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Here come the Astral police

from Velvet Moth II by Velvet Moth

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lyrics

Met a Swami at the filling station
told me things I’d never heard before
free your mind and the door will be opened
so don’t keep looking for the emperor’s clothes
an easy journey through time and space
but you must find your own way home

I’ve got a fear about astral travel
out of body equals out-of-mind!
I’ve made a plan that defies convention
to keep the devil from my eyes
I’m watching everybody come and go
well…it ain’t gonna be easy now

Turn the lights down and put on your shades
find us a corner and lay real low
read a few lines and repeat the mantra
then curl right up like an embryo
fly on by and meet the man in the moon
then we can bum a nice ride on an asteroid
now we take the elevator to Uranus
take a leap into the void!

Here come the Astral police
here come the Astral police
they want the travellers to leave
here come the Astral police
oh, but you know that it’s all in your mind!
(Come on son, go and git yer wha-wha…)

Here come the Astral police
here come the Astral police
they want the space-jam to cease
here come the Astral police
they’re watching everybody come and go

Out here among the stars
I’ve opened up to realise
for there is no end, but unbounded birth
since the cradle of time and grains of earth
a familiar hub of creation in which
all roads trail to infinity
I’m compelled to speak, but there are no words
listen hard, but how nothing stirs
to awaken from perpetual sleep
is to see the brightest lights
before the comedown
comedown
comedown…

Met a Swami at the filling station
told me things I’d never heard before
free your mind and the door will be opened
don’t keep looking for the emperor’s clothes
an easy journey through time and space
here come the Astral police!

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from Velvet Moth II, released August 14, 2016

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