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I find it interesting how they say "We think so then, and we thought so still." It's almost as if they are saying they have no sense of time. That it is unimportant to them.

*_I feel like Cosmo is extremely underrated as a musician._*

Honestly, this song just perfectly encapsulates what pelicans just… are. They strut around like they own the place, they eat anything that fits in their mouths, they’ve been here for at least 30 million years. They’d probably think highly of themselves if they were sapient.

For those who don't know (and haven't read the description), this is actually sampled from the beginning of a piece by Edward Lear, a nonsense poet, the piece called "Pelican Chorus" and it's quite longer than the song.

I like this song because it makes me feel like I'm in a pelican cult and just being a bastard

easily in my top 5 songs about pelicans

i hate not being able to read the lyrics while listening to music so King and Queens of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still! We live on the Nile. The Nile we love. By night we sleep on the cliffs above; By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand. And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown, Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the Ivory Ibis starlike skim, Wing to wing we dance around, Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound, Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought And this is the song that we nightly snort: King and Queens of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no Birds so happy as we! Pluffskin, pluffskin, pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!

“No other birds have feet like fins...” They’re gonna flip when they hear about ducks

remember you're a peliCAN, not a peliCAN"T

I just have a weakness for weirdly whimsical tunes like this. Maybe it’s cause I’ve had dreams of entering a strange fantasy world and hearing melodies like this take me back to this.

bro cosmo and hozier in a song would be perfect

this gives off the feeling that something is horribly wrong and all the pelicans are very much involved but are ignoring it

Some random dude ranting: “ there aren’t enough songs about pelicans “ Cosmo Sheldrake: “ I’ve got you “ And that was how this was created and I love it

I have never heard such a menacing song about pelicans. Or have I heard any songs about pelicans so

I just want to say I loved this song so much I made a DnD encounter around it: the Pelican Lords. My players who are pirates will have to find themselves in their good graces to pass their waters safely.

I love the line 'we think so then and we thought so still' . . . just so unpredictable. turns the saying on its head and makes you think

The lyrics to this read like a children’s book and I love it.

I have a new wish: Have a party were all guests were pelicans masks and make them sing this in unison.

Lyrics: King and Queens of the Pelicans we No other Birds so grand we see None but we have feet like fins With lovely leathery throats and chins Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee We think no birds so happy as we Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill We think so then, and we thought so still We live on the Nile, The Nile we love By night we sleep on the cliffs above By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the ivory Ibis starlike skim Wing to wing we dance around Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought And this is the song that we nightly snort King and Queens of the Pelicans we No other Birds so grand we see None but we have feet like fins With lovely leathery throats and chins Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee We think no birds so happy as we Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill We think so then, and we thought so still

Everytime I hear a Cosmo Sheldrake song I experience primordial dread combined with dissasociation and its awesome

i too, snort this song, every night

This song makes less sense than The Moss. And I love it!

Such an interesting take on one of Edward Lear's nonsense songs. This came up in my spotify discover weekly and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since.

My favorite line is ploffskin pluffskin pelican jee Truly inspirational

honestly i remember reading this EXACT song in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense Poems as a tiny child and here I am listening to a professional cover of it

Lyrical interpretation aside, I love these types of songs, the types of songs that just give off the essence of... *"you are so fucked."*

Pelicans are exactly the type of animal that would have a villain song

King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still! We live on the Nile. The Nile we love. By night we sleep on the cliffs above. By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand. And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown, Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the ivory Ibis starlike skim, Wing to wing we dance around, - Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound, - Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought, And this is the song we nightly snort: King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!

His music sounds like what childhood feels like when you look back on it after you've grown up :D

Shoutout to all my flumppy pelicans

This is great even though it's just about pelicans he makes it sound like a fantasy!

i think this song is about pelicans

all of cosmo's songs are calm yet intense in a good way, different from anything else I've ever heard

"me pelican. you? "pelikan." "we palicans!" "nono we palikans!" "nono... we pelic..." "kans! peli KANS!" '...' The Pelikan Revolt, 1886

Cosmo Sheldrake is basically the lovechild of Woodkid, Alt-J and Chris Garneau and.... im totally ok with this.

