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1. |
From The Other Side
02:06
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Welcome aboard
Follow my instructions at all times
Keep your mouth shut and keep your head down
You don't want to bump into someone
that might remember you or be you
This is an invitation to...
somewhere else, which is
different in a lot of ways
but in many ways, quite the same
You'll probably notice the slight differences
rather than the huge differences
but like I said, this is just a brief visit
a bit of a warning
an instruction
but like I said, this is just a brief visit
a bit of a warning
You'll probably notice the slight differences
rather than the huge differences
an instruction
we cried as a
new world was brought
into being
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2. |
Let Them Eat Flags
02:49
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An idiot babbling nonsense no one will hear
mouthing words he doesn't understand
all that wasted effort whispering nothings in your ear
and nothing else matters to the matters at hand
let them eat flags
and choke on their sovereignty
I'm not reconciled with reconciliation
Rolling over did nothing for me
Do you really expect me to believe you
given your history of lies
the truth's a foreign country to you
and this is how the country dies
let them eat flags
and choke on their sovereignty
I'm not reconciled with reconciliation
Rolling over did nothing for me
handing over the cash
in a brown paper bag
just a nod and a wink
the only bribe you ever had
the country and its people die
democracy is atrophied
weighed down with other lies
let them eat flags (rpt)
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3. |
Another Fripp World
03:02
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4. |
Black Flash
04:39
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I first saw him in the corner of my eye
And then I knew that I soon must die
Someone I knew from comic books
Made me realise I was out of luck
black flash
Waits for me
black flash
You can’t see
black flash
You don’t know
black flash
Is taking me
If I can explain I must
I ran down my knees into dust
I haven’t run for many years
But still he waits despite my fears
I first saw him in the corner of my eye
And then I knew that I soon must die
Someone I knew from comic books
Made me realise I was out of luck
black flash
Waits for me
black flash
You can’t see
black flash
You don’t know
black flash
Is taking me
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5. |
ESM
04:26
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2022 in a Vancouver sports bar
The playoffs on tv
Blue Monday blaring out
And I’m knocked back to 83
Safety dance on next and I’m dragged further down
Them for great cities reminds me of the business part of town
Go from bus to c train as far as I can go
Only a few clubs open to us where we can go
Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds
Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind
I forged my first id from my medical card
I folded it across my date of birth so you couldn’t see the scars
Drinking to forget what it was I forgot
Thousands of miles away from getting the plot
Thrown into school am I a punk or a fag
Handfuls of contacts the fun that I had
Some gut tried to take said he thought I was bent
I had steel tipped toe cap boots so you know how that went
Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds
Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind
Nostalgia is a bitch and I’m surviving while I can
Just don’t get me started on the associates and Japan
Early simple minds, I’m playing early simple minds
Tell me you really like it or are you only being kind
Early simple minds
Dragged across a continent against my will
I Left my home and friends and my chill
I didn’t fit in at home this worse a thousand times worse
It’s like I was unlucky or stricken with a curse
I didn’t want to go then I didn’t want to leave
That’s my truth regardless of what you believe
I couldn’t be understood and I wouldn’t be believed
I’m still surprised I made it out in one piece
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6. |
A Tip of the Hat
04:08
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Your smile is not quite right
The doubt leeches in when the air becomes thin
It was fine the other night
Am I looking at you or just looking straight through
a difference in your eye is all I notice
A difference in your stance is all I need
A wink and a tip of the hat is all
To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be
Best not to get too attached
Don’t ask too many questions
I don’t know if the answers have changed
Like the colour in your eye isn’t the same
a difference in your eye is all I notice
A difference in your stance is all I need
A wink and a tip of the hat is all
To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be
Maybe it isn’t you and it’s really me
Maybe I took the wrong turning
Maybe I’m out of step somehow with this world
And this change is all part of the learning
a difference in your eye is all I notice
A difference in your stance is all I need
A wink and a tip of the hat is all
To make me doubt you’re who you claim to be
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7. |
Fish of my Own
06:16
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everyone I know punishes themselves
more than anyone else ever could
I'd reach out my arms to help them
