Lilac Breeze
by Eels

Album: Hombre Lobo (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • The album Hombre Lobo, as the title suggests, has a werewolf concept. In this song, the creature expresses his frustration with the lines:

    Birds do it
    Bees do it
    I wanna do it


    The Sun June 5, 2009 asked Eels mainman Mark Oliver Everett how much of this is his character and how much himself? He replied: "I think I'm writing purely in character, but I find that when I look back, I suddenly realize, 'Oh that was exactly what I was going through personally at the time.' I described the album concept to a friend of mine as basically 12 songs from the point of view of a horny old werewolf. She said, 'Oh well, it's your most honest album to date.'"

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