all scary and black,
lives an old octopus,
with a tree in it’s back.And from inside this tree,
all Piranhas appear,
who sing soothing songs,
and are kind and sincere.They’re not at all stupid,
Though they’re not very bright,
And they’re never quite wrong,
they’re never quite right.They’re never asleep,
And they’re never awake,
They all dress like weirdoes,
make no mistake
There are frightfully happy
except when they’re dead,
See Otto the monster
needs to get fed.
A tentacle from nowhere,
can give one a fright!
Stealing Piranhas,
a thief in the night.
They sing soothing songs,
but he never hears,
for shells and the kelp,
have grown in his ears.
Otto is deaf,
Otto means eight,
Otto means death,
To the dodos he ate.
“The future is red”
said Crown-for-a-head,
“we’ll have to migrate,
or we’ll soon all be dead!
So they got in the ocean,
to swim far away.
The water turned red,
On that terrible day.
For Otto the monster,
how hideous the slaughter,
he picked them like fruit,
from that inky black water
There where not many left,
But a handful, a few,
one of these had a vision,
and knew what to do.
They filled paper with ink.
And bottles with paper.
An ocean of bottles,
S.O.S ing their saviors.
But no one came,
they where sad and alone,
they seemed to be stranded,
on this Judas called home.
of terror and typhoon,
the far away voices
that sing to the moon.Lo!
Treacherous house,
many more disappeared,
until a visit from a mouse,
named Eddy the Engineer.He appeared from the west,
on a bunch of bananas,
puffed out his chest,
and addressed the Piranhas.
“You’re the Piranhas?
Otto wants to eat you?
Well my name is Eddy,
and it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“I’ve read all your letters,
I know all the wrongs,
caused by Otto the monster,
Who’s deaf to your songs”
“I’ll give you my all,
I’ll do all can,
I need palm trees and syrup,
to start my plan.”
Huge sticky pots,
cutting palms at the stem,
they built a great structure,
resembeling them.
They got a wet net,
and they sang lullabies,
then caught all these songs,
And placed them inside.
They sneaked to the shore,
and set it free in the tide.
Then all hid in trees,
to watch and to hide.
Otto is stalking
the palm-syrup snack.
He took the bait!
He fell in the trap!
The bait disappeared,
with a growl and a snap.
Otto first yawned,
And then took a nap.
So the island is sleeping,
and still is today.
Eddy had done it!
Our friends got away!
They loaded their ship,
With their mother the tree.
The wind in their sails,
and the wide open sea.
-Markus Wormstorm as Rooster Bear
I first saw this animation on the Nicktoons Film Festival and fell in love with it. The story is quite exquisite and the lyrics are awesome!
Found your video while searching some art and really enjoyed it. The creativity expressed in this is wonderful and i hope you keep it up!
I hear “I´ll do what I can” ¿is a error? in the lyric Eddy: I´ll do all can. I love the Tale of How, and the music.Good work. I wish see the subtitles liric, I think years ago there are a mpeg wich subtitles in english but i dont be sure.
the moment i saw the tale of how… i fell in love with the words and the stunning images
one of the most inspiring work i ever saw.
my sister showed me this video, i think she was studying the animation part for her coursework, and i loved it straight away, the morbidity and beauty mixed together is amazing. i am using this as research for my coursework too along with work by tomek baginski and jan svankmajer.
i would love to see more of this story, how did otto get there and how come a tree grows on his back, was he someones baby? was he kind before, and what happened once the piranahs sailed away, what did otto do? what did they do?
(i am also taking reference notes to put in my bibliography)
This was an imaginative and beautiful piece. I can’t wait for the other two! It brings nostalgia in the style alone-that tickles the heart and rattles the bone.
I Loved that video and the music. Congratulations for the work! It`s sensational. The colors are wonderful and the story too.
Continue to keep up the great work!