24 - I'm a Rattlesnake, Babe

In honor of the New Moon tonight, and I mean the actual New Moon, not that kool-aid dipping book.  This song is another one of the many I gleaned from Chuck.  Once again, after listening to the song, and seeing the scene/character they are attaching it too...it fits brilliantly.

It was used in Season 2's episode: Chuck vs. the DeLorean.  Yes, it's what you think it is.  At first listen I was confused by the lyrics.  Then I really paid attention and found them to be quite good and, maybe not profound, but not superficial.  I haven't given the rest of the album a listen, yet.  I'm sure there are at least a few more good track if not all of them.

Song 24/Day 24
        "Furr" from the album Furr by Blitzen Trapper.

The song tells a tale, in first person, of a young man who becomes a werewolf (now you get the moon reference?) until he meets a girl.  At least that's what it appears to be about.  There is a deeper meaning here.  He sings about running off with the pack and howling at the dawn.  Then he sings:

And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
For my flesh had turned to fur
Yeah, and my thoughts they surely were
Turned to instinct and obedience to God

He's not really singing about becoming a werewolf.  He's talking about giving into a reckless life style.  Living wild, "as God intended."  He didn't have to judge what was right or wrong, because if he felt like doing it, it was right, and if he didn't it was wrong.  The instinct and obedience to God is an attempt to justify a "made this way," mentality.

But he clearly knows he is different from what he was.  If he is comparing this lifestyle to that of being a werewolf.  Not something most people would find to be a good transition.

But then he sees a girl wandering into the pack's territory, just like he had been years before.  He then leaves the pack to be with her:

So I took her by the arm
We settled down upon a farm
And raised our children up as gently as you please

He's growing up.  He says he enters a world he doesn't know.  Because he's dealing with not just fending for himself, between being a parent and husband.  It's a song about growing up and leaving the wild childish ways behind.

That makes me think of Autumn because of all the changes going on in nature, and what we do as a society.  The Summer is over and we start slowing down as we prepare for Winter.  Transition.  Change.  Time to move from carefree fun to harvest, and survival.  Well...in the olden days.

I feel like I'm at a stage in life like this.  Preparing for what is to come next, I need to start letting go of old ways and get ready.  To grow up a little bit (but I'm never going to get old!)

That's where this song takes me.  So enjoy it, and the New Moon-no moon night!  Try to see as many stars as you can!

  "Furr" from the album Furr by Blitzen Trapper.

-Jesse