Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - The Strange Life of Persephone Nimbus

Eternity Incorporated

Thank you for waiting.
Welcome to Eternity Incorporated.
Are you paying by cash or by card today sir?
  By card. By card.
By card?
  Yes.
Please give me your identification numbers.
  736237682654.
I'm sorry sir. You have been declined.
  No ma'am, there must be some mistake. There's gotta be a mistake.
I'm sorry sir, you have been declined.
  No, you can't decline me. Do you know who I am?

 

Goldmund & Narcissus

You're the light of this world and the next
That light will never fade away
And it's right to love you in this manner
Despite what people say

You'll never guess
But I'll tell you when it's over
When I seem halfway there
I gotta bless this whole damn mess
I guess it's better this way

I'm looking out across this cold grey water
I'm stretching out in the sky
Look for me in sounds of the evening
And in the blank of an eye

Welcome to Eternity Incorporated
Welcome to Eternity Incorporated

You'll never find the answers in your mind
You're kinda stupid in that way
Love is blind, hate is blind as snow
I know you don't know your way

And in the forest
And in the town
And in the deepest wood
I'll see you around
And in the memory
And in the heartbreak
And in the tunes
Maybe they like me today, today
Day day day day day day day

 

A New Planet

You better buy yourself a brand new planet
Here, and pick up a song
If you should find a new plane of existence
Where we can have some new fun

A brand new planet
I can't see beyond this
When you get there you can't have it
I can't see beyond this

I better get a brand new manscape
I better put on my mask
I lay my gun at the altar of peace
Oh God, now give me sweet release

A brand new planet
I can't see beyond this
When you get there you can't have it
I can't see beyond this

A brand new planet
You can't have it

 

I Know What I Have To Do

I know what I have to do
Definitely
I know what I have to do

I know what I have to do
Hand melting [0:22] (know, know, know-know)

I know what I have to do
A time to fall off [0:30]
I know what I have to do

I know what I have to do
The answers to even [0:37]
I know what I have to do

I know what I have to do
I am supremely overcome [0:46]
I know what I have to do

I know what I have to do
Just a power [0:54]
I know

I know what I have to do
We torture [1:02] another one
I do

 

Galaxy

I was born with a moon and a horn
I survived despite the righteous warning
I was taken from my mountain
Then I was forsaken
I was jumped with my elegant space pump
I believe it was made of Argent
I was ripped from my shell
And I fumble then I tripped

Going back to galaxy
Going back to galaxy

She came to me through a dream frame
I named her Dawn of Blame
I was sliced from my head
And it was nasty and it was nice
Unraveled a new way to travel
An unparalleled achievement
I was blown from my land
I don't understand
No I don't understand

Going back to galaxy
Going back to galaxy

I said Andromeda
Andromeda
I said
I said Andromeda
I said Andromeda
Don't talk
Don't talk
I said Andromeda
I said Andromeda
Don't talk
Don't talk

The stranger and the common man
Got you in their sights
On any other night
Andromeda

The mortal was a god
Oh Andromeda
On any other night

Reach for the morning
Reach for the sun
And bring everyone

When you look up in the skies
When you look into my eyes
How's this for size
Andromeda

??? [8:08]
Oh Andromeda
On any other night

Reach for the morning
Reach for the sun
Reach the furthest shore of more than you wanted
And get back some sun
And bring everyone

 

Walk On Down The Hall

Listen to me
Listen to my voice (listen to my voice)
You're walking down a hall
At the other end of the hall is a door (is a door)
You don't know what's on the other side of the door
And you walk slowly towards it
As you walk slowly down the hall you become aware (you become aware)
Of your own senses (of your own senses)
The smell of the hall
The taste of the air
Your feet against the wooden floor
The neon (the neon) outside
The rain against the window (against the window)
A car in the street
The distant sound (distant) of the city
And you walk towards the door
You count to ten backwards
When you get to one (when you get) you will open the door
And find out (and find the light)
what is behind the door? (what is behind the door?)
Ten, you get closer
Nine (nine), you get closer
Eight, you're almost there
Seven, so near
Six, so close (so close)
Five (five), almost
Four, yes (yes)
Three
Two (two)
One (one)
Open the door

 

Persephone

Diamonds are just hot squashed coal
I love you baby but you're in a hole
Not a holy place
Just look at your face

Your wine is just sour grapes
I love you baby but you made a mistake
Flaking out of sky
Shaking out a sigh

All her dreams are coming true
You better hope she don't dream about you
Persephone

Who's coming down the hall tonight
Her eyes so black, her skin so white
Persephone

Vultures swirl around you girl
The tombstone shot around the gliders whirl
Not a pearl in sight
Just look at tonight

A light comes on inside my head
I hear these words on a musical bed
And the speakers bled
And the tears were shed

Give me a ghost, a ghost of a chance
Come on baby it's our last dance
Persephone

Who growing richer, who got the gold
Who got the heat before it went cold
Persephone

Give me a ghost, a ghost of a chance
Come on baby it's our last dance
Persephone

Who growing richer, who got the gold
Who got the heat before it went cold
Persephone

Persephone

Persephone

 

The Room

Hello.
  Hello!
Yeah, hello. Look, I'm ringing about the room.
  Oh the room.
Yeah. Well, can you tell me anything about the room?
  Oh yes. It's a beautiful room, a chamber of secrets.
Wow, it sounds really nice.
  Oh, you will love it there!
That's amazing.
  Oh, a beautiful view of the ocean!
No way!
  Yes! You can see all the way down the coast.
When can I come around and have a look?
  Tuesday.
Ok, Tuesday.
  Yes, Tuesday.
Alright. Yeah.
  Yes. Yes.
Yeah, alright, I'll see you then.
  Good. Good.

