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Worlds Apart

by The Bedlam Furnaces

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A song about the forces trying to tear us all apart, and how paranoia, fear, ideology and greed enable it – and are weaponised.

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The curtains fall, the circus starts
To thrill your bones and warm your hearts.
We're all revolving on the same small rock
And yet we claim we're worlds apart.

Here a strongman – there the clowns!
The tightrope walkers stop your hearts.
The animals are being led round and round:
Despite our seats, we're worlds apart.

(Chorus)
The same start lights us as we love, laugh and cry,
And still, we're worlds apart.
We all desire to be warm, safe and dry
Yet still, we're worlds apart.

We built a web around the world
To catch our dreams and join our hearts.
But now the spiders want to know who you are –
They're making sure we're worlds apart.

(Chorus…)

(Middle)

(Lie, lie, lie, lie…)
And so the lights blink out,
Our teet and eyes aglow.
Who is the audience now?
I honestly don't know.
Soon the spotlight picks you out,
The clowns know where to go…

(Chorus 2)
The same start lights us as we love, laugh and cry,
And still, we're worlds apart.
We all desire to be warm, safe and dry
Yet still, we're worlds apart.
You're seeking answers , or you're merely getting high,
And still, you're worlds apart.
You think you're chosen, some from Venus or from Mars
And so, we're worlds apart.

(The Baa-baa chorus)
Baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baaaa,
Baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baa baaaa,
(Yeah!)
Baa baa baa,
(Lie!)
Baa baa baa,
(Lie!)
Baa baa baa,
(Lie!)
Baa baa baaaa,
(Lie! Lie! Lie! Lie!):
Worlds apart.

Your ticket's valid, no returns.
One show apiece, and so it starts.
We share a sofa as the adverts start to roll,
Yet somehow we're still worlds apart.

credits

released October 29, 2021
Ian Allison: Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming. Alison Allison: Backing vocals. With gratitude, as ever, to the tremendous Choir Of The Willing. Engineered, produced and mastered by Ian Allison in London, UK.

Cover art by Ian Allison, adapting photography by Aimee Vogelsang and Mark Williams via Unsplash.

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