Ethology, Ethnology, and Lyrics

Xah Lee, 2005,..,2008.

This page is a collection of song lyrics and commentary. In particular, Chinese lyrics are translated, and English lyrics are analyzed with attention to the language, with respect to ethology and ethnology and human sexualogy.

Songs appearing on this site are some of my most favorite songs.

Blood-line Howls

• Tomorrow Belongs to Me
• The Star Spangled Banner
• Victory Day (Prussian Blue)
• Born in the USA

The Ravage of War

• 花样的年华 (Age Of Blossom)
• 天涯歌女 (The Wandering Songstress)
• Fernado (ABBA)

In Praise of Tits, Ass, and Fucking

• Kiss (Prince)
• Pagan Poetry (Björk)
• Cocoon (Björk)
• She Bop (Cyndi Lauper)

• My Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)
• Little Red Corvette (Prince)
• My Humps

The Mating Game

• Take a Chance on Me (ABBA)
• (Hit Me) Baby One More Time and “Oops... I did it again!” (Britney Spears)
• You're So Vain (Carly Simon)
• Thriller (Michael Jackson)

Hymns to Sweet Sixteens

• Sweet Sixteen (Billy Idol)
• Dancing Queen (ABBA)

• 再会吧！十七歲 (Goodbye, Seventeen) (Teresa Deng)
• 南海姑娘 (The South Sea Girl) (Teresa Deng)
• 海韵 (Sea Rhythm) (Teresa Deng)
• 羞答答的玫瑰静悄悄的开 (The Blushing Rose Quietly Blooms)

The Masochistic Cries of Lovelorn Females

• Wandering Stars (Portishead)
• Slimcea Girl (Mono)
• 诉衷情 (Love Grieve)
• 痴痴的等 (Foolish Wait)
• 谁的眼泪在飞 (Who's Tears Are Flying)
• 哭砂 (Weeping Sand)
• 你看你看月亮的臉 (Look! Look! The Moon's Face)
• 棋子 (A Game Piece) (王菲)

Courtship and Love

The supremacy of sexual love.

• The Power of Love
• 愛人 (My Love)
• 讓愛自由 (Let Love Roam)
• 來自心海的消息 (News From The Galaxy Of Hearts)
• 天使之戀 (Love of a Angle)
• 彩虹 (Rainbow)
• 左岸，右转 (“Left Bank, Turn Right”) (莫文蔚 (Karen Mok))

• 千年等一回 (A Thousand Years Wait)
• 你瀟灑我漂亮 (You're Cool, I'm Prety)
• And I know ... (萧亚轩)
• 你可知道我爱谁 (Do You Know Who Do I Love)
• 珊瑚恋 (A Coral Romance)

• 初恋女 (Maiden Of Love)

Info Era High

• Daisy Bell
• Infomation High
• 光之翼 (Wings of Light) (王菲)

Lyrics With A Tale (Ballads)

• Young Americans (David Bowie)
• Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin)
• Hotel California
• one night in Bangkok
• Hip-Hop Rap and the Quagmire of American Blacks
• Poor Unfortunate Souls (Little Mermaid)
• Why Don't You Do Right (Jessica Rabbit)
• White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)

• 開到荼蘼 (Bloomed) (王菲)
• 流浪的红舞鞋 (Wandering Red Dancing Shoes)
• The Day Before You Came (ABBA)

de facto poems

• 滄海一聲笑 (A Laughter From The Seas)
• 木蘭辭 (Mulan Ballad)
• 相见欢 (Union Joy)
• 佳人歌 (The Beauty Song)
• To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
• Emily Dickinson
• Xah Lee

The Love and Pain of Human Animals

• 月圆花好
• 但願人長久
• 真善美 (Truth, Goodness, Beauty)
• 乾一杯 (A Toast to Friendship)
• Nights in White Satin

The Family

• 吉祥三宝 (the Joyous-Tri-Treasures)
• 晶晶 (Jing1-Jing1).

Singers

• creative David Bowie
• Blondie

Brainless Frenzy (dance songs)

• Fuck the Pain Away (Peaches)
• Do It To It
• Hollaback Girl
• iko iko
• For What You Dream Of
• Beautiful Things (Andain, 2003)

• Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
• SOS (Rihanna)

Funny

• hey sexy lady (Shaggy)
• Super by RuPaul (RuPaul)
• Fun For Me (Moloko)
• White and Nerdy (“Weird Al” Yankovic)

Dance Frenzy

Dance Frenzy Songs

The Free Spirits

• Like It Or Not (Madonna)
• Unison (Bjork)
• Bachelorette (Bjork)

Unsorted

• 晚风 (Night Breeze)
• Twin Peaks
• 斬邪留正詩 (The Poem on Executing the Vicious and Preserving the Righteous)
• It's a Man's Man's Man's World
• 红颜 (Red Rouge)
• Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Madonna)
• 北京欢迎你 (Beijing Welcomes You)