Clandestine Roads OR Never Mine

Song from LookUpLookUp 2019 Melissa Main

A song of the sadness and madness of deepening my understanding of Australian colonisation and where we're at with that.

The mist on the flat lands

in the moonlight, make a blanket

never mine, or thine

though the for sale signs deny it

how do you live with sadness?

How do you do it?

How do you live with sadness?

How do you, how do you do it?

I drive on clandestine roads

the truth is colonised

There’s a haphazard man in rubbish bag vest

He runs it, the gauntlet, at midnight

I swerve

How do you live with madness?

How do you, how do you do it?

How do you live with madness?

How do you, how do you do it?

Tea swirls

anti-clockwise to your mouth

your eyes shine

While gently you laugh

you say

how do you live with sadness?

The answer, my love

is with practice

The answer, my love

is with practice

with practice

with practice

I drive on clandestine roads

I turn left

more than right.