gave<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Okay, I&#8217;ll pack my stuff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here at the end of days, my god, what have I done?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christ, now it feels damn inhumane to get all I&#8217;ve dreamed of<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[outro]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep coming back, it works if you work it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So work it, you&#8217;re worth it, it won&#8217;t if you don&#8217;t<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One day at a time, tomorrow&#8217;s too late, amen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/files\/2024\/12\/image-removebg-preview-1.png 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"color: #333333\" src=\"https:\/\/static.vecteezy.com\/system\/resources\/previews\/032\/334\/316\/original\/sparkle-light-doodle-icon-png.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"34\" \/> *~<a style=\"color: #993366\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/digital-editions\/beta-page-will-woods\/\">Back to general page~*<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Footnote: the cheese wheel\/moon is actually the album cover for &#8220;In case I make it&#8221;.*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Lyrics of Cicada Days by Will Wood [verse] The greener grass grows where the wildfires fertilize With ashes of sparrows, peppered moths, and butterflies Ghosts of trees and termites bloom in the beanstalk And if you get lightheaded when standing too fast Is it from shaking out the weight of phosphenes and pasts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/digitalmethodsforthehumanities2024\/digital-editions\/beta-page-will-woods\/lyrical-changes-and-themes\/\" 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