Song from LookUpLookUp 2019 Melissa MainOh southern crossI seek youin the skies above my headwhen I’m looking for home on my feet I roambut I know when I see you I’m as close as I’m ever gonna getOh southern crossyou lie next to The emu in the skyI can’t see you throughthe hazy city lightsall the Bogong moths are lostthere’s a silence in our storiesa secret holocaustTattooedupon the skinof angry white menshouting things in the nameof a constellationwe want it back We all belong to the
Song from LookUpLookUp 2019 Melissa Main
Oh southern cross
I seek you
in the skies above my head
when I’m looking for home
on my feet I roam
but I know
when I see you
I’m as close as I’m ever gonna get
Oh southern cross
you lie next to
The emu in the sky
I can’t see you through
the hazy city lights
all the Bogong moths are lost
there’s a silence in our stories
a secret holocaust
Tattooed
upon the skin
of angry white men
shouting things in the name
of a constellation
we want it back
We all
belong to the
sky
Oh Southern Cross
you are a gum tree
with 2 noisy cockatoos
chasing you forever
you’re a stingray and a shark,
you’re a wedge-tailed eagle’s foot
you’re the eyes of mirabooka
looking at us in the dark
so many things
you are
scrawled upon the skin
of angry white men
shouting things in the name
of a constellation
we want it back
We all
belong
to the
sky
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