1. |
Open
03:35
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Open
Open your hands
Open your arms
Open your eyes
Open your ears
Open
Open
Open the gate
Open the door
Open the latch
Open the lock
Open
Open
Open your coat
Open your wallet
Open your boots
Open your books
Open
Open
Open your arms
Open your heart
Open your mouth
Open your mind
Open
Open your hands
Open your arms
Open your eyes
Open your ears
Open
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2. |
Finding Plums
04:34
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(Vocal sounds)
And this is the news...
This morning
I have been gathering
finding plums
finding plums
finding plums
finding plums
They are measuring
out the land
guiding drones
guiding drones
But I’m just running
running
I’m just running with my dog
running with my dog
running with my dog
I’m just running with my dog
He turns to me
saying hey, Hey! hey, hey
Where are you?
Where are you?
Hey!
Stay moving
Move, and the path will appear
Move, and the path will appear
He turns to me
saying hey, Hey! hey, hey
Where are you?
Hey!
Where are you?
They’re using yellow triangles
Turf surfacing
Turf surfacing
Yellow triangles
T-turf surfacing
Turf surfacing
But
I’m just running with my dog
running with my dog
running with my dog
Hey, hey
Stay moving
He turns to me
saying hey, hey, hey, hey
Where are you?
Where are you?
Hey!
Hey
hey, hey Hey, hey
Hey, Hey
Stay moving
Stay moving
Running, running, running
running, running-running,
Running
He turns to me
He turns to me
He turns
Gathering, finding
Gathering, finding
Guiding, running
Moving
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3. |
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The sea is rising
It’s full of plastic
Whatever happened to our New Wave?
You bought a diamond
You bought an island
You bought a mansion
and the houses next door
The sea is rising
The sea is rising
The sea is rising and they’re building on the seashore!
The sea is rising and it’s full of plastic poison!
The sea is rising and they’re building on the seashore!
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
And in the water
I found a packet
They haven’t made this flavour since ’84
Since ’84!
The sea is rising
Whatever happened to our New Wave? Whatever happened to our New Wave?
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
The sea is rising
It’s full of plastic
Whatever happened to our New Wave?
You bought a lilo
You tried to lie low
But still the waves are lapping
right at your door
Whatever happened to our New Wave?
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
Oh-oh
Ohhh-ohh-ohh
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4. |
Broken Bird
02:28
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Dah, doh, doo doo-oo...
Dah-ahh-ah-oh-oh
Dah, doh, doo doo-oo
Dah-ahh-ah-oh-oh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ah-ah
Ahh, ahh, ahh, oh-ooh-oh
Dah, doh, doo doo-oo
Dah-ahh-ah-oh-oh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ah-ah
Ahh, ahh, ahh, oh-ooh-oh
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5. |
When the Dogs Die
03:04
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We put you, we put you,
we put you In the Earth
with these digging hands
in ways we have nearly forgot
How to dig
How to sing
How to howl
A-oooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooo
The dogs remind us
we are here, only here
And when it rains,
it RAINS
The Earth swallows and breathes
In places we know it will be dry
because we cannot hold it well
And the dogs remind us,
DRINK
like it’s your last
every time
Drink it all
And when you run, RUN
with every bone loose
and every tendon singing,
I am alive and I run
A-oooooooooooooooooooo
Ooooooooooooooooo
We are runners
We are breathers
We are pray-ers
We are here, only here
This river
This day
This Earth
It is now
It is now
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6. |
The Belly
04:52
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I have become the Belly
I have become the Belly
I have placed the Belly
I have breathed the Belly
And inside the Belly
We are all the Beast
We are all the Beast
I have
more than anything
been driven
been driven
been driven
been driven
been driven
been driven
been driven
been driven
I have become the Belly
I have become the Belly
Beautiful shaking soft thing
Beautiful shaking soft thing
Beautiful shaking soft thing
To lift and dissolve
To lift and dissolve
Let the Earth come through
Is it warm, Is it warm, Is it warm
Is it warm, Is it warm, Is it warm
Is it warm, Is it warm
Lift and release
Lift and release
Warm and soft space
Warm and dark space
Warm and dark space
I am mad without it
mad without it
mad without it
an act of acceptance
This way, I can live with
live with, live with
This way, I can live with
live with
See the beauty in it
See the beauty in it
See the beauty in it
Belly, Belly, Belly, Belly,
Belly, Belly, Belly, Belly, Belly
Belly, Belly, Belly, Belly, Belly
Belly, Belly, Belly
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7. |
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Oh booper-chang!
Ah ha haa
Ruppa buppa buppa baa
Doobay da, doobay de-ba
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8. |
Orang-utan
04:38
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Flames in the trees, come be with me
Cracks in the land, come take my hand
Oil in the sea, connect with me
Fish on the shore, I love you more
Last of the bees, come talk to me
Ash in the clouds, we’re in the crowd
The melting ice, give me advice
Orang-utan, I’m glad we sang
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9. |
Live
03:48
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I am trying to fix it
by doing more things
I am trying, I’m, I’m
I’m trying to fix it
The difficulty is not
with the rebelliousness
It’s, it’s with you
Scared to eat
The belly which burns the fuel
and makes you walk and walk
and walk and walk
and grow, and flood
The perverse logic of passion
My body decides she will go slow
Slow
She sends me a memo
I am with you, I am with you
Leave it aside
Underlying it all is the sense of
sense of failure
A sense that it was harder, thinner
An overwhelming sense
Titanic thoughts
that nobody causes
She says what kind of thing do you want?What kind of thing did you want?
Spoken language, its flexibility
The ability to respond to change with grace
Setting the scene, setting the scene
Consider a beginning,
middle,
and end.
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Band Sensations New Zealand
experimental music art sound glitterbang band
We've released an album in 2021, in
which we have expanded towards a kind of DIY pop sound that includes Sprechstimme, spoken word poetry, and howling like heartfelt dogs. We hope you'll like it!
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