The Coffin Creep
Dancing with Destiny: The Coffin Creep's Dark Tale
Lyrics
I don't want a casket, I don't want to burn
Expressing a preference against having a traditional casket burial or cremation.
I don't dig a box, I don't dig the urn
Rejecting the idea of being confined in a box or urn after death.
It's the six sided coffin for my final sleep
Desiring a six-sided coffin for the final rest.
Dressed in black, with a widow's peak
Describing the attire for the afterlife, dressed in black with a widow's peak.
The coffin creep
Introducing the theme of the "coffin creep."
Hands on your shoulders arms across your heart
Depicting a ceremonial posture with hands on shoulders and arms across the heart.
Except to clap at all the right parts
Suggesting reserved applause during specific moments.
Shuffle your shoes, sway with the beat
Instructing a rhythmic movement of the feet to the beat.
Shimmy your shoulders like a freak
Encouraging a distinctive shoulder movement in a playful manner.
Now you're doing the coffin creep
Transitioning to the act of performing the "coffin creep."
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Encouraging hand clapping and foot stomping as part of the ritual.
Everybody's doing the coffin creep
Highlighting the collective participation in the "coffin creep."
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Reiterating the communal nature of the ritual.
Everybody's doing the coffin creep
Emphasizing the widespread engagement in the "coffin creep."
Mother always said, I wish you were dead
Recalling a negative remark from the speaker's mother, expressing a wish for their demise.
When I asked, why my feet were webbed
Referencing a peculiar physical trait (webbed feet) and the mother's cryptic response.
She only said my father was a beast
Hinting at a mysterious lineage, with the father being described as a beast.
Dressed in black, with a widow's peak
Reiterating the attire for the afterlife, maintaining the thematic consistency.
The coffin creep
Returning to the concept of the "coffin creep."
Hands on your shoulders arms across your heart
Reiterating the ceremonial posture for the ritual.
Except to clap at all the right parts
Reemphasizing the reserved applause during specific moments of the "coffin creep."
Shuffle your shoes, sway with the beat
Encouraging rhythmic foot movement and swaying to the beat.
Shimmy your shoulders like a freak
Encouraging a distinct shoulder movement, adding a playful and eccentric element.
Makes you feel like trick or treat
Introducing a playful element, likening the experience to Halloween trick-or-treating.
The coffin creep
Concluding with the repetition of the "coffin creep" and the ritualistic nature of the song.
Comment