@honeyeyebrow9933

8 years ago

(Oh man this is long I didn't mean for this to be so long sorry) My interpretation is that it's about a young person realising what the world is really like; first, everything is working in a perfect routine like clockwork. The bird is like a parent, pulling on the reins and keeping the elephant on track. The elephant is happy and she sees the world around her in a pretty innocent light; the other animals are going about their own business together, and the giraffe gives her a polite nod as she goes past. The bird ('parent') is like a backseat driver in that it is guiding the elephant and steering her, showing her where to go. But as soon as the parent leaves for a short time, the elephant gets uneasy. At 1:36 she hears something (probably something obscene) and turns to see what it is, and her expression is clearly a 'wtf was that' look. Down in a dark, out of the way part of the town, she sees lots of inappropriate things going on and is clearly alarmed, especially after the leopard winks at her. The parent returns and tries to tug her away from those things, and pull her attention away from them as well, but she keeps turning to look back at it, seeming fascinated but disturbed. At 2:13 the bird sees other birds - other parents - flying freely together, and narrows its eyes disapprovingly at them. I think this is because the bird is determined to guide the elephant in the right direction, and sees the others as slack parents who gave up trying with their children because they just wanted their own freedom. The bird tugs harder and harder on the elephant's hair, but rather than being put back on track the elephant starts crying because the bird is being too harsh. The elephant seems sulky and resentful of the bird after this. Then she begins noticing that something is off about all the other animals. They are all either engaging in sexual activities, have red eyes as though they're on drugs, or are trying to eat each other. Now that she's seen the things happening in the dark place, she can never un-see it and she's noticing that the world isn't really a safe and happy and innocent place like she thought, it's a scary and dangerous place that's full of corruption and filth. Then, in comes temptation. The leopard from before. She spots him eyeing her intently from a roof top and she can't take her eyes off him, she seems really unnerved. This distracts her so much that she completely ignores the bird pulling her hair to stop at the red light, and she steps right into the traffic, falling and breaking the town. She's lying on the ground surrounded by the broken remnants of society, and then she is surrounded by angry animals. The parent, the bird, tries to come to her defense, squawking at the leopard (telling him off) but he swats the bird away with ease. The elephant is on her own now and the parent is powerless in the face of this situation. The leopard holds out a hand to the elephant, and she accepts. She accepts the temptation and becomes just like the other animals that she saw in the dark corner. She's different now, she's become part of the perversion, as her face at 4:35 proves. She's seen how things really are, and her curiosity has outweighed her initial caution and uncertainty. As the bird flies away, we see that its face is sad and regretful. In the end, the bird - just like the other parents, the other birds from before - had 'failed' as a parent, failed to protect the elephant from the world, and there was no way to go back now that the elephant knew that she didn't have to obey the bird's rules, she could do whatever she wanted now and the bird had no power over her anymore.

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