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STANDING ON AIR

from RIGTINGBEFOK by DIE LEMME

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Standing On Air:
Nux Schwartz - vocals,
Gary Herselman – guitar and vocals,
Rusty Stanley - bass,
Andrew Cleland - drums,
Naude Taylor – Egyptian doumbek,
Ampie Omo - keys, programming and production.

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STANDING ON AIR.

TELEVISION SHOWS ME WHERE TO GO - STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW
INFORMATION FROM A FRIEND - THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, BUT HE’S MANAGING TO MEND

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SO WE KEEP ON LOOKING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE - ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE - STANDING ON AIR?

WE LEFT OUR PLACE OF BIRTH, FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH - WHEN THE GANGS AND THE WAR BLEW IN THROUGH OUR DOORS - FUNDAMENTALISTS! TAKE AND RAPE AND MURDER, IS THE CURRENCY OF SADISTS - I LOST MY HEAD WHEN I LOST MY WIFE - THEY BURNED HIS CHILD, ONE MATCH MATCHES ONE LIFE - TRY TALKING TO A PIRATE WHEN THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY - THERE’S NO WAY WE COULD STAY, IT’S BEEN FIFTEEN YEARS TODAY.

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NEITHER HERE, NOR THERE, STANDING ON THE AIR. YOU KNOW THEY CAN’T COME HERE – HE SAYS THERE’S NO POINT GOING THERE. WHEREVER HE MAY BE, IS WHERE IT’S SAFER NOT TO SAY. WE DISAPPEAR INTO NOWHERE, IT’S JUST BETTER THAT WAY………. STANDING ON THE AIR WE CAN NEVER GO HOME – AND THEY NEVER WANT US WHERE - WE DESPAIR, WINDBLOWN! NOW FEET KEEP MOVING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE, SEEMS WE’RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE – STANDING ON AIR…………… AH, UH, AH……………

INSTRUMENTAL: - R A D I O

RADIO SHOW TALK LIKE THEY KNOW- WHY THE BARBED WIRE BORDER IS NOT THE WAY TO GO - I WISH I COULD LAUGH, BUT THAT MIGHT MEAN I CARE - AND ANYWAY I’VE GOT TO USE THE DARK TO FIND SOME FOOD SOMEWHERE- SOMEDAY, MAYBE, WE’LL – LAND SOMEWHERE. OR WITH MORE AND MORE OF US DAILY, WE’LL JUST RUN OUT OF AIR……..
STANDING ON, STANDING ON, TRY LANDING ON THE AIR. THOUGH WE PLEAD, THEY’VE GOT THEIR OWN ALIEN WEED. STRANGERS ARE DANGERS, EVEN DOWN ON KNEES, PRAYING – PLEASE DON’T SEND US BACK INTO THE SEAS!

REPEAT CHORUS

FEET KEEP MOVING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE- ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE…………………
STANDING ON - AIR!

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from RIGTINGBEFOK, released October 10, 2013

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DIE LEMME Suurbraak, South Africa

Gary Herselman, a prolific songwriter, has produced albums across genres, from tight, punkish Chrome Sweet Chrome (www.sjambokmusic.com) to his recent House for Sale, which is an intelligent and contemporary dance-oriented album (Bandcamp page Gary Herselman). He was part of the conscientising Voëlvry movement, and the founding director of Tic Tic Bang, S.A's first independent record company. ... more

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