Under The Rainbow
from Plan Behind (The Beautiful Mess We Made) by The Jane Austen Argument
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Note: This is a newly mixed and mastered version of the song - and it sounds even BETTER!!!
This song was written considering the genetic implications of my parents meeting: playing Dorothy and The Scarecrow in a college production of "The Wizard Of Oz". It is a reflection on bisexuality, politics and self-image.
My most memorable moment playing this song was opening Amanda Palmer's Sydney Opera House gig on Australia Day with this song for around 2000 people. Career Highlight.
This song was written considering the genetic implications of my parents meeting: playing Dorothy and The Scarecrow in a college production of "The Wizard Of Oz". It is a reflection on bisexuality, politics and self-image.
My most memorable moment playing this song was opening Amanda Palmer's Sydney Opera House gig on Australia Day with this song for around 2000 people. Career Highlight.
lyrics
Under The Rainbow
My brain is made of straw
And my heart was forged from tin
My courage, although fierce, it is endangered.
My sunflowers still grow
Though my monkeys have no wings
My path is paved in gold and filled with strangers
And the city made of green
Was a mirage filled with diversions
And home is always just three clicks away.
Away.
My home was blown away
By a modern-age tornado
My aunt and uncle now live far away.
And the lady riding by
Doesn’t seem to make much progress
She’s always exercising, night and day.
And everything is black and white
Except these choices I am making
About the coloured boxes I could fit in
And the room it gently spins
Like a politicians promise
To fix the weather with a weathered wallet
That she’s gone and thrown away
Away.
I’m under the waves and I am under the weather
I’m under the pump and I am under the pressure
I’m under the spell of a life lived in leisure
I’m underperforming and so under-pleasured.
And that road it kept on winding
My companions were finding
That their memberships were ripe for cancelling
And that road it kept on going
I left my friends there knowing
Their questions were not fit for answering
No
My questions are not fit for answering.
My brain is made of straw
And my heart was forged from tin
My courage, although fierce, it is endangered.
My sunflowers still grow
Though my monkeys have no wings
My path is paved in gold and filled with strangers
And the city made of green
Was a mirage filled with diversions
And home is always just three clicks away.
Away.
My home was blown away
By a modern-age tornado
My aunt and uncle now live far away.
And the lady riding by
Doesn’t seem to make much progress
She’s always exercising, night and day.
And everything is black and white
Except these choices I am making
About the coloured boxes I could fit in
And the room it gently spins
Like a politicians promise
To fix the weather with a weathered wallet
That she’s gone and thrown away
Away.
I’m under the waves and I am under the weather
I’m under the pump and I am under the pressure
I’m under the spell of a life lived in leisure
I’m underperforming and so under-pleasured.
And that road it kept on winding
My companions were finding
That their memberships were ripe for cancelling
And that road it kept on going
I left my friends there knowing
Their questions were not fit for answering
No
My questions are not fit for answering.
credits
from Plan Behind (The Beautiful Mess We Made),
released July 28, 2011
Tom Dickins: Vocals
Jen Kingwell: Piano
Mixed and Mastered by Blake Bickel at Dynamic Sounds
Tom Dickins: Vocals
Jen Kingwell: Piano
Mixed and Mastered by Blake Bickel at Dynamic Sounds
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The Jane Austen Argument Melbourne, Australia
The Jane Austen Argument are a Melbourne-based indie cabaret duo who combine raw ballads and sharp tongues with chaotic
abandon and overtones of anti-folk and punk love.
Recent collaborations have included Amanda Fucking Palmer and Neil Gaiman.
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