Rikki Tikki Tavi
Rikki Tikki Tavi: Liberation from External Control
Lyrics
Got to get into what you got to get into
Feeling compelled to engage or involve oneself in something.
Got to get into it now, now snuck in please
An urgent plea to engage in the current situation or circumstance.
For the united nation isn't really united
Suggesting that despite the name, the unity of the nation is lacking.
Oh the organisation isn't really very organised
Highlighting the lack of efficiency or order within the organization.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
A reference to Rikki Tikki Tavi, a mongoose, being absent or missing.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Reiterating the absence of the mongoose, Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Running around to kill your snakes no more, my love, oh
Expressing the impossibility of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose, eliminating snakes anymore.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Re-emphasizing the absence of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose.
Everybody that read the Jungle Book know Rikki Tikki Tavi was a mongoose
Referencing Rikki Tikki Tavi from "The Jungle Book" as a mongoose known for killing snakes.
He killed snakes
Confirming Rikki Tikki Tavi's role in killing snakes.
When I was a young man
Personal reflection on youth.
I was led to believe that the organisation would kill my snakes for me
Belief that an entity or organization would solve personal issues (symbolized by snakes) but realizing it wasn't true.
I eat church
Metaphorical consumption or disillusionment with religious institutions.
And I eat government and I eat school
Metaphorically consuming societal structures like government and education.
When I get older, I learn how to kill them myself
Personal growth leading to self-reliance in overcoming problems.
So I say, I say
Expressing a statement or repetition for emphasis.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Reiteration of Rikki Tikki Tavi's absence, symbolizing the inability to address problems.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Restating the absence of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose.
Running around to kill your snakes no more, my love, oh
Expressing the futility of addressing issues symbolized by snakes without Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Re-emphasizing the absence of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose.
People walk around, they don't know what they're doing
Observation of people's aimlessness or lack of purpose.
They've been lost for so long, they don't know what they're looking for
People feeling lost and directionless for an extended period.
Well, I know what I'm looking for but I just can't find it
Personal awareness of what one seeks but struggling to find it externally.
Oh, I guess I'm gonna have to look inside of myself some more
Realization of the need for introspection to find answers within oneself.
Oh, oh, oh, oh inside of myself some more, some more, say
Repetition emphasizing the need for self-exploration and introspection.
Oh, oh, oh, oh inside of myself some more, some more, say
-Oh, oh, oh, oh inside of myself some more, some more, say
-Oh, oh, oh, oh inside of myself some more, some more, say
-Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Reiteration of Rikki Tikki Tavi's absence, symbolizing the inability to address problems.
Rikki Tikki found a new lover
Suggesting Rikki Tikki found a new purpose or direction, moving on from the previous state.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Re-emphasizing the absence of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose.
Running around to kill your snakes no more, my love, oh (Running around now)
Reiterating the impossibility of addressing issues symbolized by snakes without Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Rikki Tikki Tavi, my mongoose is gone
Re-emphasizing the absence of Rikki Tikki Tavi, the mongoose.
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