Genet on Uranus (the Story of Us)
by Owen Duff
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Inspired by a passage from The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet:
"The atmosphere of the planet Uranus is said to so heavy that the ferns there are creepers; the animals drag along, crushed by the weight of the gases. I want to mingle with these humiliated creatures which are always on their bellies. If metempsychosis should grant me a new dwelling-place, I choose that forlorn planet. I inhabit it with the convicts my race. Amidst hideous reptiles, I pursue an eternal, miserable death in darkness where the leaves will be black, the waters of the marshes thick and cold. Sleep will be denied me. On the contrary, more lucid then ever, recognize the unclean fraternity of the smiling alligators"
"The atmosphere of the planet Uranus is said to so heavy that the ferns there are creepers; the animals drag along, crushed by the weight of the gases. I want to mingle with these humiliated creatures which are always on their bellies. If metempsychosis should grant me a new dwelling-place, I choose that forlorn planet. I inhabit it with the convicts my race. Amidst hideous reptiles, I pursue an eternal, miserable death in darkness where the leaves will be black, the waters of the marshes thick and cold. Sleep will be denied me. On the contrary, more lucid then ever, recognize the unclean fraternity of the smiling alligators"
lyrics
Pressed closer together
Than the pages of a book
We lay lovers undercover
Away from judging looks
We were as gay as Genet on Uranus
I played a refrain to sustain us
To sustain us
To sustain us
To sustain us
The world unraveled below your window
We saw the wars given birth
Then I had a vision of divisions
Portending the end of the Earth
As loons mined the moon to wound us
I crooned a tune to cocoon us
To cocoon us
To cocoon us
To cocoon
To cocoon us
Ooh us
I saw our books start to combust
The room turn to dust
Our bed to rust
Left naked in the paper white I started to write
The story of
The story of us
No more songs played after that day
Our tale too is sad to see
One of rebel lovers discovered
The only way it could be
But when they came
To defame and maim us
We remained in the flames
And were shameless
We were shameless
We were shameless
In the flames we remained
Shameless
Than the pages of a book
We lay lovers undercover
Away from judging looks
We were as gay as Genet on Uranus
I played a refrain to sustain us
To sustain us
To sustain us
To sustain us
The world unraveled below your window
We saw the wars given birth
Then I had a vision of divisions
Portending the end of the Earth
As loons mined the moon to wound us
I crooned a tune to cocoon us
To cocoon us
To cocoon us
To cocoon
To cocoon us
Ooh us
I saw our books start to combust
The room turn to dust
Our bed to rust
Left naked in the paper white I started to write
The story of
The story of us
No more songs played after that day
Our tale too is sad to see
One of rebel lovers discovered
The only way it could be
But when they came
To defame and maim us
We remained in the flames
And were shameless
We were shameless
We were shameless
In the flames we remained
Shameless
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released October 7, 2020
Words and music by Owen Duff
Words and music by Owen Duff
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Owen Duff London, UK
A true adherent to the DIY ethos, Owen Duff creates everything related to his music, from artwork to videos, as well as playing/programming nearly all of the instruments on his songs. His songs that blend influences from folk, 60s chamber pop, electronica, film and TV scores and jazz. Owen's lyrics are inspired by books, films, TV, high and low culture, politics and personal experience. ... more
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