Fantastic lyrics in this Alt-J song! A_
Fantastic lyrics in this Alt-J song! A youtube commenter says it's about two real-life war photographers.
Indeed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/may/13/robert-capa-gerda-taro-relationship
"Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road
To photo, to record meat lumps and war,
They advance as does his chance -- very yellow white flash.
A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags,
Burst so high finally Capa lands,
Mine is a watery pit. Painless with immense distance
From medic from colleague, friend, enemy,
foe, him five yards from his leg, From you Taro.
Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes.
3:10 pm, Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes
All colours and cares glaze to grey, shrivelled and stricken to dots,
Left hand grasps what the body grasps not -- le photographe est mort.
3.1415, alive no longer my amour, faded for home May of '54
Doors open like arms my love, Painless with a great closeness
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing,
re-united with his leg and with you, Taro.
Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes.
Hey Taro!"
Indeed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/may/13/robert-capa-gerda-taro-relationship
"Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road
To photo, to record meat lumps and war,
They advance as does his chance -- very yellow white flash.
A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags,
Burst so high finally Capa lands,
Mine is a watery pit. Painless with immense distance
From medic from colleague, friend, enemy,
foe, him five yards from his leg, From you Taro.
Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes.
3:10 pm, Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes
All colours and cares glaze to grey, shrivelled and stricken to dots,
Left hand grasps what the body grasps not -- le photographe est mort.
3.1415, alive no longer my amour, faded for home May of '54
Doors open like arms my love, Painless with a great closeness
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing,
re-united with his leg and with you, Taro.
Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes.
Hey Taro!"
From the album "An Awesome Wave." Footage is from the beautiful 1988 film "Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation." Lyrics Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet c...
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Mark Jackson - 2013-05-21 13:16:07+0000
good album, love Matilda and Fitzpleasure off it
Tim Hutton - 2013-06-06 19:41:18+0000
+Mark Jackson: Have you seen their KEXP performance: Alt-J - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Mark Jackson - 2013-06-07 08:25:13+0000
no haven't seen that, think I'll have that on in the background this morning. Thanks Tim!
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