CiviliZation is like an Aeroplane

from Hymns of the Black Flag by Echo Park Orchestra

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4. Civilization Is Like An Aeroplane

(After T. Fulano)

Civilization is like an aeroplane
We are staring at the abyss
From a double-glazed window pane
Sitting in our rows
We must do what we are told
In our padded chairs
Breathing second-hand air
Civilization caters for all our needs
We are travelling over chasms
At a terrifying speed
Death in every scene
On the video screen
Muzak sets the mood
There are chemicals in the food

There are madmen in the cabin
Who claim that they have been re-born
The pilot tells us not to panic
As we head towards the storm
Civilization means we’re all observed
We are waiting at the airport
In a theatre of the absurd
Half a lake of fuel
For the tourist and the mule
The Zionist berserker
And the joker in a burkha

This is your pilot
In need of a physician
I’ve been drinking all night long
Please adopt the brace position
This is a hi-jack
We are on a mission
On a mumbo-jumbo missile
Heading straight towards perdition

Civilization, where businessmen succeed
The in-flight entertainment
Is the Politics of Greed
There is just a curtain
‘Twixt the doubtful and dead certain
We must wave goodbye
To the juggernaut in the sky

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from Hymns of the Black Flag, released September 10, 2011
Steve Hogg: vocals
Caroline Gill: vocals
Peter Ridsdale: vocals
Manoj Baruah: violindas
José Toral: acoustic guitar, laud
Matthew Wood: accordion
Jim Blomfield: harpsichord
Imogen Triner: oboe
Roshan Wijetunge: contrabass
Andy Roger: drumkit

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