Roses, The Canary In the Coal Mine Vineyard Style! - YouTube /… Vineyards for centuries have been using roses to detect powdery mildew before the vines got infected. An animal susceptible or sensitive to a particular environmental factor-e.g., a toxin, pathogen, radiation-whose illness or death serves to warn humans of an impending danger. …Īn animal deliberately placed in a particular environment to detect the presence of an infectious agent, such as a virus. My InterpretationSentinel animal | definition of sentinel animal by Medical. The message I would take from this song is to start paying attention and taking some responsibility for what's going on around you It ends on a count down 5 - 4- 3 and then goes quiet.
Time resets due to our collective and individual daily activities have stabilized situations. I think this is due a swinging back towards responsible action in our day to day (humans tend to oscillate between base desires and higher responsibility). He counts down at the end and sometimes resets the count back to 10. My interpretation is that this is contrasting the machine-like and insensitive actions of some among the 'elites' with the resulting human effects of their actions It's interesting each individual of the different kind of 'elite' is said with a robotic voice, followed by "breaks down too" in a human voice. With the increasingly interconnected nature of the modern world, any catastrophe is increasingly more likely to effect everyone - so the stakes are high We can be more aware about some things (higher self) and at other times we are utterly distracted by short term, meaningless (animal instinct)
I think it also points to the importance of us all moving more into the responsible role as a matter of urgencyĭue to technology the world is changing so drastically and rapidly. I think in a nutshell this song is about the importance of keeping balance between instant gratification (animal instinct) and both personal and social responsibility (the higher self). Came and looked at the lyrics and had a listen and then it seemed to click.
I thought this was a filler weird song with the lyrics sung in such a strange way at places. Tickle tickle tickle, all your neck hairs prickleĪs they barbecue the sentinels and eat them right in front of you The countdown, carry on, five, four, three, two Hourglass smashed, a million little pieces Tick tick tick, do you recognize the sounds as the grains count down?Ī little tickle, tickle, tickle, all your neck hairs prickleĪs they barbecue the sentinels, and eat them right in front of you The Tokyo kitty, swallow, rose, and canary