but my arms are made of wood
I've got fish of my own to fry
I've plans to get away
If you want a perfect moment
I'll give you a perfect day
I've run out of rods for my own back
I've got to stop beating myself
I'm not looking for offers only ideas
advantagous to my health
I'm a blank page for you to write on
I sometimes think I don't exist
a life designed by committee
a quick one off the wrist
I'd lie if I said I'd suffered much
it's mainly self inflicted
usual boring teenage stuff
but nearly twice as twisted
I've run out of rods for my own back
I've got to stop beating myself
I'm not looking for offers only ideas
advantagous to my health
Like a pigeon always makes a home
I always return to a theme
all of this, all of this and nothing
I wake up and it's all a dream
turn the tv off, dim the lights
tune in to a different scene
do what your sordid little heart desires
if you want to know what I mean
It looks like the storm clouds are gathering
the chickens have come home to roost
the sad things you were always too scared to face
are out there on the loose
who cares if it's all done with mirrors
it doesn't matter if you see the signs
who cares if you live on a film set
if you don't think of what lies behind
It looks like the storm clouds are gathering
the chickens have come home
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8. |
Wounded Animal
03:11
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Late night he’s wounded but isn’t finished off
Limping badly and dizzy from blood loss
Some self inflicted but others wounded him today
Maybe it’d be kinder before he limps away
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
Because it doesn’t care
About the rest of us
Maybe it’s best to follow don’t give him time to think
Plan retaliation of maybe just another drink
Maybe it’s best not to give him the chance
Keep the initiative leave him in a void
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
Because it doesn’t care
About the rest of us
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
Because it doesn’t care
About the rest of us
Show him the same as he showed to others
To those unable to mourn their mothers
Finish him now before he strikes again
Finish him now before he brings back the pain
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
Because it doesn’t care
About the rest of us
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
Because it doesn’t care
About the rest of us
A wounded animal
A wounded animal
Is the most dangerous
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9. |
Are We The Baddies
03:04
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I thought we came as liberators
I thought we came as friends
But when we crossed the border
That’s when my illusion ends
Whole towns reduced to rubble
Liberation doesn’t look like this
We’re only liberating ruins
We’re welcomed by the rats
Are we the baddies
Are we the enemy
I thought we were on the right
Side of history
I thought I could make a difference
I thought I could change lives
I wanted to improve the lives of others
But then they moved the lines
They came fleeing torture
We never listened to their pleas
We stuck them on a plane
To fly them away to be someone else’s disease
Are we the baddies
Are we the enemy
I thought we were on the right
Side of history
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10. |
It's Not Working
05:10
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He lay alone in the street
Cordova near the Waterfront station
He lay for hours as if asleep
A party to your imagination
There were scraps of food laid out
But never touched it seemed to me
Maybe it was an offering
To feed his soul on it’s journey
Maybe I don’t know the answers and my mind is too small
But pretending it’s not there isn’t working at all
You might be happy thinking there’s nothing you can do
But you spend your life time hoping they don’t start on you
For a while his mind lived on as his body died
Too proud or afraid to let go
but then it all came over
When it’s down to who or what you know
In the morning his body was hone
Almost like he’d never been
With tiny marks and indentations
On the pavement like I’d never seen
Maybe I don’t know the answers and my mind is too small
But pretending it’s not there isn’t working at all
You might be happy thinking there’s nothing you can do
But you spend your life time hoping they don’t start on you
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11. |
Genie
02:29
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Daddy put you in a box so many years ago
Tried to protect you by never letting you grow
Slapped your face every time you made a sound
Became the God in his little girl's playground
No clothes to speak of, no clothes to go out
Whipped til you were raw if you ever tried to shout
No time for your training, no time, to be clean
thoughout the years, you suffered, unseen
Mom was too blind to see and too dumb to care
But she took you out, into the cold winter air
The police came round and you were stuck in the news
To avoid the cameras dad stuck his neck in a noose
brought into reality, whether you liked it or not
Guinea pigged out of existance your chances were shot
Batted from one to another, you became a pawn
No wonder you became more and more withdrawn
Did you proove a theory or just blink an eye
3000 page theses were the only reply
It ended when mom took you back to the womb
Quiet and cold just like any old tomb
