Upwards At 45 Degrees

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http://www.post-literate.com/nougat/archives/upwards_at_45_degrees.mp3

Four hundred meters across
and hanging like a football field
over the valley of the stone circle
wondering what the crop will yield

For the Mothership has come
for the Mothership has come
who's she gonna take this time?
right now, tell me who she's gonna claim

Loving is the face of Jesus
smiling as the Mona Lise
to penetrate the diamond the pituitary gland
gets torn on its axis and frees

Earth is a cannon of love
shame beyond Socrates
who's to blame but the man, like any man
who's to blame but the man who leads?

Going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
won't somebody sign my release?

Going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
won't somebody sign my release?
bye, bye bye

When people jump through time
they give themselves up to rhyme and reasons of the heavens
they recognize in themselves
reconciling their thoughts to those of dutiful people
they're unashamed

Going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
won't somebody sign my release?

Going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
going upwards at 45 degrees
won't somebody sign my release?
bye, bye bye
bye, bye bye

- Julian Cope

http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/2/upwards.html