Crocodiles-Felix Riebl

[00:16.83]Into the jaws of a crocodile's dream [00:20.28]I was riding with El across borders unseen [00:24.22]Never been there before in that beautiful strange [00:28.18]Through the deep green jungle to the red Mars plains [00:32.21]As the hot day drew its thick breath [00:36.36]We were close enough to flying to be near enough to death [00:40.48]There were ghosts swimming in my thoughts, [00:43.45]I'd say that [00:44.86]I've never been so close to home and so far away, as in [00:49.55]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [00:51.54]Timor Leste, Timor… [00:53.60]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [00:55.38]Timor Leste, Timor… [01:01.61]The motor stopped and the night was still [01:04.79]Except the fan kept clipping on the window sill [01:08.73]And the tap kept dripping in our orange room [01:12.52]My heart was dancing with the elephants BOOM BOOM BOOM [01:16.81]And I, I couldn't sleep, [01:18.98]I was wide awake [01:20.84]Like a super mosquito couldn't catch it or escape from it [01:25.70]I write songs, [01:27.08]I don't often pray [01:28.97]But I've never been so glad for the break of day, as in [01:34.05]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [01:36.09]Timor Leste, Timor… [01:38.34]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [01:40.46]Timor Leste, Timor… [01:42.45]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [01:44.44]Timor Leste, Timor… [01:50.85]Headlights, bare feet, [01:52.63]white skirts [01:53.78]Me and Eloise and Henning meeting Mele on the outskirts [01:58.40]Into a house where the Reggaeton blazed [02:01.86]And the palm wine circled til our eyes were glazed [02:06.01]There was something rare about the way he smiled [02:09.72]As if the distance of his thoughts equaled more than miles [02:14.25]I said, "Who we are Tony, [02:16.69]please explain," and he said [02:18.75]"Everybody here has at least six names," welcome to [02:23.07]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [02:25.12]Timor Leste, Timor… [02:27.21]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [02:29.17]Timor Leste, Timor… [02:31.22]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [02:33.24]Timor Leste, Timor… [02:47.31]Sometimes I wonder if we cheat our own maps [02:50.63]If we re-draw the lines, [02:52.57]if we distort the facts [02:54.71]Cos we're too afraid of the love of the deep [02:58.61]Of the big, green devil in Arte Morris [03:02.91]He'll eat up your ideas, [03:05.55]rip up your cause [03:06.97]Make a bite mark bigger than a king lion's roar [03:10.86]No gauze could cover that wound, [03:13.78]white teeth [03:14.98]Make a crooked white wall of my country's embassy that's in [03:20.08]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:22.15]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:24.11]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:26.10]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:28.12]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:30.23]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:36.24]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:38.18]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:40.23]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:42.19]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:44.23]Timor Leste, Timor Leste, [03:46.25]Timor Leste, Timor… [03:48.17]