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The Tale of Vilma
05:02
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There’s a warm glow over the ocean
It’s coming closer in a slow steady motion
Is this the future past or present
It feels so mild and gentle tender and pleasant
Meantime the wheels are turning
Tiny machines are churning out
Fact and fiction loud and proud
A million versions of the real thing
Stage adaptations and two films in the making
While we’re still waiting on the headland
Transfixed in wonder as we’re swallowed by quicksand
As the events slowly unfold
The story’s already been told
Turned into advertising gold
There’s a dark cloud over the north ridge
The townsfolk gather near the foot of the old bridge
Vilma says this might be the big one
Goes back inside swiftly returns with a shotgun
She aims at the power station
No signs of hesitation
Just pure determination
Split second later she gives a start
As the rebounding bullet finds her heart
Her final words were heaven sent
She knew that this is how she’d end
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2. |
The Tale of Borges
09:23
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He crouches
To listen
To Borges
Who whispers straight into his ears
The details
Instructions
And plans for
The grandest of all palaces
And he’s building his castle just outside of town
To fill it with dancers magicians and clowns
The arches
And towers
And windows
And staircases that lead nowhere
The doorways
And corridors
And galleries
And passageways into the past
And he’s building his castle just outside of town
To fill it with dancers magicians and clowns
Yes he’s building his castle just outside of town
To fill it with dancers magicians and clowns
Everyone said it was out of character
Some blamed the rabies
Others the alignment of the stars
They were such a harmonious couple
The bite wounds were severe
The vet said I’m sorry
She had to put Borges down
And with him went the castle just outside of town
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3. |
The Tale of Jamira
04:30
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It was almost nightfall when Jamira was picked up from daycare
She enjoyed these short walks
Played a game called Hey Look
As they strolled through the mellow autumn air
Turned a corner into their street
Hey look mum there’s the evening star
But it turned out to be a warplane
Approaching from afar
Don’t you worry sweetie
They’re not here to do us any harm
They just want to see if they can
But then we’d just go up to Uncle Massoud’s farm
Aiza whispered to herself
I wish they’d stop these provocations once and for all
Hey mum what does pro-co-vations mean
It’s like when someone takes away your rubber ball
But how can we tease them when they’re up in the sky
And we’re down here on the ground
Honey it’s the politicians either ours tease theirs
Or it’s the other way around
Hey look there’s a gecko sitting on the wall
Enjoying the last rays of sunlight
Let’s try and catch the cheeky fellow shall we
But one swift move and he was out of sight
That night when they watched the Simpsons
As they did every Tuesday
Her mum laughed a little bit louder
Than she normally did
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4. |
The Tale of Jeff
07:01
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There was a reason
For the inquiry
Into the reason
For the inquiry
But it had become somewhat ambiguous and vague over the decades
He was fully aware
That it would take a while
He was fully prepared
To go the extra mile
Jeff had a hunch that
The problem’s root lay
In its own presence
So he decided
To abandon common practices and use unconventional methods
He was fully aware
That it would take a while
He was fully prepared
To go the extra mile
They found his boots right next to the machine
The strange device he had developed
A mechanism to cancel out
Existence against existence
The apparatus was so complex
They couldn’t even find the door
Through which he must have climbed inside
For his eternal ride
So they dismantled the contraption
A tortuous process that took weeks
But they could never find a trace of him
Except for one hair
Of his mighty white beard
Which was stuck in a gap
Everything else
Seemed to have disappeared
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5. |
The Tale of Ralph
00:36
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Efficiency efficiency
The key to productivity
Efficiency efficiency
The only thing that Ralph could see
And this obsession with proficiency
Caused his mission to abort
When he decided to stop breathing
It cut his life real short
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6. |
The Tale of Zara
05:43
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Her boyfriend was against it
Said it wasn’t safe
But she yearned to save up money
To go and see the Taj Mahal
Signing up was easy
So she became the first female Uber driver
In their circle of friends
One night she kept on driving
Until the sun came up
And just when she was about
To call it a day
She thought one more ride
Just one more ride
So she picked up this guy in a business suit
He sighed as he sat down
A sound that spoke of honest deep fatigue
What followed was the silence
Of a crisp golden morning
A rare state of timelessness and weightlessness
And unspoken agreement
On nothing in particular
She dropped him off at Watson’s Bay
And made a joke to lighten the mood
Sir don’t jump now will ya
They’ve got cameras everywhere these days
You know what it’s like
But he did
And she never heard about it
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An ocean without water
No fish no birds no beaches
An island without coastline
No creatures plants or humans
A space without dimensions
Coordinates or fixtures
A land so vast it’s boundless
No mountains and no valleys
Barren as the desert in summertime
A time so long it’s infinite
No days no months no seasons
On course without direction
A passage without compass
A man without a woman
A woman without mankind
A land so vast it’s boundless
No mountains and no valleys
Barren as the desert in summertime
Karim stepped outside
And he lit his pipe
And he pointed at the sky
Which was featureless and white
And he said
Once we have been freed
This is what you’ll see
There is nothing you will need
As there’s no one you will be
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Hinterlandt Sydney, Australia
Progressive indie-chamber ensemble from Sydney.
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