"Two Worlds Collide" comes from Inspiral Carpet's Revenge of the Goldfish album. A friend of mine gave me a tape of theirs a long time ago, saying "you should really check these guys out." So I did. I wasn't that enthused about the tape, but then I brought Revenge of the Goldfish, and well, that was a different experience all together.

Reading bits of an interview with them, I can't help but laugh at the line "We're renowned for being gloomy bastards." It's not that hard to figure out, especially with the line (one of my favorites) "Today I stole the sun from the sky." Because if that's not a grumpy line, I don't know what is.

"I steal to feed
I fight to breathe
Through hunger not greed
I find these days
It's the only way I can survive

What have I done with my life?
Is this the end
When two worlds collide

In this dusty city
With all the gods on the hill
Will not one of them help us?
The temple which they built
Is an empty shell

The people who I see
Scurrying on the streets
Oblivious to our needs
I wonder sometimes
How so many could be so blind

What have I done with my life?
Is this the end
When two worlds collide

Today I stole the sun from the sky
The color from the heart of a rose
Today I took food
From the hand of a starving child ..."

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Published: (2005-04-25 14:35:02.0)