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We sailed in a straight line

from Keeping up Disappearances by Taylor Project

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Keeping up appearances involves keeping up a lot of disappearances...underneath so many peaceful scenes, heroic stories, and respectable institutions, are many uncomfortable details and pervasive patterns of violence, always there even if rarely acknowledged.

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Always know there’s an undertow
It makes the boat go slow
As we sail to the horizon

But we’ll say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention that part
We’ll say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention…

In a place in the old town there are bones below
The pine trees grow there now
And the ground can seem uneven

But we say it goes in a straight line
We don’t mention that part
We say it goes in a straight line
We don’t mention…

Our belts held high, staying in straight lines
That’s how we won the war
They won’t want more information
Adults are not children, they don’t want to know

We’ll just say we stayed in a straight line
We won’t mention that part
We’ll just say we stayed in a straight line
We won’t mention

Always know there’s an undertow
It makes the boat go slow
As we sail to the horizon

But we’ll say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention that part
We’ll say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention…

And all of those stories that don’t quite make sense
Like, where did that girl go?
And why is that boy now so angry?
And then something in a settlement
So much madness, so much coincidence

And then say they strayed from the straight line
Don’t mention why
Just say they strayed from the straight line
Don’t mention…

“And in the darkness, I trusted you”
I heard the blind man sing
Busking underneath the station
In a tunnel since filled in
It’s easier to keep up disappearances
When compared to what you seek
The universe and stars are easy
At least they have an end

We’ll just say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention that part
We’ll just say we sailed in a straight line
We won’t mention…
We’ll just say we sailed in a straight line
We’ll just say we sailed in a straight line
We’ll just say we sailed in a straight line
We sailed in a straight line
We sailed in a straight line
To here

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from Keeping up Disappearances, released September 3, 2022

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Taylor Project Melbourne, Australia

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