Electribal Memories

Mmm, oh yeah, yeah



I remember when you used to sing

And they danced around

And their heads were covered by the rain

And they danced around

There was no turning back 

There was no way escaping

From the big blue sky

They were eyes like a fire 

And light in their eyes

You could see them falling on the ground

They would fall in love mmm

They would fall in love mmm

They would fall in love yeah

They would fall in love mmm



I remember

I remember a time 

When everything was peaceful 

And the dancers were good

Our faces were darkened by wood charcoal

As if covered by the soot of a fire

No-one would recognize us from afar

The Gods didn’t want you to see our faces

The dancers who’s faces you could recognize from afar

Would not get praised

And people would say 

The dance was not good 

And leave early



I remember

I remember

I remember



It happened always and everywhere

We didn’t count the individual faces

The feathers and furs and the grease would look fresh

Never dusty and dull

The dancers grey

I remember

Somewhere in the city

He would dance around 

He’d be walking by right around the corner

He would move around

There was no turning back 

There was no way escaping

From the big blue sky

He had eyes like a fire 

And light in his eyes

You could see him falling on the ground

He would fall in love mmm

He would fall in love oh yeah

He would fall in love yeah

He would fall in love mmm

He would fall in love yeah oh

He would fall in love yeah



I remember sometimes the dance 

Would end up in confusion

Spectators would leave quickly

But that was Ok

Because the Gods would always help again

Gods do get upset sometimes

I remember



Sometimes in a big city a sole figure

Would come out of a door

And stalk the streets

He didn’t want no trouble

He was waiting

For the girls to start their dances

And their dresses of many shapes and colours

He would hide behind corners

People would say

He’s walking again

I remember

I remember



And the princess of actors

Would sit in her castle and spin stories

Sometimes she would cut her fingers

And then the blood would stain the part of her dress

Where it was most thin

It would sink through to her skin

These were the days of sleepless nights

I remember



Sometimes now when I sit alone I remember

I don’t want no change

So I paint my face again and sit there just like before

And remember

And remember



Now we wait for changes in the weather

And we sit around

And your head is covered by a pillar

And we wait around

And there’s no turning back

And there’s no way escaping

From the big blue sky

There’s a hole in the heaven

And it is decided that were leaving this town yeah

Can we fall in love yeah

We will fall in love oh yeah

We will fall in love oh yeah

We will fall in love oh



I remember 

When we just used to sit 

And wait for the good weather to come in

We didn’t want any change

Your eyes were all the more glowing

From all the darkness around you

I loved you

Simple

Simple



When life in town became too hard

We would try and change places

We’d move downtown and again uptown

And the sun would rise and the sun would go down

And the men in suits would talk about pink ladies in their laces

Life would go on and life would go on

People decided that it was time to leave the city to the pale tribe

And do our own thing

I remember

I remember

I remember

I remember