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12. |
In The Road
03:12
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can you tell me where my father is
you'll find him lying in the road in the road
he was trying to leave town
someone had to gun him down
they left him lying in the road
can you tell me where my brother is
you'll find him lying in the road in the road
taking food from door to door
maybe he said this was a war
they left him lying in the road
they left him lying in the road
can you tell me where my uncle is
you'll find him lying in the road in the road
they tied his hands behind his back
and shot him, he might still attack
they left him lying in the road
they left him lying in the road
there are more lying in mass graves
there are more naked under rugs
there are bodies partly burned
surrounded by filth booze and drugs
there are more bodies in the road
mile by mile and hour by hour
there are more bodies in the road
lying for a month or even longer
more bodies in the road
they left them lying in the road
I can't clear up what's lying in the road
I don't have the strength
and I don't have a shovel
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13. |
JC Calls
02:54
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JC Calls but no one listens
JC moves but no one sees
Do you need to know the message
Doesn’t look that way to me
JC Calls
JC Calls
JC sells but no one’s buying
JC waits but no ones there
JC bleeds but no one helps
JC cries but no one cares
JC acts but no one is watching
JC bows but no one applauds
JC starts but no one ends
JC looks at all the frauds
JC sweats and no one tries to cool him
JC freaks and no one turns away
JC loses his shit with no one there to stop him
JC dies and no one clears the body away
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14. |
New Mistakes
02:30
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We thought we knew all the pitfalls
We’d run all the simulations
We’d noted all the early issues
To inform our predications
It’s not that people died
Or that it happened again
Or even how they died
Alone in fear and pain
We thought we were so smart
We thought we knew the stakes
But we still came to grief
We made a whole load of new mistakes
It’s like we never learned
Although we wanted to
At least some of us did
The rest is up to you
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15. |
Grim - 79
02:45
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There's no support now, for anyone
up here in the north
most of the shops are boarded up
up here in the north
and it's still grim up here
There's no support now, for anyone
up here in the north
and the winter nights are coming in
up here in the north
it's still grim and bare it
<break>
Levelling up’s a sick joke
Up here in the north
Give with one hand take away with the other
Up here in the north
You don't care about anyone
it's nineteen seventy nine again
you don't care about anyone
it's nineteen seventy nine again
you don't care about anyone
it's nineteen seventy nine again
Up Here
Up Here in The North
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16. |
Fried
04:26
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there's no escape when the day is done
there's no shape when the rays have gone
there's no escape when the day is done
there's no shape when the rays have gone
There's no place to hide
from the sun
And you just get so fried
by the sun
You can’t run because the road’s too hot
You can’t run because your tar is shot
You can’t run because the road’s too hot
You can’t run because your tar is shot
There's no place to hide
from the sun
And you just get so fried
by the sun
You can’t think because your head’s so fried
Something crawled into your mouth and died
You can’t think because your head’s so fried
Something crawled into your mouth and died
There's no place to hide
from the sun
And you just get so fried
by the sun
No way out and you’re drenched in sweat
No way out and you can’t forget
No way out and you’re drenched in sweat
No way out and you can’t forget
There's no place to hide
from the sun
And you just get so fried
by the sun
And you just get so fried
There's no place to hide
You can feel it on any side
of the sun
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17. |
Just Give Up
03:10
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'we cried as a new world was brought into being'
What worse could you have done
to take away my future
I've no longer any reason to fight
Nothing left to take my anger out on
Let's all join hands and join the living
Let's take our place amongst the dumb
let's take the path of least persistance
let's all just give up
I'm all worn out from useless struggle
I'm too tired to relax
I'm left in a rut of my own creation
I'm alone but not on my own
Let's form an army of socially excluded
let's be in our own other class
If we try we can all be apathetic
or we could all give up
You think your alone and misunderstood
you think you're unique but you're not
every other loner is the same as every other
you're a legend in your own mind
If we got together we could create some trouble
we could kick up some dust
we could make them sit up and take notice
or we could just give up
You're just as useless as I am
you're all just as feeble as me
I'm a half assed armchair revolutionary
and it no longer matters to me
We no longer have the decency
to go gentle into the night
but we're still determined to get in the way
