Explanation found on the yellow version of the album:
"This song is about watching other human beings, watching them evolve until the scenery becomes absurd. It's about us searching for a pause when our hands get too tired from applauding. It's about the little things we do that paint the portrait of a blank canvas."
Film extract from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) by Milos Forman.
lyrics
We citizens fell with terrified looks
From hoses to scare away the crowds,
Our fingers like telephones.
TVs swam down these rivers
For fish to swallow our stupidity,
While we met through profiles and publicity.
This is me trying hard to turn into a ghost,
Comfortably contemplating
Great panoramic views of the city
Without me. Please, without me.
But in this satellite trash
It's all about gravity,
Malls and comely churches,
You, yourself and Jesus.
Originally buttoned-down,
And you did it on your own:
You should be awarded a medal
Or a bunch of neet gift certificates.
So lets clap our hands now,
Since we're all so damn good at it.
We Jane and John Does,
We'll disappear now,
We'll disappear now.
We drag our rusted bodies, taking baths in other people's homes.
We travel across the world to meet new people, and kill them.
We love our money, just like we used to love our kids.
We cut open our skinny wrists.
We break hearts, but not really.
We take over the world, with our too right ideas.
We strap guns to our bodies, because we hate them and we are men.
We chase each other in the midst of the night, some of us in blue, some of us just black.
We yell into a microphone, hoping to be acknowledged.
We are old and we accept, we are young and don't accept.
We are, we were.
We.
credits
from We'll Build an Ark,
track released November 7, 2008
Recorded at home by Seila Chiara.
Mixed by Rafik El Alami
Lyrics by Rémi Komornicki
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