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Music that could take you and your mind to a new steer
These are chiming chords to take us both away from here
The beat of a drum slips off your head
The bass is shaking off your cares

On it goes you're carried away on a sea of sound
On and on to an ecstasy on a sea of sound
The beat of a drum slips off your head
The bass is shaking off your cares

Up up and away on the beautiful tune
Up up and away on the beautiful tune

Image burns and silence is filled to a new pitch
Cymbals crash with frantic guitars you are lucid
The beat of a drum slips off your head
The bass is shaking off your cares

Malcolm:

This is a translation of Bertolt Brecht's name for Hollywood.
I've transferred the name to pop music.  When you think
about the lighting, the noise, the dry ice, etc at some rock
concerts, you come to the conclusion that the aim is to
prevent people from thinking clearly. That's what the song
is about.

found on: I Am a Wallet

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