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Electric Flies

from Still Desperate by Barabajagal

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about

I spent ages transcribing and organising some chords to the song "Oily Way" by Gong. What I came up with was a 16 bar pattern which changed chords every 2 beats and had no repetition in those 16 bars. I really how they worked, but knew there would be no way in hell any normal song would appreciate something like that. So I made a not normal song.

Turns out the Gong song was a lot simpler than I thought too.

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I saw your eyes like carnival signs
And knew you were the one for me.
I don't need a cup of tea
When you see how sweet honey can be.

You caught my eyes and collective views
With your mind like electric flies.
I don't need a cup of tea,
When I look to the red ruby skies.

Electric flies will come for you
Like electric flies came for me.
Electric eyes caught like bugs in electricity.

Cut me with your lip sheathed scimitar smile
And split my ribcage free.
I don't need a cup of tea
Open me to set me free.

Slowly your kisses of fibreglass
Weave into my cracked red lips.
I guess I need that cup of tea
But I can never quit.

Electric flies will come for you
Like electric flies came for me.
Electric eyes caught like bugs in electricity.

Electricity. In electricity.

Electric flies will come for you
Like electric flies came for me.
Electric eyes caught like bugs in electricity.

credits

from Still Desperate, released November 21, 2015
All instruments, vocals and production - David Cooper
Except
Bass - Mason Thorburn

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Barabajagal Dunedin, New Zealand

Barabajagal are a band who make music.

It's pretty ok stuff really.

It's rooted in psychedelia but incorporates so many genres that it doesn't really seem too definable. But it's ok with that.

Despite being a kiwi band the songwriter is actually rather English, so whenever he sings you'd be hard pressed to go "wow, those kiwis huh". Still, New Zealand-ish.

Pronounced Bah-Rabba-Jaggle.
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