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Chords
07:38
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On another day
Witness the loud parade
As my face disintegrates
Flaps of facial skin
I’m in love with everything
Bless the death suit I’m dancing in
Despair and Joy for the hair that thins
I had it, now I has-been
A halo for my sins
There is a howl
In my chest bursting out
There is a howl
Let life in
Let her go
Love her to the end
Cut the chords
Let her go
Let her go now
Cut the chords
She’s gonna have a baby
Cut the chords
Let her go
She’s gonna have a baby
Let her go now
You know it’s time to cut the chord Cut the chord
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2. |
Skin Upon Skin
03:50
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You know, I’m like a lighthouse
Care for all the ones at sea
Fingers grip the lonely
Rocky promontory
Send out a searchlight
Right eye burning bright
Getting colder
Forgot what the heat is like
Lovers howl in the night
When the heart folds in, skin upon skin
Come here, I see your metaphor
She said, you’re shiny but you’re dangerous
You’ve sunk a thousand ships, boy
Attract and then you destroy
This one for the ones like me
Who tower before the dancing sea
Forever lonely
I don't know if I can change
Half-believe I’ll love again
Some walk this world alone
Send out a searchlight
Right eye burning bright
Getting colder
Forgot what the heat is like
Lovers howl in the night
When the heart folds in, skin upon skin
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3. |
Darkest Hour
05:28
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Full moon over Cape Town city
Mournful lights trawl a chequered dance floor
Seeking out safety in a crowd
Pack of them howl to Wolf Like Me
Tragicomedy of my twenties
Pretty, young and depressed
Got everything but inner confidence
At the heart of it somehow there’s love
You say we’re alone
I really don't know
In the darkest hour
The darkest hour
Watch you across smoky tables
I'm burning up as you laugh
Mama brought us up androgynous
I’m ambivalent; and staring again
Tragicomedy of my twenties
Pretty, young and depressed,
Got everything but inner confidence
I'm shattering with this love
You say we’re alone
I really don't know
In the darkest hour
In the darkest hour
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4. |
Life In The Colony
05:54
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1652
Arrive in the Cape
Enslave and dominate
Convert or kill
(this is a list in bullet points)
Dominate the land
Shoot all the animals
Dominate the people
We’re a violent kind
Open up your arms
And let the gentle flow
Into the body that’s ready to let go
Life in the colony
These are my ancestors
This is my inheritance
Armor of white skin
This is my empty voice
(these are the shades of my privilege)
The deeper I go inside
Colonised
Where to from here?
Give back the land
Ah
If you think that ‘they must just get over it’
If you think the dispossessed should accept our privilege
When we inherited the wealth of 400 years of evil
When we point fingers but won’t be the ones to change and heal
It’s an opening
Let’s walk through
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5. |
Weeping Song ii
05:49
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There’s a light coming over the sea
Know it’s me
Six gigaton heart bomb
See my people run
My left eye weeping out
My right eye sharp and bright
See my people run
Now you made me cry
Oh you made me cry
Now you’re gonna…
Fifty feet over the sea
Death becomes me
I am the bomb and gun
Now my people run
All the voices
Come together
Hear my people sing
I seen into you
Can't hide it can you
Little black clouds of hate
Hide in your body
Oh I'm reaching in
Cut them loose
Murder of black balloons
Riding in the sky
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6. |
Undrum
07:35
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7. |
Talk To Us
02:10
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8. |
Satisfied
06:35
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9. |
Camissa
03:09
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Where the river flows
The Camissa knows
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10. |
One With Life
06:02
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Humanity’s fall
Arrived a moment ago
I’m lost in a forest of homes
It’s raining mobile phones
An ocean of devices
I drive past the hungry man
But there’s enough for everyone
Oh to be one with life
Embrace the power in me
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11. |
Thank U
09:14
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Original Swimming Party Cape Town, South Africa
Original Swimming Party (OSP) are an audio/visual group from Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing influence from an African tradition of rhythms and harmony merged with elements of left-field electronica they create a unique sound that is emotionally powerful and rhythmically captivating. ... more
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