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World on Fire
06:50
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World on Fire
Hiding on the hill, away from everyone
She’s a fugitive, a refugee, a woman on the run.
Gratefully aware of life, she savours every breath
but precious air has now become the harbinger of death.
Signs & Symptoms – we’re all on high alert
Collective hyperthermia goes viral on the net
Signs & Wonders - the faithful go to town
Prophetic proclamations that end times are going down
He’s walking down Azusa Street, the buildings are on fire
The genomes only say so much and the President’s a liar
Signs & Symptoms – How to navigate the storm
You all can keep your distance – this is THE new social norm
Signs & Wonders – Infectious ecstasy
There is no vaccination and no herd immunity – and no Eternity
[Coda – Sanskrit chants]
Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung (Sun, Moon, Earth, Infinity, All that is Infinity, I am Thee.)
Sat Nam (Truth is My Name. ”Sat” must be at least 8 beats longer than the “Nam”)
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2. |
Psychotomy
07:18
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Instrumental
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Ouroboros
07:07
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Ouroboros
We all are born, we all have died
the genome sequences decide
Our feet are bound, our hands are tied,
the Serpent’s coils constrict and glide
We’re figures on a Thaumatrope - a spinning danse macabre
Victims of a running joke - “l’arbre n’est past un arbre”
No running from your archetype
Don’t let yourself believe the hype
that pits the dark against the light
Day will dawn and fade to night
The worm consumes, the womb gives birth
and life goes on, for what it’s worth
Our psychic continuity with immemorial past
Far off beyond the range of thought
the feedback loops its own accord
consuming all things with slow power
Glinting scales, its mouth devours
the comet’s tail and all the stars,
all stories and all who you are return and then re-integrate
after all disintegrates.
She coils around the Tree of Life,
vague memories of Adam’s wife
flit through her ancient, reptile mind
The guilty lies-of-old unwind and spill in never-ending rings
which echo half-forgotten things
that constantly change shape and form
till, from herself, she is reborn
Ouroboros got you by the tail!
And you think you’ve found the Holy Grail
Time and time again you’re doomed to fail
Just let the cycle run and you return
turn …. turn …. turn
Follow the figure of the snake, encircled thus, expression make
of revolutions and of things that wheel about in endless rings
there ending where they once began and shall again perfection come
and help to show the Mystery of that Immense Eternity
There is eternal unity - no him, no her, no you, no me
inherent in all that would be
You wave your arms – You think you’re free
One is All and by it All
And for it All ……
And if it does not contain All
then All is Nothing
Bite the apple….. Bite the tail
And you think you’ve found the Holy Grail
Time and time again, you’re doomed to fail
Sliding further down the wormhole
Ouroboros got you by the tail
And you think you’ve found the Holy Grail
Time and time again you’re doomed to fail
Just let the cycle run and you return
turn …. turn ….. turn
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4. |
Epheremides
04:35
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Instrumental
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5. |
Achlys Sings the Blues
05:23
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Achlys Sings the Blues
Here I am, in my own world, in my cocoon
a world away from you
What do we do, in solitude
in this, the new Coronageddon world?
Snow is falling gently all around me,
softly, she rocks me to sleep
Her spell is deep and in my dreams I hold your face ,
feel your warm embrace,
your kisses on my lips
We can talk, text, chat for hours and we do
I can’t see enough of you
but all my senses ache for your touch
It gets too much, it simply gets too much
Craving warmth and human interaction,
I trawl the whole of the aerosphere
but you’re not here, we’re nowhere near
there’s no one near, no one to hold my fear
no one to stop my ...
Heart from dying like an ember,
exploding like a star
pulled into endless darkness
an eternity of ice
I am become Achlys
my only world is darkness,
before the dawn of time,
before the birth of Chaos
and nothing here is mine!
I’m screaming in the silence,
buried in the snow
Burning like a wildfire,
paradoxically undressing,
with nowhere left to go
A bomb about to blow
a bomb about to blow!
Hey, how are you? What you been doin’ lately?
Oh all the usual here in cyberspace
The only place I can show my face and I can feel safe from everyone
I need a drink – make it a double and, hey Alexa, play me some Miles
It’ll take a while, but we’ll get through it somehow
just please be with me now, be with me now
Hold me now - be with me for a while
….. a while.
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6. |
Dark Matter
06:27
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Instrumental
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7. |
Parhelion
04:47
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Parhelion
Moth in a bell Jar, fluttering
come to life in a ray of sun ... Parhelion
And outside
snow petals on the window pane
I feel them melting on my tongue … on my tongue
The parts of you that never see
the sun are white as any subterranean ….
A precious stone that I will mine
and warm to life in my mouth ….
As I lay me down to sleep
in feathered wings my soul to keep
your glow around my ember heart
and breath to warm me into morning light
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Instrumental
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Alternative Communication Perth, UK
Alternative Communication is based in Perthshire,
Scotland.
We began in 1980 at University as
friends with
common musical interests. We composed our
own music, self-releasing 3 albums until the group disbanded in 1985.
David A. Reid (solo artist) and Brian and Janette Kidd (Not for Pussies) continued to
compose and record until, in 2019, they reconvened.
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