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How Many Weeks Have We Been On This Boat?

from Your Favourite Bird Just Went Extinct. by The Cambrian Explosion

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The captain said “Limestone ahead!”, inward we tread, filling with dread. Bury the dead, bury the dead. Over their head, orange and red. Show me the way to Port Phillip Bay, lead me astray, land in Torquay. Carried away, carried away, keep them at bay, sting them with rays.

How many days have we been on this boat? Tell me what fills your head as we all start to choke, and what goes through your mind as you reach for my throat, tell me why? Aye, aye, aye. How many weeks have we been here on deck, tell me where is the land, where’s that long distant speck? Tell me who put this albatross around my neck, tell me why? Aye, aye, aye.

What kind of man won’t curse his hand when Van Diemen’s Land is changing your plans? Taking a stand, taking a stand. Taking the land, raking the sand. Thylacine bones furnish our homes, seal fat and stones repay our loans. Who will atone? Who will atone? History’s shown we were alone.

Heading inland, basalt and sand. Using our hands, tired and tanned. Rivers be damned, rivers be dammed. Isn't it grand, marching the band. Rumours of gold from friends of old. Ballarat’s sold, covered in mould. Do as you’re told, do as you’re told. Getting so cold as we get old.

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from Your Favourite Bird Just Went Extinct., released September 25, 2010

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The Cambrian Explosion Melbourne, Australia

The Cambrian Explosion consists of multi-instrumentalists John Cheong-Holdaway, Rohan Long, Simon Long and Jem Savage. Starting as a live ensemble in the early 2000s, the band now focuses on studio recording projects of an increasingly ambitious and conceptual nature. ... more

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