Of Monsters and Men: Dirty Paws Meaning

Song Released: 2012

Dirty Paws Lyrics

Jumping up and down the floor,
My head is an animal.
And once there was an animal,
It had a son that mowed the lawn.
The son was an ok guy,
They had a pet dragonfly.
The dragonfly it ran away
But it came back with a story to...

1. anonymous

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   Oct 22nd 2013 !⃝

   I don't think there is any deeper meaning related to historic wars, I think that it is just meant to tell a story of a war in the forest or possibly the war on pollution and deforestation.
2. anonymous

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   Oct 14th 2013 !⃝

   To me it sounds like the dragonfly witnessing a war between the birds and the bees, then goes back to the animal and his son. And I picture "Dirty Paws" as a wolf that the birds came to, to ask for help.
3. anonymous

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   Oct 3rd 2013 !⃝

   it isn't ment to mean anything, it's supposed to make you think it means something! it's open to your own interpretation!

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4. anonymous

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   Jul 24th 2013 !⃝

   I think it's a song about a war between the evil bees and the good birds fighting for a better world..

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5. anonymous

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   Mar 3rd 2013 !⃝

   i am the same warrior fan girl! (please note t will be about warrior cats) the dog ship(a female dog that killed swiftpaw)is the beast with the dirty paws. brightheart's love was killed by her(as seen in my post on little talks)bees invaded thunderclan and some cats got injured and no one knows but ship is alive and killed the bees and the birds.even if ship was leading the birds,she killed them,it was one of her tricks.the dragonfly is cloudtail who used to be a kittypet(pet cat)who believes brightheart and takes her as a mate.he then tells his mother,still a kittypet,about it.

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6. anonymous

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   Feb 5th 2013 !⃝

   i believe its about 911 the bees being the terrorists and birds being Americans and getting help from the creatures of snow could refer to the Russians involvement and the the forest that once was green could be New York when we kill the queen bee and her men its referencing to when we finely killed bin laden

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   Jan 18th 2013 !⃝

   I think Dirty Paws is a honey badger cause honey badger don't give a sh..
8. anonymous

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   Jan 8th 2013 !⃝

   The song is a folksong about how it came to be that Iceland use to have no bees.
   The folk song is a story of how the bees were destroyed by a war between them and the birds.
   Bees were introduced to Iceland.
9. anonymous

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   Dec 25th 2012 !⃝

   This is about an Icelandic Fantasy story, I'm not sure on which one bit this band is from Iceland and it only makes sense.
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    Aug 31st 2012 !⃝

    That WW2 interpretation was laughable. "It is about..."
    The four-legged creature is on the birds' side.
11. anonymous

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    Aug 23rd 2012 !⃝

    NO! Does anyone actually listen to the lyrics!?! The "Four dirty paws" are on the birds side!
12. anonymous

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    Aug 11th 2012 !⃝

    The song is about world war 2. The bees are the Germans who are superior in naval and air warfare. "coming up from below" submarine attacks. "in snow" possibly a reference to war in Russia. "The forest once green" the destruction and devastation of Europe. "The queen" possibly a reference to hitler. The four dirty paws, a reference to the nazi flag and all the disgusting effects it brought on the world.
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    Jul 21st 2012 !⃝

    literally:
    there's an animal family that have a pet dragonfly that went into the forest of talking trees that told him of an ancient war between the birds and the bees.
    The Bees declared war because they wanted to rule the sky "It wasn't big enough for them all" and the birds got help from "dirty paws" or four legged animals.
    The bees were winning and the other side went underground in their "holes" because of the bees=killing machine. this made it winter or something and then the "she" who was referred to at the beginning got all the animals together and took out the Queen Bee and her men.
    
    Figuratively:
    could be a play off of the bees being bullies who the birds and animals take down.
    the animals could rep the humans since the person's head is an animal.
    I'm not really sure other than that.

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