Shins seem to sing of cicadas

Shins' song works as a natural anthem for the cicadas

By Stephen Kiehl | Sun Staff

May 28, 2004

It appears that a band from Albuquerque, N.M. - a distinctly cicada-free zone - has unwittingly written the perfect anthem to this buzzy season. The band is the Shins, known for shimmering, melodic pop songs, and the song is "Those to Come" from the album Chutes Too Narrow.

Part of the lyrics:

Quaking leaves and broken light

Shifting skin the coming night

The bearers of all good things arrive

Climb inside us, twist and cry

A kiss on your molten eyes

Myriad lives like blades of grass

Yet to be realized, bow as they pass

They are cold,

Still,

Waiting in the ether,

To form,

Feel,

Kill,

Propagate,

Only to die.

Dissolve

Magically,

Absurdly,