 

When Time Has Run Out

The pounding surf
The tilt of the earth
Far as the eye can see
How I wish it was me

The rivers and creeks
The months and the weeks
It was all meant to be
How I wish it was me

The food and the wine
The palm and the pine
Nature one two three
How I wish it was me

The alleys and lights
The valleys so bright
Lie there perfectly
How I wish it was me

When time has run out
And you're someone else
Standing in your shoe
How I wish it was you

When time has run out
And you're someone else
Standing in your shoe
How I wish it was me

 

Jesus Warehouse & Judas Smith

Have you ever wondered
Have you ever tried
Boy I hope you never wander
Too far from my side

Did I ever mention
Did I ever tell you
In another dimension
Why I'd kill for you

In the middle of winter
Or a sailboat in summer
Waiting for my minute
My minute to come

Have you ever listened (ever)
Have you even heard (even heard)
But you told me everything already
Without saying one word

(Friend of mine) [repeated many times]

The streets are aflame
I forget your name
(Ever, ever)

The streets are awash
Oh gosh

(Friend of mine) [repeated many times]

 

Radio Supernova

Good morning and welcome to Radio Supernova.
Weather report. Today's weather.
Indiana will be 20 degrees. Chance of an afternoon hurricane.
Miami, 25, with a chance of a tidal wave.
In London it will be 19, with a chance of an afternoon typhoon.
It looks like tornadoes for New York, with a maximum of 5 degrees.
In Cairo there will be snow and ice and flooding.
In Sydney, Australia, there's no end to the drought. Temperature will be 41 degrees minimum.
Thank you and goodbye.

 

There Were Times

There were times I thought about living
There were times thought we was gonna die
There were times and I was sure we would be winning
There were times make you sit down and cry

Why why why why
Why why why why
Why why why why
Why why why why

Why why why...

There were times I thought we had made it
There were times I thought we were woke
There were times it seemed that we were many
There were times I seemed unknowable

 

Please Alight

Please alight.
Please alight from your capsule, responsibly and safely,
  always ensuring there's at least three chevrons between you and the next capsule.
Make sure all handrails are upright, and your mind is now in a relaxed position.
Turn off your ears, watch out the sky.
In a twinkle of an eye a century goes by.

 

Demitrius Diatribe

Auto-suggestion
Is a very funny thing indeed
I beg your pardon
As I stumble through this garden
I didn't mean anything

You look like a night eve painting
When you're parading in the nude
I feel elation as I reach your station
I saw you standing there

A dream of love is fractious, yeah
I sing the blues badly
I've gotta spend more on the end
To take away this body

Your sister Jimmy is confusing me
And I don't know where you've gone
And you say I am the most
The jam on the toast
High antique [2:11] treason with clotted cream

Hamilton is empty
Morocco, I had a blast
Behind the screen
With the florentine
I'm always thinking of you (you, you, you)




The Fixer

[Previously Unreleased Track on The Lost Worlds Of Persephone Nimbus]

Don't want placebo
I want a place up high
Don't want placebo
I need to catch a ride

Don't take my photo
You took that shot inside
You get my mojo
I want a place to hide

It's such a pretty view
Anything reminds me of you

Don't want placebo
I want a place to hide
Won't leave Ohio
Without you by my side

Don't need a mixer
Don't want a fixer

I paint your old room blue
Anything reminds me of you

Saw something at the zoo
Anything reminds me of you

I'll find a new huroo
Anything reminds me of you

 

Galaxy (Early Demo)

[From The Lost Worlds Of Persephone Nimbus]

[Woman's voice]
Our position in our galaxy, which would be like maybe a third of the way out here...
We're moving at half a million miles an hour around the center of our galaxy.
I got interested in astronomy by watching the stars as they moved outside my window.
I had a window that faced north, I had a bed under the window,
  and I could see during the night that the stars would change their positions.
And that's really what got me interested in astronomy.
So I guess I was always interested in how things moved.

[First man's voice]
You should keep an eye on this part of The Milky Way, towards the center of our galaxy.
Some strange things are happening there.

[Second man's voice]
...by some type of device, which is ahead of us, far ahead of us,
  it is probably controlled by a highly advanced, superior civilization.
Now this is a conclusion which I personally have stated,
  and sure enough some members of our board of governors and advisors,
  not all of them, but these were [3:56] interplanetary spaceships.