The Legendary Pink Dots - Waiting For The Cloud

Any Day Now, 1988

The river was rainbow stew, the fishes choked and cursed.
The thirsty dogs spat fire, rolled in glue, then they burst.
The fur balls flying, trees were dying--
dandelions were crippled, bald . . .
We saw it all in colour--
now we're waiting for the cloud.
A mother forcefed baby milk
which ticked and bubbled black.
She sank it back with plastic pills
although it stank . . . seemed thankful.
Rolled up in her sack,
she won't be back,
she won't grow old . .
We saw it all in colour--
now we're waiting for the cloud.
And crocodiles were sprouting wings.
Dead sheep filled the fields.
The children rode on locusts and
threw slings at anything
that could be killed and eaten raw.
No weeping sore, no claws, no balls . . .
We saw it all in colour,
now we're waiting for the cloud.
We're told it could be 15 days,
we're busy digging holes . . .
The deep ones for the pure, selected--
shallow ones for old and sick,
the derelicts, the poor,
the junkies, criminals, the whores.
There's more, there's red and yellow,
black and blue.
There's me, there's you.
(Waiting for the cloud.)

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[Mariucciaorbist]

One of the most beautiful LPD masterpieces.Epic,tragic,roman­tic, hauntingly beautiful and so sweetly sad,so sad...I miss real violins in their music today.Whole album is terrific anyway..It's probably how ''THE END '' will look...I think Edward believes that other .better than our civilization from far away Andromeda will come and save some of us.

[kitsunekappa]

i really love there music its really good so surreal sad beautiful and full of emotion its nice to hear something like this once in awile

[gyqz]

This is my blood.

[MrDschiesus]

and they still tour! just saw them 2 years ago... still fascinating

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[tashajulia]

please don't mention that chameleon blood-sucking bowie. that is so insulting to original music artists...as you said "FUCK bowie"

[freq32]

the strings.. the keys the atmosphere, the lyrics.. the break.. the bridge .. FUCK. bowie would be proud of this.

[sokomokomo]

das waren schöne bekiffte abende

[sokomokomo]

underground hardcore beautiful edward kaspel

[robaralis]

@autodafeh242 u took the words out of my mouth. Any Day Now was a not just an album, it was a fascinating new friend.

[dEFT07Itd]

i can't remember how i got to know them, just like a dream

[autodafeh242]

i realy would cry to lose this album Any day now....snif...but i still got it!!!! 20 years ago.....OMG getting old...saw them live in Carre in Amsterdam and in THe Milkyway....those was one of the best bands ever at that time ...Edward K Spell love u!!!....