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Martian Raft is the first single from Leila Adu's album "Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker" released in 2011 on Tracce/Rai Trade.
In Leila Adu's own words: "Martian Raft is a confession to our unborn children explaining why the earth is no longer inhabitable in a possible future reality where we inhabit outer space. It is also about creating a space inside oneself at times when it seems that nature is not around us."
lyrics
Martian Raft lyrics:
Hi High
(Watering ferns, making space)
Lost myself too many times, to lose my face
Open up a stitch in time, reveal God’s grace
Are we going the right way?
Trust me I’m a good map reader
I’d get lost if I didn’t read the signs
Step into an abyss of timelessness
Wake up hear we’ve got ninety-nine months left
Slide into an icecap, a global titanic
Can you make a space lifeboat in time?
My Mars backyard, it has no flowers
No trampolines on which to play
You can’t go outside, ‘cause you need a spacesuit
You could’ve played on earth but it dripped away
Hi High
(Watering ferns, making space)
Lost myself too many times, to lose my face
Open up a stitch in time, reveal God’s grace
Are we going the right way?
Cosmic philosopher Toilet cleaner
I’d get lost if I didn’t read the signs
Step into the raft we’re flying West
Take a turn we’re in the same Fourth World Mess
Slide into an icecap, a global titanic
Can you make a space lifeboat in time?
credits
from
Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker,
track released January 12, 2010
from Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker, released 18 January 2011
Martian Raft
Recorded and mixed 2009-2010,
Rome, Sala A, Centro di Produzione Radio Roma
Rai Radiotre - Executive Producer: Pino Saulo
Producer - Leila Adu
Recording Engineer - Luca De loris
Mixed by Luca De Loris, Leila Adu and Daniele De Santis
Mastered by Fabrizio de Carolis, Reference Studio, Rome
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