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Beyond the sprawl
Beyond the blight the neon lights
Beyond the sea
Under the trees
Our secret garden
We have to go a little further
That they’ll never find us here
Can you hear the chainsaws near
You and me
We need the dirt beneath our feet
Need the green within our reach
To think we’re another race
Darwin drawls
Your darling days are drawing near
Pull the hearse beyond the green
Disillusionment falls here
And when it’s gone
We’ll float up high
And when it’s gone
I hear your cry
And when you’re gone
A kiss goodbye divine
There is nowhere to run
Like a deer…caught…in the headlights a
Deer…caught…in the headlights a
DEER! CAUGHT! IN THE HEADLIGHTS A
DEER! CAUGHT! IN THE HEADLIGHTS!!
Boom time make me wanna holler
Boom time drawn me down to pallor
Boring new holes through my wood
Boom time make we wanna holler
Boom time drawn me down to pallor
Boring new hole through my wood
They’ve found all the holes to your womb
Losing, I’m losing it
Losing, I’m losing you
Losing, I’m losing it
Losing, I’m losing you
(Burn black for him baby
Big black, she burns for him
Burn black for him baby
Big black she burns for him)
Termite people make me holler
Termite people drawn me down to pallor
They ate all the holes in my wood
Termite people make me holler
Termite people drawn me down to pallor
They ate all the holes in my wood
Ate through my holes to your womb
Losing, I’m losing it…
(Burn black for him baby..)
My dear, she's caught in the headlights my
Dear, caught, in the headlights she
Plays, dead, in the floodlights we
Play dead in the floodlights
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Maladjusted Maid
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A maladjusted maid
Not one for servitude
Said 'I slipped and feel to earth
'It's only an interlude'
Our lips touched briefly
Her shifting taste of salt and sea
Said 'shackled man oh take my hand
away from here, away from land.'
Fly to Armenia
Ride the waves on Echo Beach and
Hide it out in Shangri-La
Anywhere but here
Through the strawberry fields
Beyond the stratosphere and
Up above the solar fields
Anywhere but here
My mind is firm cast
It wanders its own past
I fear life I fear the future
A stoic cell of psychic sutures
Aurorus Nebula
Shall we head straight for Jupiter and
Bide our time in Europa
Anywhere but here
Through jets of Enceladus
Scale cliffs of Valles Marineris
Never ever we'd adhere
Anywhere but here
She cried 'come fly with me
Fly seeds that ride the breeze'
But I am gnarled my branches boughed
They've been pointing at the ground now
She cried 'come fly with me
two souls that run free'
But I have anchored all my roots now
My inner wars go ever round
She flies to Armenia
Rides the waves on Echo Beach and
Hitting high in Shangri-La
And I will still be here
Not through strawberry fields
Not above the stratosphere and
Not above the solar fields
And I will always be here
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Shock Octopus Perth, Australia
Contemplative, Existential, Art Rock.
A collective stream of consciousness and social commentary by Michael Bayliss, David Blair and Scott Andrews.
Ride the waves!
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