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Overlooked is about atomic power. In the 50’s and 60’s atomic molecule structure furnishings and wallpaper etc were hugely popular items; nuclear energy had ended the second world war, ensured the cold war stalemate/peace and was going to be saviour of the world when the oil ran out. ‘NewClear’ – it even sounds clean and tidy. There is an environmental argument in favour of Nuclear Power, but... the downside is of course potentially huge. The imagery of unharnessed renewable energy sources around a newly built nuclear power station is quite potent.

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Overlooked

Dark silhouettes take on featureless form
As the sun warms the hour of dawn
Popping up like mushrooms around the coast
As wave mutely roll in at their feet
Standing aloof and apart from it all
As the fresh wind gusts in over them
The stillness of morning belies and beguiles
Just enough to hypnotise
They don't exactly tell us lies
They just take out a full page and idealize
Try to convince us that no risk is posed
By squeaky-clean time bombs ticking away
Just one just once is all we would need
But I know it can't happen here
There's no way that it could end in tears

As the sun warms the hour of dawn
As the waves mutely roll in at their feet
As the fresh wind gusts in over them
Overlooked

Nestling between sea and green England
Far in the distance purple mountains stand
Serenely in harmony with everything
All wrapped up in Elgar's strings
Cows graze almost dutiful
Because all things - are bright and beautiful
With a breath of stale air the door shuts to the green house
Rudely awoken from the doze of a dormouse
Take one problem and add in some more
To do something we couldn't before
So all that is done is done in vain
Because the temperature rises again

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from 2nd demo album : The Speed Of Sound In A Blood Orange Sky, released April 16, 2012
copyright John Armstrong 12Jul1989

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