Mecca Normal - Revival of Cruelty

Jean Smith vocals, David Lester guitar, Peter Jefferies drums. From the album The Eagle & The Poodle (Matador, 1997, re-released on Smarten UP! Records 2009). Available in iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/album/the-eagle-the-poodle/id321302830

Half hostage
half victim
blackmail shifts around
there is a closing up
and drawing in

Spectacle is the reward
in a catalytic cycle
the universe behaves
a crowd chants out at ringside
calling out for the revival of cruelty
calling out for more

When a direction is taken
it starts justifying itself
beginning by imposing a dismissal
on all that's unexplored
all that's unexplored

Direction becomes a window
in the semi-dark of night
we are peering in
or we are gazing out

We are peering in
or we are gazing out
we are gazing
we are gazing
out

and the crowd calls out for more
calling
calling for the revival of cruelty
the revival of cruelty

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