Far and away past Promethium and Polonium, past Bismuth and Plutonium, travellers tell of an Island of Stability, where super-heavy elements live out long and happy half-lives, dancing to the rhythms of their magical numbers beside the unstable sea...
lyrics
What do you know?
Did you find what they were all looking for,
And is it super-heavy?
Where’d you go?
I turned around to tell you something
But you were gone and I wasn’t ready
Send me a postcard from your Island of Stability
Wish you were here
Some mixed emotion recollected in tranquillity
My half-life is getting shorter by the day
And we all want to stop going under
But though we try, we seem to be no nearer now
Perhaps I’ll never get those magic numbers
Send me a postcard from your Island of Stability
Wish you were here
Some mixed emotion recollected in tranquillity
It’s an elemental dream
It’s 114
It’s accelerated thinking
It’s trying to stop that isotopic ship from sinking
Send me a postcard from your Island of Stability
Wish you were here
Some mixed emotion recollected in tranquillity
credits
from Geek Like Me,
released March 11, 2011
Music and lyrics by Lucy Dallas and Spirit of Play
Produced and mixed by stephenmcaines
Spirit of Play are: Michael Caines - guitar, voice, Lucy Dallas - guitar, voice, Jonathan Drummond - bass, Will Eaves - voice, Tom Woolfenden - drums
supported by 6 fans who also own “An Element Sends A Postcard Home”
This might be my favorite thing Daniel has ever recorded. I shared the story part with my children, who also absolutely loved it. The songs are great too. alex79uk
Terry Venemous is releasing new music every 3 weeks this year. His latest EP is sumptuous art pop with a wry sense of detachment.
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