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We Lost Our Heads in the Sky

from The Dirt and the Sky by Cathouse Canary

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Violin written and performed by Simon Despoja

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Those termites you always crow about,
They ain’t eating our walls,
Oh no, no, no.
They eat their own.

And there ain’t a tree for a million miles
They could call their home
But they’re working up an appetite, so
They’re just getting started.

So let’s root ‘em out,
Let’s root ‘em out.
It’s that or let ‘em wreck it all,
And that job is ours.

’Cause we built this place,
We own this place,
And we’ll burn it down
to keep this place.
This place is ours.


Atlas held up the heavens
For a long, long time.
Eventually he’ll have to set ‘em
Down a while.


We were all just acting like
we could build our way out.
And people always talk about
The place where the dirt meets the sky.
But you can walk for miles
And it’ll still be on the horizon.


Well it’s hard to tell where our heads all end
And the sky begins
But we like it that way so,
We just didn’t notice.

We made crazy plans
and those plans are fucked,
But we ain’t fussed
‘Cause we’re stepped in so deep,
Well, you know how it goes.

So we’ll step on through
Though the river bed’s muddy
And our shoes are getting heavy
But, but, but
We’re almost there.

But if our heads are sky
And our shoes are dirt
Then there’s seven metres
Of shit between
And they just can’t meet.


Like Atlas holding up the heavens
For a long, long time
Eventually we’ll have to set ‘em
Down a while.


Ignore it, it’s uncomfortable to think about.
Wouldn’t want your clockwork conscience going walkabout.
We told ourselves given time we could work it out.
And we ain’t lying,
But we might be wrong.

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from The Dirt and the Sky, released February 12, 2017

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Cathouse Canary Melbourne, Australia

Cathouse Canary were formed in 2009. Pre-apocalyptic indie rock, shambolic but lively, loud but kinda sweet.

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