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Paradox on Earth

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Fifth LP from RADIO OVER MOSCOW, released September 22, 2014.

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TRACKLISTING

1. Paradise in Birth
2. Fountain
3. Church
4. Antediluvia
5. Erased
6. Death by a Single Cut
7. Black Knight Satellite
8. Polybius
9. The Arzt of War
10. Zero Stroke
11. Kid Fud
12. The Man from Taured
13. Are You Him?

plus Bandcamp-only bonus tracks

14. Kairosclerosis
15. Permanence

All songs written, recorded, mixed and mastered by D Satherley / Radio Over Moscow

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VIDEO

CHURCH

PARADISE IN BIRTH

LYRICS

PARADISE IN BIRTH

bottom of the cliff
it’s where you put the ambulance
when you cannot afford the fence

safety net or bassinet
or whatever you call the best
impediment to everyday duress

you grew up in state housing
i see you love state browsing
i wonder if carousing
and spying on the drowning
will change your mind one bit

we cannot feed the kids
they might grow up to need the kind
of motivation Geldof did

long white clouds and thin blue lines
have all been blurred beyond belief
and comfort is your middle name, i know

and we know how just lucky
we are to be the fucking
recipients of money
our soul-sucking is making

paradox on earth

you grew up in state housing
i see you love state browsing
i wonder if carousing
and spying on the drowning
is paradise in birth

or paradox on earth

goodbye
and i will see you at the bottom of the

FOUNTAIN

aloe vera
carnivora
karma coma
caravan of love and empty
summers in the mud

one caldera
musidora
barcelona
anagram of gibberish and
monkeys on the job

release the beast within
and pepper it all with lies
unlock the loony bin
and leper it all with pies
and keep the exit open

and we could all do with
a little crazy

semi-sane and
capoeira
camo-wearing
underwear is
disappearing out of
my vision

purple rain of
theda bera
salmonella
thunder bear is
manifesting
under my supervision

release the beast within
and pepper it all with lies
unlock the loony bin
and leper it all with pies
and keep the slammer open

and we could all do with
a little crazy

CHURCH

have you had enough of my zealotry?
there’s room enough for you in my legacy
hand over whatever you earn to me it all

it’s never enough for you
it’s never enough for the church
i need
the millions it costs to be me
i live through you
i need your money

hope you brought another delectable
slice of pie, your mother’s inedible
though it didn’t stop me from eating your children

it’s never enough for you
it’s never enough for the church
i need
the millions it costs to be me
i live through you
i need your money

ANTEDILUVIA

under the sea are rotting corpses
they’re of the ones you worship
kings of philosophy
melancholy bastards
rings around the rosie

sink or swim

what do you know of plate tectonics
commanding killer armies
researching the rising levels of our oceans
we live in atlantis

sink or swim

you know we live in a biosphere
the actions of a few can affect many billions
expanding into trillions
as the seas balloon into interstellar space
and drown out all the martians
the people of the outer moons of magrathea

they sink or swim

ERASED

she’s run of the mill
don’t do anything
just met her and i
have no memory

camera’s a mother
to proof i know her

but i’m sure i don’t

i live by the sword
and autocorrect
i search for the word
her name, incorrect

stories in the gutter
are proof i know her

but i’m sure i don’t

she’s got a face
i never looked at
she’s got a name
no doubt about that

but i cannot seem to
recall the first thing

i’m run of the bulls
don’t go anywhere
sarcastic as hell
and i underwhelm

camera’s a mother
to proof i know her

but i’m sure i don’t

i’m told we had
a moment in time
but then she flew
flew back to the rhine

but i cannot seem to
recall the first thing

DEATH BY A SINGLE CUT

reject the idea that you’re gonna be dead
from what your doc said
it’s a placebo pill
a single cut will

i recommend life as a means to an end
a way to pretend
and a case of deja vu
will never kill you

no way, not again
i’ve destroyed everything

i meant just tonight not deeper emotionally
oh no

an enemy seen is an enemy dead
a massive injection of cash is what i said
will help us get ahead

just two and half billion
in the bank will
eliminate all of the
hundred dollar bills
a single cut will kill you

no way, not again
i’ve destroyed everything

i meant just tonight not deeper emotionally
oh no

BLACK KNIGHT SATELLITE

undercover, the arctic ice
suprapolar, and not by choice
don’t want to be left
in orbit around a dead world

undercover, a man-at-arms
guarding a bridge, from king arthur
don’t want to be left
all cut up, and not quite dead yet

POLYBIUS

don’t you want to play me?
give a quarter or three
don’t forget to inform your mum
when the man in black comes
she will want to know why
the FBI says your time has come

don’t forget you’re living in a fantasy
your time has come
don’t forget to shout out
your time has come
don’t forget to breathe out

play a level or five
or a hundred or more
i forgot where i used to live
but the game is so good
never want to go home
to the place where the off switch lives

don’t forget you’re living in a fantasy
your time has come
don’t forget to shout out
your time has come
don’t forget to breathe out

THE ARZT OF WAR

what are you waiting for
this is the arzt of war
we better get off the beach
the caves are out of reach

live together die alone
move in with the ancient bones
live together die alone
till the hatch is overthrown

we need some dynamite
to give the others a fright
you got some arzt on you
that high school drone is through

live together die alone
move in with the ancient bones
live together die alone
till the hatch is overthrown
blown open

ZERO STROKE

i must buy everything i need before work
i can’t be wasting time here with you
how many zeroes are there now? there can’t be!
no one has that kind of money, are you crazy?

i don’t have that kind of money, zero stroke

KID FUD

have another glass of blue top milk
just knock it back and thank your uncle hone

gob another piece of marmite toast
it’s iron, yeast and salt
so thank your uncle hone

i want the weet-bix
i want the honey puffs
so feed the kids and they will love you

until they’re old enough to vote for you
you will never hear from them again

suck another calci-yum and tell your mum and dad at home
love is what you’re paid

munch on butter, bring the dollar down
it really is the worst
i can’t pay off my new yacht

i want the corn flakes
i want it gluten-free
so feed the kids and they will love you

until they’re old enough to vote for you
you will never hear from them again

i want the ricies
i want the bugs and mud
so feed the kids and they will love you

until they’re old enough to vote for you
you will never hear from them again

THE MAN FROM TAURED

i say what is wrong with you
what am i to do
fade away? may be i bridged a gap and flew
made a life anew
on a planet i could breathe

i’m sorry
i’m sorry
i’m so confused
you’re right

and i am a nowhere man
come from nowhere land
and i’m no one but i have a home i know
wife i love at home
and a job i fucking hate

i’m sorry
i’m sorry
surround me-eee
you’re right

i am the man from taured
i have atomic warhead
i am the man from taured
i have nuclear warhead
i am the man from taured
thermo nuclear warhead
i am the man from taured
SETI it was a bad idea

ARE YOU HIM?

(instrumental)

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