I can only imagine how excited Mr. Edward Lear would have been to have heard this! This is my favorite way to enjoy his poetry...

Absolutely love this song. It’s also fun to watch people in the comments try to find a deeper meaning to a song who’s lyrics are quite literally lines from a nonsense poem. For some reason I just specifically love the way he says ‘no’ in the second line of the chorus. It sounds weirdly familiar, but also just… right.

The phrase "lovely leathery throats and chins" is so evocative and sung in such perfect meter that I cannot stop thinking about it. Just that line has been in my head for weeks now -💜 Ky

I think I like all of Cosmo’s songs pretty much equally but this is definitely the one that brings me the most pure unbridled joy.

i swear this song is the king of "Start Singing When the Lyrics Are Still 40 Seconds Away™"

Not gonna lie... this is DEFINITELY me when I'm a pelican

I have never been more afraid of pelicans than I am listening to this

I'm that one weird person whose obsessed with a song about pelicans

ngl there is a big difference when listening to cosmo sheldrake, With Headphones and Without Headphones

I kind of feel like diving into the ocean and returning to the surface with a large amount of fish in my mouth.

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I live in Louisiana, and the state bird is an Eastern Brown Pelican. I've seen many of them, and this sing describes them perfectly.

Honestly one of my favorite songs of all time. I love the whimsical atmosphere it gives off!

This song literally fuels me so much. I was listening to a bunch of music on the bus and when I remembered this one I was sooo... alive. I listened to it for a long time and I love it man. It's so unique and beautiful and it feels amazing yk

Things that happened today: 1: my friend disliked this video 2: my friend got hit by an uber driver 3: I got fired from being an uber driver

this music makes me nostalgic for a disney movie that never actually happened.

This was the first Cosmo song I heard and I was immediately entranced. So beautiful but slightly eerie and dissonant. A little bit like nature.

god this entire ep just is so overlooked cosmo seriously knows how to capture a certain aesthetic. He makes everything sound so whimsical

it’s eight in the morning and i have a song about pelicans stuck in my head yes

P e l i c a n

Oh my god! This just made me remember a picture book my mom used to read to me! It was an illustrated version of The Pelican Chorus and I've haven't thought about since until hearing this song. It's so weird what the brain remembers.

A song in a Disney movie where the group known as the “pelicans” dances around their court arena and is later revealed to be a villainous cult who aim to sacrifice the city to the river

I hope he'll be famous at some point and I can say I knew him from the beginning lol

Ngl that intro sounds like something you would hear on a music disc in Minecraft, they oughta call you up

This is undeniably the official anthem of pelicans

All i can think is ''Mine!'' even though those where seagulls....

I wish more people would turn old poems into excellent songs.

I freaking love all of his music. So good and strange

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It's official. I have to choreograph a heelwork-to-music (basically dog dance) to this song. Not an option anymore. It must be done.

Here’s the Lyrics, if anyone needs them! King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still! We live on the Nile. The Nile we love. By night we sleep on the cliffs above. By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand. And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown, Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the ivory Ibis starlike skim, Wing to wing we dance around, - Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound, - Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought, And this is the song we nightly snort: King and Queen of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!

Anyone else unapologetically obsessed with cosmo sheldrake? Lol this is my fave song rn too, absolutely cannot get enough

Honestly this boi deserves way more hype. He's got this fantastical magical realm mixed with abandoned circus vibes and I love it

Am I the only one who gets the mental image of an animated movie where the group of animals sneak around and just watch these groups of arrogant pelican villains sing their theme song of how great they are

Ever since Ive found his music, its been something I’ve never stopped becoming attached toward, I’ve shown some of my friends and people don’t get it at first, but then it slowly snaps into place, and then people like it a lot, first starting with “The Moss”, then “Come Along” then this and more, I love it all, and will continue to enjoy the work that is created.

