Track 14 - Dorothy's Peculiarity

These are the lyrics to "Dorothy's Peculiarity" from the Megland album, as originally transcribed by Mark Rathke in 2004:

Dorothy - your so beautiful
With your yellow spots and white gloves
Dorothy - wearing you're summer hat
And nothing else and that's a fact
But Dorothy I've just gotta know
Where did your lower jaw go?
Dorothy - with you're sharp teeth
You're Australian accent is really neat
Dorothy - just 5 years old
Not extinct, but rather bold
When you eat you're roses how do you chew
Without a lower jaw, I'm really confused
Dorothy's teeth shine so bright
But there's something that's just not right
Peculiar as I've said all along
Her lower jaw seems to be gone

And here is the mp3 of "Dorothy's Peculiarity" that Mark pulled off of the original album:
DorothysPeculiarity.mp3

I like this song a lot. Granted, I won't pretend to understand what it's about. It almost sounds like it's about a fossil or something. We'll have to get Mark's input on the lyrical meaning. I like the first guitar riff, and the synth work is interesting. It seems a bit stilted, flow-wise, but that almost works with the lyrics. The song is a bit...unsettling. It kind of reminds me of one of Danny Elfman songs off of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It brings to mind one of those situations where you feel like you should know what's going on, but you clearly don't.

In fact, the whole Megland album is like that. I'm pretty convinced that it's Mark's best solo work to date. Almost all of the songs have that same whimsical feel about them. In terms of the remake, I want to keep the guitar progression at the start, the synth feel, and of course the kid saying, "Dorothy! He-he!" I wonder if Mark still has that kid? In a dream situation, I'd also get a recording of Larry G. saying "Dorothy! He-he!" I doubt that'll happen, though.cd