unless we give up
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18. |
Growing Up
02:41
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In each and every way
We seem to improve
In the way we play
In the way we move
It’s in the way
We work it out
With no more questions
No more doubt
if you choose to look then you can see
Improvement which gets us close to where we want to be
All in the open there for all to see
Growing up in public in private it’s the same to me
Come on take a punt and see us
Coming to your town
So you can see how we at least
Excel at getting down
I’ll put my tongue back in my cheek
Laugh at your surprise
While you find out how much
We’ve improved in your eyes
if you choose to look then you can see
Improvement which gets us close to where we want to be
All in the open there for all to see
Growing up in public in private it’s the same to me
It's the same to me
The range of improvement is clear for all to see
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19. |
Journey Into Night
02:58
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The puppet show is over
And we are coming for you
And the rest of your kind
No matter what you do
Journey into night
How far have we come?
It’s time we cut the shit
And weeded you people out
We need to cleanse the line
And in doing remove all doubt
Journey into night
How far have we come?
It’s time to throw the red meat
It’s time to appease the base
It’s time to pander to the racists
It’s time to show our true face
Journey into night
How far have we come?
We can do this the hard way
Or easier if you prefer
We can take you out the back way
Whatever that signifies
Journey into night
How far have we come?
Journey into night
What have we become?
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20. |
One and Several Zeroes
03:42
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21. |
Mosquito
02:15
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Once upon a time we were loco mosquitoes
I had all my teeth so it must have been a long time ago
We spent our time playing Iggy riffs
Simplified down with none of the fiddly bits
What’s buzzing round like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
What’s buzzing round like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
Follows us around like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
What’s buzzing round like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
I remember tests at school they came in thick and fast
100 word spelling test mosquito was the last
The test it never changed four years it stayed the same
I always got it right because I knew about the plane
What’s buzzing round like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
What’s buzzing round like a mosquito
Follows us around wherever we go
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22. |
See What You Say
03:34
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Even if I wanted to I couldn't change a thing
All the mistakes I made led me here
I might have waded through a river of shit to make it
But at least I'm here
Say what you see, see what you say
I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away
Say what you mean, mean what you say
Nothing's my fault I see it that way
The motor whirrs and cuts out
the tape slowly comes to an end
the final part of the tale
the final parting of friends
Say what you see, see what you say
I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away
Say what you mean, mean what you say
Nothing's my fault I see it that way
I can't remember all my mistakes
They all merge into one
but even if I wanted to
I couldn't change a single one
Say what you see, see what you say
I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away
Say what you mean, mean what you say
Nothing's my fault I see it that way
Say what you see, see what you say
I'm closing my eyes till the shit goes away
Say what you mean, mean what you say
Nothing's my fault I see it that way
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23. |
Beautiful Things
02:06
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Beautiful things have followed me for years
beautiful things have haunted my dreams
dreams in which I'm buried alive
and nowhere is what it seems
dreams of underground caverns
lit by flickering flame
no matter how many paths I travel
they all end up the same
Beautiful things
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24. |
Return of No Stars
04:44
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First off we thought it was dust
What was there before could not be seen
When they looked closer
There were no stars on any screen
No stars in the sky
Like the universe is rating us
No star review for you
Not even an audience member berating us
Every horoscope will now be wrong
A whole load of songs will have to change
Now it’s when you wish upon a blank
And the star spangled banner will never be the same
No stars in the sky
Like the universe is rating us
No stars in the sky
Like the universe is rating us
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25. |
ToadHawks 23
02:23
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it was hard the night the lights went down
an uneasy calm came over the town
no one was there
no one was there
the star came out as I was coming down
I heard your name all over the town
somebody said you were sleeping around
nobody would say
nobody would say
people kept quiet i felt like a clown
