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Mt. Cargill

from Successor by Anthonie Tonnon

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lyrics

On her credit card
he bought the cheapest running shoes from Kmart
and stripped to his underwear
at the bottom of Mt. Cargill
in the park where Leith Valley started
and shit he could run now
jumping rivers and overgrown paths
to the end of the tree line
where the tussock started
the city became silent
as if behind sound proof glass

he'd tell her
this was where the aliens left him
and half ashamed at his story
half beginning to believe it
this was how it usually started
he felt the blood reach his hands
as the sun rose straight out of the ocean

sometimes your life is an overwhelming vision
more compelling than any movie
sometimes there's music behind it
louder than a dam breaking

even if most of the time
it doesn't seem written right
you wonder why
you have nothing to show for your twenties
why you never lived overseas
why you spent more time drafting submissions
than writing scenes
why you can run Mt. Cargill but you
can't break out of this sleep

when he woke up
they'd taken his clothes
moved him to a city where the sun rose from the south
at first he thought it was Sydney
they gave him an apartment in a tower
money to live on
and the things he remembered
became art they could sell
and the false starts with lovers became one act plays
the memories of school led to breakthroughs in science
and from advice he'd been given
they built the new religion

sometimes your life is an overwhelming vision
more compelling than any movie
sometimes there's music behind it
louder than a dam breaking

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from Successor, released March 6, 2015

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Anthonie Tonnon New Zealand

Anthonie Tonnon is a songwriter and performer based in Whanganui, New Zealand. In recent years, his work has focused on the immersive live shows, A Synthesized Universe and Rail Land. He has released two albums and three EPs, and is releasing the new album, Leave Love Out Of This in July. ... more

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