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[PARRALOX EXCLUSIVE 137]
[Recorded 2015.11.17]
[Released 2020.09.12]
[Cover of The Human League's first album Reproduction (1979.10), track 6, A6]
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Originally released by The Human League in 1978 on their Reproduction album, Empire State Human was covered by us and included on our Holiday '15 album, in addition to our version of Reproduction.
This is the acapella version.
Recorded at Subterrane Recording Studio, Melbourne, Australia
on Tuesday the 17th of November, 2015.
Fetch more water, fetch more sand...
lyrics
Empire State Human
Written by Phil Oakey, Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware
Verse 1
Since I was very young and realized
I never wanted to be human sized
So I avoid the crowds and traffic jams
They just remind me of how small I am
Because of this longing in my heart
I'm going to start the growing up
I'm going to grow now and never stop
Think like a mountain, grow to the top
Chorus
Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall
As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall
And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow
Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall
Tall, tall, tall, I want to be tall, tall, tall
As big as a wall, wall, wall, as big as a wall, wall, wall
And if I'm not tall, tall, tall, then I will grow, grow, grow
Because I'm not tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall, tall
Verse 2
With concentration
My size increased
And now I'm fourteen stories high
At least!!
Empire state human
Just a bored kid
I'll go to Egypt to be
A pyramid
Coda
Brick by brick
Stone by stone
Growing till he's fully grown
Brick by brick
Stone by stone
Growing till he's fully grown
Fetch more water
Fetch more sand
Biggest person in the land
Fetch more water
Fetch more sand
Biggest person in the land
credits
released September 12, 2020
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Dedicated to Pauline Oliveros
Producer - John von Ahlen
Engineer - Juan del Toro
Synthesizer and vocals - John von Ahlen
Recorded at Subterrane Recording Studio, Melbourne, Australia
on Tuesday the 17th of November, 2015.
Original filename:
Parralox - 125 - Empire State Human (Acapella) - 2015 11 17.wav
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