Australian Gothic
The land Where there are no crumbling castles No bloodsucking vampires No ancient monsters No antiquity Too immature for proper history
The terror is unseen The terror has been repressed Through imperial violence, fear, and subversion Mass transportation to the dungeon of the world
50 thousand years
Then came The water buffalo The missionaries Pastoral activity Uranium mining Forestry Tourism
Sheer relentless pressure Bringing forth crisis and social breakdown Through an obligation to make way
We sense their dread As they combined the elements to create a threat
A social, religious, and physical threat The darkest mountain The deepest canyon No escape
THEN There are those who predicted the threat Those who compose the realities of impending horror Those who shepherd the flock into their shelters
As we return to our nooks and anticipate their foretold slaughter
When you feel an object is both alive and not alive
Consecrated Special powers Invisible forces Made powerful for human purpose
As the hypothetical force mani…
The terror is unseen The terror has been repressed Through imperial violence, fear, and subversion Mass transportation to the dungeon of the world
50 thousand years
Then came The water buffalo The missionaries Pastoral activity Uranium mining Forestry Tourism
Sheer relentless pressure Bringing forth crisis and social breakdown Through an obligation to make way
We sense their dread As they combined the elements to create a threat
A social, religious, and physical threat The darkest mountain The deepest canyon No escape
THEN There are those who predicted the threat Those who compose the realities of impending horror Those who shepherd the flock into their shelters
As we return to our nooks and anticipate their foretold slaughter
When you feel an object is both alive and not alive
Consecrated Special powers Invisible forces Made powerful for human purpose
As the hypothetical force mani…