Think of this as social commentary.
~ TpJ ~
Don't touch me. I don't like being touched by your seedy, grasping, bastard hands.
Story behind the song
Driving from my girl's house in a Brisbane peak-hour traffic jam... the mind wanders.
Lyrics
Another Dusk
Verse:
I find myself drifting through traffic streams,
Blind to the faces and minds beyond my windscreen,
Insecure in a world defined by insecurities,
Machines, industries and companies with currencies;
My schemes come to little it seems;
Sometimes I can’t see between the real and the dreamed,
When the sights and scenes of the night seem obscene to me;
The sky darkens and the world seems surreal;
I used to lean on the windowsill,
My eyes were wide and the leaves were still,
They tell me that only the mindless are bored,
While monotony unsheathes her sword,
And strides forth, it’s –
Hook:
[- Another dusk -]
Another year full of shadows and dust,
Another beer for those who don’t trust;
[Uhuh]
Another fall for those with their backs to the wall,
We’ve gotta get back before we stall;
[- Another dusk -]
Another traffic jam holding us up,
Another agency spying on us;
[Uhuh]
Trapped in a cycle and we can’t break free,
Dusk falls and we’re all empty…
[Another dusk]
Verse:
Remember the days when we lived and laughed,
Used to smile when the mopokes met the dark,
Uhuh; never feared a – another man,
Confident that happiness would cover the land,
We didn’t worry ‘bout money and we crept unhurried;
Moving through the poems of the world we studied,
But now our spirit’s separated by the lonely highways,
The sky plays music on the stars and vibrates;
The wind whispers ‘death’ with polluted breath,
I sit alone and I feel it on the back of my neck,
And watch a box with glazed eyes; I’ve gotta regret,
Never replying when your tears were wept,
I said –
Hook
Verse:
C’mon, loving light and lovely young nights,
The glow of a nuclear future burns bright,
The flow of a disillusioned youth on the mic,
Like the show on TV that didn’t end right;
I write lines in apprehension;
Dedicated to those who never get a mention;
Frustrated by the tension of a writhing world,
The mercury rising with the greenhouse swirls,
Locked in this channel of repetition;
Repetition; global division;
They make it their mission to incite despair,
Freedom fighters now saluting the ignorance shared;
It’s just another dusk,
Another chance to feel society combust,
Capital murdering our faith and trust;
Uhuh;
Another family trying to earn a crust,
While their dreams slowly turn to dust;
Yeah…
Hook
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