Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men Jumping up and down the floor , My head is an animal . And once there was an animal , It had a son that mowed the lawn . The son was an ok guy , They had a pet dragonfly . The dragonfly it ran away , But it came back with a story to say . Her dirty paws and furry coat , She ran down the forest slope . The forest of talking trees , They used to sing about the birds and the bees . The bees had declared a war , The sky wasn ' t big enough for them all . The birds , they got help from below , From dirty paws and the creatures of snow . And for a while things were cold , They were scared down in their holes . The forest that once was greenWas colored black by those killing machines . But she and her furry friendsTook down the queen bee and her men . And that ' s how the story goes , The story of the beast with those four dirty paws . Of Monsters and Men is a five - member , English - language , indie folk - pop band from Iceland , formed in 2010 . The members are lead singer / guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir , co - singer - guitarist Ragnar " Raggi " Þórhallsson , guitarist Brynjar Leifsson , drummer Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson and bassist Kristján Páll Kristjánsson . The band won the Músíktilraunir in 2010 , an annual battle of the bands competition in Iceland . In 2011 , Of Monsters and Men released an EP titled Into the Woods . The band ' s debut album My Head Is an Animal ( 2011 ) , reached the No . 1 position in Australia , Iceland , Ireland and the US Rock and Alternative Charts , while peaking at No . 6 on the US Billboard 200 album chart , No . 3 in the UK , and Top 20 of most European charts and Canada . Its lead single " Little Talks " was an international success , reaching the Top 10 in most music charts in Europe , including No . 1 in Ireland and Iceland , and No . 1 on US Alternative Songs . Of Monsters and Men is a winner of the 2013 European Border Breakers Awards .