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Inland Sea

by Marcus Whale

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1.
Inland Sea 02:35
the inland sea its long red sands in the grace of god will bury the white man the inland sea the cult of ruin in the grace of god will bury the white man whose architecture wrings out its ruined breath whose industry building like organs streamed will be buried in this sea will bury the white man will bury the white man will bury the white man will bury the white man will bury the white
2.
(eye on the court thy enemy i'm culpable my love i emulate liberate my captain my company cast me deep bleed this heat) I will beg him to attain me to understand of what i am made with the touch of him emancipate me in that armour to be ever underground bleed not that green pasture bleed with one that seizes your green bleed the instant to be constant only this is ever underground is he that man with pure heart and strong hands to defeat the state the chains and the colonists
3.
Vapour 06:31
over the sea a mutineer in torpor over the sea whose bulging gaze is endless over the sea with milk from our loose teeth over the sea with bruised skin and storm breath i took you up to the peak where you could see back to the sea to where your bones were born there escape inland where i sweated you out sweetly dissolve like vapours into a sea vapours in a sea hard loved and loved hard we'll be a curse for a ruined state
4.
Vulnerable 04:44
does it please the viscera to see his vacant stare? would he give his all then to see one's breath go again? i know to resist to not lust like we resist those against us but does he know that his body comes between us? that i worship that is beloved vulnerably, i will go down there vulnerably, i will throw my body down vulnerably, i will go under his strong hands vulnerably, i will glow a last glow what do we owe a man? who could oppress the colonial man? from whom is honour rejected? for whom is tribute collected? i know to be ruthless to not come between us i know to have hard flesh to rise against rust but does he know that his body comes between us? that i worship that is beloved vulnerably, i will go down there vulnerably, i will throw my body down vulnerably, i will go under his strong hands vulnerably, i will glow a last glow
5.
Arcadia 04:58
not without a sound not without a sound not without a doubt shepherds through mountains high god flows inland evermore he flows as england does as he in us so we will move inland through rivers deep through burned flesh to till the earth and bury them in it to dress the other in our arcadia not without a doubt not without a doubt shepherds through mountains high god flows inland
6.
1888 05:18
i know my skin is a golden that you can trade for currency i know you fear my colour to go beyond and into the blood go beyond and into the blood
7.
My Captain 04:01
bore through my skin and change my face change my name magically and tantrically bear me a newborn his hands will take you upwards your body will never fail even as they come closer my captain won't stand still your hands will take you upwards your body will never fail even as they come closer my captain won't stand still won't stand still to bear me up a newborn new moon it can't stand still bear me up a newborn new moon
8.
Milk 05:30
it's the smell of it its inexorable pull and i grow weaker weaker with the lull i have learned that the stronger exist by the eating of others fetidly i belong to them to sustain the rhythm of decay the milk of them my scourges of black lust in the milk of them buried in the breast a slew of low chords accompany my bloodlust my dying opens in the fields and claims a body count live through this take all of me now to build a centre the milk of them my scourges of black lust in the milk of them buried in the breast
9.
he pulled a white blanket over her body to hide her face to be cleaned of her race to forge a new slate he pulled a white blanket through the blood plains to anoint the slate the arcadian place as a ghost white state "don't let them cut me up" said she like a whiteness of me "bury me behind the mountains" said she like criminal blood from me but we buried her in it in the white blanket take the blanket take the new slate the arcadian place of a ghost white state and bury them in it
10.
Blood Moon 05:24
is this the end for time to fill the moon with blood colonial lines through every sign has sulphur fled the boats to let the sea flood? so go inland ever inland leave the state man within man ever inland ever inland ever inland sun goes dark moon to blood the lord to us comes land dissolves ever inland did they see it a ghost reach in to take this power and darkly give it out to take what remains in the cloud? to take a light to take the fire to burn what remains to lay the slate escape inland ever inland sun goes dark moon to blood the lord to us comes land dissolves ever inland take a light take the fire burn what remains to lay slate escape inland ever inland escape the state man within man go ever inland ever inland ever inland ever inland sun goes dark moon to blood the lord to us comes land dissolves ever inland ever inland

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released June 10, 2016

Produced, written & arranged by Marcus Whale
Co-produced & mixed by Nigel Lee-Yang
Mastered by Darren Ziesing (Polybonk)
Instruments recorded by Matt McGuigan & Jacob Craig (Hospital Hill)
Vocals recorded by Yoni Hochmann

Art & Design by Michael Salerno

Vocals on “1888”: Rainbow Chan
Percussion & Drums: Bree Van Reyk
Trombone: Chris Retter, Chris Upton, Jackson Bankovic
Trumpet: Jonathan Baker
Violin: Madeleine Retter, Mabel Wong
Cello: Yubin Kim

Released by Good Manners
Distributed by Caroline Australia

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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