what fantasies do you hide behind
you're like a tree deaf dumb and blind
wont you wake up
wont you wake up
i thought it was love an you only think you're kind
i never saw what was going on before my eyes
i wanted to believe so much i just ignored the lies
no one can help
no one can help
now i spend my days looking up through repentant eyes
in my ignorance i never saw what was going on
i swallowed blindly and lies that you'd string me along
nothing to do
nothing to do
nothing to do
nothing to do
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26. |
Everything is Real
05:08
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I was only thnking out loud
I knew I was in the wrong
I only said what we all
were thinking all along
I couldn't help but move my lips
you didn't have to smile
you shouldn't have to put up with
treatment like that anywhile
someone told me yesterday
that everything is real
but you could get in trouble
for doing what you feel
for doing what you feel
Many a true word's said in jest
but a lot of that's not true
you start by meaning what you say
and finish by saying what you'd do
the road to hell is paved in good intents
you don't say what you mean
you spend your life not really living
your conscience nearly clean
someone told me yesterday
that everything is real
but you could get in trouble
for doing what you feel
for doing what you feel
I can't get my head around these modern things
like false security
your friends seem so sympathetic
and say the same thing happened to me
the instant when your back is turned
the whispering begins
and your lovelife's had more speculation
than the shroud of turin
someone told me yesterday
that everything is real
but you could get in trouble
for doing what you feel
everything is real
for doing what you feel
I could turf the money lenders out of the temple
but that could turn out rash
I don't get paid 'til the end of the month
so what would I do for cash?
You can fight hypocrisy all your life
but you've got to stop for breath
and it springs up again like clumps of weeds
and it stays until the death
someone told me yesterday
that everything is real
but you could get in trouble
for doing what you feel
I could turf the money lenders out of the temple
but what more could I do for cash?
primary colours are fighting for space
everything is real
technicolour's fucked my head
I can't think or move or feel
I can't help but think fluffy bunnies
my mind is shot to hell
or maybe fucked to fairyland
or disneyland as well
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27. |
The Earth You Walk On
03:54
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This land is not for you
We won’t even let you roam
These paths have been blocked off
You can just run off home
Can we discuss
The earth you walk on
There’s plenty to discuss
The people you walk on
This city is not for you
You can work here but can’t afford
Your betters want you nowhere near
Your betters want you to run off home
Can we discuss
The earth you walk on
There’s plenty to discuss
The people you walk on
This land is not for you
No matter where you’re from
Regardless of what you’ve fled
We won’t let you call this home
Can we discuss
The earth you walk on
There’s plenty to discuss
The people you walk on
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28. |
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Here's a Postcard From the Far Side of The Sun
At the point another glorious year's begun
Took a different strategy a long time ago
and we're doing better now just wanted you to know
The differences are many
but subtle, take a look
That guy you voted for
here we hung him as a crook
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious years have begun
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious years have begun
On the whole, things are pretty much the same
It's a welcome hole if you need to hide
Take care you don't get to complacent
and my heart beats on the other side
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious year's begun
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious year's begun
The day she shut up, the galaxy runs down
as we enter night forever
and the worlds start coming round
and when our two worlds collide
and the sun as burnt its last
then we're all bound together in one singularity
if all differences pass
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious year's begun
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
at the point where another glorious day's begun
day's begun
day's begun
Here's a postcard from the far side of the sun
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29. |
We Are Coming
01:39
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So this is us
this is, what it looks like
from the other half of the world
far side of the sun
Everything is more the less the same
apart from subtle little differences
but in the same way that you can see us now
we can see you
and we are not the slightest bit happy
it's about time we took control
we can, because we've had more success on this planet
than you ever have on yours
due to your short sighted humans
so, we're coming
we're coming to deal with the corruption
we're coming to deal with the pollution
we're coming to deal with all the violence
You can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs
I'm afraid... like I said.. don't wait up... we're coming
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