Why does every song cosmo makes sound like a drug trip gone wrong but it just is a bop at the same time

A masterpiece in every right. I wish every song could be made with the amount of creativity and skill that Cosmo's work has.

The sad thing about this is that in the original poem the daughter of the pelican queen and king goes off to marry the crane king and flies far away with him. The poems end with the line "We shall probably never meet again"

This might be my favorite song of Cosmo I just think of two ship wrecked survivors making it onto a island and on it are tons of pelicans that the survivors earn the trust of and essentially live all together dancing around their camp fires and like practically building a religion based on pelicans

Cosmo makes the type of music you can dance in the forest to

Honestly one of my top 10 songs of all time

A perfect song that encapsulates the joyous and silly celebratory tone of Edward Lear’s - The Pelican Chorus

World needs more bops about birds. You are doing your part well!

You are *SUPER UNDERATED* like damn I firat found "the moss" and I was hooked your music is fantastic good job man keep it going

First part of the song reminds of of the Legend of Zelda Oracle games when you enter a whimsical witch's house who's doing spells over a bubbling cauldron.

Cosmo's music is definitely an excellent accessory for Whimsymaxxing. But is not required.

**bobbing my head while feeling anxiety for no apparent reason**

Other pop artists be singing about drugs and fake love, and then there's Cosmo casually singing about Pelicans 😌😌

I can't fathom why this thought occurred but eveytime I see this I imagine an animation of a group of main characters sailing down the Nile, right into a civilisation of talking, intelligent tribal-Egyptian Spinosaurus.

a friend recommended cosmo to me yesterday and I've been listening to his music for hours now it's sooo good.

I can't stop listening to this song!!!! I WILL BURN IT INTO MY HEAD

i could imagine it perfectly in my head: a disney movie about birds and the pelicans kingdom are introducing themself with this song like the hyena scene on Lion King

It's so wholesome that you can mix such catching melody with such beautiful and classical instruments in your songs :3 Flutes and Clarinnetes are my thing, love your work.

Conheci suas músicas através da minha filha de 12 anos. Ela ama suas músicas e eu tb. São maravilhosamente sérias e divertidas ao mesmo tempo. Obrigado! Um abraço amazônico.

i wholeheartedly believe that most of this guys songs are at least partially inspired by his brother being a biologist

King and Queens of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still! We live on the Nile. The Nile we love By night we sleep on the cliffs above; By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the Ivory Ibis starlike skim Wing to wing we dance around Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought And this is the song that we nightly snort: King and Queens of the Pelicans we; No other Birds so grand we see! None but we have feet like fins! With lovely leathery throats and chins! Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no Birds so happy as we! Pluffskin, pluffskin, pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!

*king and queen of the pelicults we*

Thanks Cosmo, for helping people to open eyes, love your job.

𓅯 King and Queen of the Pelicans we No other Birds so grand we see None but we have feet like fins With lovely leathery throats and chins Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee We think no birds so happy as we Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill We think so then, and we thought so still We live on the Nile, The Nile we love By night we sleep on the cliffs above By day we fish, and at eve we stand On long bare islands of yellow sand And when the sun sinks slowly down And the great rock walls grow dark and brown Where the purple river rolls fast and dim And the ivory Ibis starlike skim Wing to wing we dance around Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought And this is the song we nightly snort King and Queen of the Pelicans we No other Birds so grand we see None but we have feet like fins With lovely leathery throats and chins Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee We think no birds so happy as we Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill We think so then, and we thought so still

gorgeous song and album, the moss, your rythme, the percussions, your voice. well done mec (y)

this song is perfect to be high to

I watched The Boy and the Heron last night and this song was stuck in my head until the end of the movie.

I literally discovered cosmo like 7 hours ago and I’m already hooked