Thoughts about the song Snugglefish

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The Antikythera Mechanism by Nathaniel Johnstone



We’d just finished our weekend in Old Tucson at the Wild Wild West Convention in March of 2014. We had woken up too early after a night that went too late and we were punch drunk and would laugh at pretty much anything. When we were standing in line at the security checkpoint I decided that it would be a good idea to ask the internet for words that rhymed with “tentacles.” No, i don’t know why. I blame the coffee.


Anyway, the response was lightning fast and suddenly I had a thriving FB thread full of suggestions. By the time we’d sat down in our seats on the plane I knew that we needed to write a song with this. Kate, Tempest, and I passed my notebook back and forth and the rest of the song materialized in about 15 minutes. I’m sure the other passengers were plenty irritated by our silliness.


The third verse came a few days later, after I’d sent the song-in-progress to Alyssa. She totally nailed the idea. I loved the Frog & Toad reference!


I don’t know what a Snugglefish looks like. I’ve seen a couple of artist renderings and each one is unique and awesome.




Lyrics:
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Oh,
those dreary days

In
my world down below
The
sea where I sit
To
watch the world’s show

The
mortals, full of hubris
To
their Gods’ respect is lackin’
There’s
just nothing left to do
But
shout, “Release the Kraken!”

But
I know that deep inside
Your
fleshy, squirmy, slimy hide
A
heart of gold resides …

CHORUS:
You’re
my fierce and fanged Snugglefish
My
toothy, scaly Snugglefish
The
mortals fear you, Snugglefish
As
they’re gobbled by you, Snugglefish

Lord
Zeus says you’re nonsensicle
Because
of all your tentacles
Residing
in my ventricles
Are
nothing but respectacles

For
you …

My
little Snugglefish
My
little Cuddlefish

For
the Lord of the Sea
It’s
such a lonely lot
That
sometimes I feel
Like
you are all I’ve got

And
it pains me ever so
When
mortal respect is lackin’
And
there’s nothing left to say
But,
“Release the Kraken!”

Because
you’ve shown me, deep inside
Your
fleshy, squirmy, slimy hide
A
heart of gold resides …

CHORUS!


Instrumental
Interlude – DUELING KAZOOS! How cool is that??

You’re man’s
most dreaded enemy
My
best friend, not frenemy
Frog
and toad will always be
Envious
of you and me

So
when you feel down and out
Like
all the world’s attackin’
Never
worry, I will shout
Hey
“Release that Kraken”

Because
you’ve shown me, deep inside
Your
fleshy, squirmy, slimy hide
A
heart of gold resides …

CHORUS!

4 responses to “Thoughts about the song Snugglefish”

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    So will this be a thing?Will your next album's comedic song have a reference to the Snugglefish? 😀

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