Well I get another message from a 123
Come along and join me in my repartee
Together we can weather all this misery
And keep me sitting like a freak on the top of the tree
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer 

Yet another message from a 123
A stark invitation to a dull livestream 
Looking like a deer in the full main beam
In cyberspace everyone can hear you scream 
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer

Sign up sign up and receive communication 
Be a good sort join the organisation 
Definitions are open to interpretation 
But you be the crowd and I’ll accept the acclamation
It’s a kind invitation but I must be clear 
You’re the problem not the answer in this miserable year 
Your eyes are clouded and full of fear 
So put away the costume have another beer

Not The Answer

They pour the oil of human blandness
On a world they see as flat
They hand out sticks of anodyne
Be satisfied with that
They slice the fat in private
With a long serrated knife
And feast upon the losers
It’s the Politician’s Life
We have walked this path so often
It’s been torture by decree
It’s the madness on the hilltop
And the creatures in the sea
I have prayed to every god I know
That we should be set free
But here I am still waiting
For the answer to my plea

The demons blonde and bloated
Run their banner up the mast
To distract from their many lies
And dodgy dealing past
If you dare to mention anything
You’ll be the sacrifice
No-one tells the truth here
It’s the Politician’s Life
We have walked this path so often
It’s been torture by decree
It’s the madness on the hilltop
And the creatures in the sea
I have prayed to every god I know
That we should be set free
But here I am still waiting
For the answer to my plea

The screaming starving subject
Are the chorus to their song
And dying time must coincide
With another greater wrong
The cruelty of misfortune
Will be spun like tumbling dice
And lady luck is stuck inside
The Politician’s Life
 We have walked this path so often
It’s been torture by decree
It’s the madness on the hilltop
And the creatures in the sea
I have prayed to every god I know
That we should be set free
But here I am still waiting
For the answer to my plea

The Politician's Life

Incandescent and defective
And bloody round the eyes
Milford Sound is underground 
In this big picture lie
Red in green-screen tooth and claw
Now turn it to eleven
Love the skin you live in
It’s the only one you’re given
Catatonic and volcanic
Ride an acid wave
You will discarded from the cradle to the grave
Grace is not an option
So observe the human race
Just like Omar Bradley standing staring blankly into space

Deadly and decisive
Oh put your brain at ease
Hit the regulator
And summon up disease
Genius is everything
But keep it undercover
So that Mozart is a film star
‘Cos Ludwig was a brother
Catatonic and volcanic
Ride an acid wave
You will discarded from the cradle to the grave
Grace is not an option
So observe the human race
Just like Omar Bradley standing staring blankly into space


Bona fide and misguided
Your pain is undecided
Rage is locked in cages
Black and bolted to the ground
Justice has a cataract
And turns the eye that’s blind
And death will come a-calling
Neither notable nor fine
Catatonic and volcanic
Ride an acid wave
You will discarded from the cradle to the grave
Grace is not an option
So observe the human race
Just like Omar Bradley standing staring blankly into space

Dan Tindall

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