The Moss (Cosmo Sheldrake Cover)

this legitimately feels like a bad ending of the original and im here for it

"Well legend has it that the moss that grows will outlive both you and me." this has to be my favorite line tbh, just something about it

Original: woah nature!! Cool!!! This cover: WE'VE RUINED OUR PLANET AND THE DEADLINE TO FIX IT IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING

"Legend has it that one and one is two, and one and two is three" Fuckin genius it relates to the rest of his covers, and you can hear Mind when that line is sung

This song genuinely feels like some dystopian A.I singing to itself.

Lyrics(according to captions.) [Music] [Music] all the worms [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] green tentacles [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] for all eternity [Music] oh is [Music] [Music] [Applause] a foundation of insincerity

This feels like the nature that is the original was paved over by cruel unthinking machines and the singing is one of the few who remembers the green that once sat before one ground of concrete did So pretty goddamn cool

HELLO??? THIS SOUNDS SO EPIC AND THERE'S ADDED LYRICS WHAT I don't know how to describe the feeling it gives--it's like a more bitter, "we gotta fix whatever this paranormal mess is and quick" as opposed to "woah, look at all of this mysterious, whimsical stuff"

Here’s the lyrics : Legend has it that the moss grows on the north side of the trees Legend has it when the rain comes down, all the worms come up to breathe Legend has it when the sunbeams come, all the plants, they eat them with their leaves Legend has it that the world spins round on an axis of 23 degrees But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon? Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon Or she, who leapt up mountains while whistling up a tune And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe Or the girl that sang by day and by night, she ate tear soup Or the man who drank too much, and he got the brewers' droop Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes Nobody knew and nobody knows How the pobble was robbed of his twice five toes Or how the dong came to own a luminous nose Or how The Jumblies went to sea in a sieve that they rowed And came to shore by the chankly bore, where the bong-trees grow Where the jabberwocky's small green tentacles do flow And the quangle wangle plays in the rain and the snow But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon? Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon Or she, who leapt up mountains while whistling up a tune And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe Or the girl that sang by day and by night, she ate tear soup Or the man who drank too much, and he got the brewers' droop But everything you see isn't everything that is Every thing you think to be, every thought you can't dismiss The lives we try to lead and the time we try to give Well it's all a fallacy, we continue to relive And every thing will live, just as every thing will die Every foe that you forgive, and every friend that you deny Every single first hello, and every single last goodbye Every smile that you show, every tear that you hide Well legend says that, one and one is two and that one and two is three Well legend has it that, the first flight flew back in 1903 Well legend has it that, we're all just doomed, and we've ruined our society Well legend has it that, we dug our tomb which we'll lie in for all eternity But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon? Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon Or she, who leapt up mountains while whistling up a tune And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe Or the girl that sang by day and by night, she ate tear soup Or the man who drank too much, and he got the brewers' droop Well everything you see isn't everything that is Every thing you think to be, every thought you can't dismiss The lives we try to lead and the time we try to give Well it's all a fallacy, we continue to relive And every thing will live, just as every thing will die Every foe that you forgive, and every friend that you deny Every single first hello, and every single last goodbye Every smile that you show, every tear that you hide Well legend has it that, the moss grows on the north side of the trees Well legend has it that, the moss that grows will outlive both you and me Well legend has it that, the world once knew a whole palette of lovely blues and greens Well legend has it that, our corpses lie a foundation of insincerity

HOW IS THIS SO CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED?! It sounds so good- the added lyrics are also really cool and go with the song perfectly hdhdjfhhfjf

If the original song is when we are children, if the Demo is when we grow and lose all dreams, then this is when we Gain our spark once more.

The fact you aren't on spotify is a crime against humanity and needs to be fixed as soon as possible

holy shit. holy shit holy shit holy shit. this cover slaps SO fucking hard. the new lyrics are so good SO FUCKING GOOD. I love how they change the context of the song completely, from being about forgotten myths to how one day we and our society will be forgotten too. GOD these ones specifically "everything will live just as everything will die" "every single first hello and every single last goodbye" "legend has it that the moss will outlive both you and me" I need to lay down. good song good fucking song. I can't believe I came here from the fly to the moon shit post (also!!!! very high quality cover) this is making me feel new emotions

I really like that you put a slight new spin in this cover!

This made me think of generations in the far future telling our story tales with slightly mixed up or misinterpreted details, IDK why that's what I thought of but I did

Og cover:miths and story's This guy:what's the point, we're all going to fucking die.

I kind of imagine this as like Someone is telling stories with children and is starting to get tired of lying to them and tells them the truth of how they feel….that is oddly specific but yeah.

I like how the new lyrics take the original The Moss to its natural conclusion. The original Moss suggests that believing in folklore is charming, harmless... this cover reminds us that believing in lies is how we've fucked ourselves, our friends, our communities, and our planet.

I am very, very happy that youtube mix randomly put this into a mix that had NOTHING to do with it, because this is the best song I've heard in a long, LONG while. Anyways, time to listen to it on loop until it's no longer that good! (it'll be a few weeks! hah!)

This is actually the best song I've heard in a while I can't say this enough. It makes me feel like I just ascended.