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Chewing on the Bones of the Sacred Cow

from Holding Hands in Petropolis by Robert Rotifer

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lyrics

Well, I see you got the whole boxset
Have you watched it yet?
What are the colours like?

Well the colours are still great
The colours are magnificent
But all the rhetoric now is just meaningless
The music's still good
Oh the music still sounds brilliant
But the lyrics, oh the lyrics
They're really such a mess
All that eloquent elegant rebel intelligence
Seems so irrelevant now

Aha aha aha aha

Cause we've had it on loan
We've done nothing of our own
And we've been chewing the same bones for decades now
Yes we're chewing those bones
And it's all we've ever known
We've been chewing on the bones of the sacred cow

So what about the message then?
With hindsight?

Well, the message still stands
I agree it's still valid
It's just not really something you'd need to say
Yes it still succeeds
But your enigmatic lead
Oh he just looks like bit of a dickhead today
All those really deep points
Made while passing the joint
Ring a bit disappointing somehow

Oh aah aha oh aah aha

Cause we’ve had it on loan
We've done nothing of our own
And we've been chewing the same bones for decades now
Yes we're chewing those bones
And it's all we've ever known
We've been chewing on the bones of the sacred cow

Alright, but what about the outtakes?
What about them?

Well the outtakes, of course are a real revelation
The takings are like nothing they've ever seen
But the more perfect they're bringing the whole scene to life
Oh the more it just looks like a figment to me

There's just something repellent
To those back-of-an-elephant
Self-righteous speeches now

Oh aah aha oh aah ahaha

Cause we've had it on loan
We've done nothing of our own
And we've been chewing the same bones for decades now
Yes, we're chewing those bones
And it's all we've ever known
We've been chewing on the bones of the sacred cow

Well the colours are still great
The colours are magnificent
All the rhetoric now though
Is just meaningless
Yes the music's still good
Oh the music still sounds brilliant
But the lyrics, oh yeah the lyrics
They’re really just a mess

credits

from Holding Hands in Petropolis, released September 15, 2023
Robert Rotifer: Guitars, bass, vocals
Helen McCookerybook, Amelia Fletcher: backing vocals
Ian Button: drums, mellotron flutes, backing vocals

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Robert Rotifer Canterbury, UK

Robert Rotifer is a musician, writer, sometime artist, singer (of sorts), born in Vienna deep in the last century, He moved to the UK just before it ended (the century, that is), has made some 11 or 12 albums and has been lucky enough to play in bands he rates with people who also turned up on his records over the years.

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