the colony of slippermen

• genesis'in, the lamb lies down on broadway albumünün 7. parçası. album sıralamasına göre bir önceki muhteşem enstrumental silent sorrow in empty boats'un ardından, efektler ve kimi folk müziğe ait çalgılarla süslenmiş ezgilerle başlayan parça, 1:49 itibariyle, deyim yerindeyse kulak pasını siler.sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun:
  
  i wandered lonely as a cloud,
  till i came upon this dirty street.
  i've never seen a stranger crowd;
  slubberdegullions on squeaky feet,
  
  continually pacing,
  with nonchalant embracing,
  each orifice disgracing
  and one facing me moves to say ";hellay";.
  
  his skin's all covered in slimy lumps.
  with lips that slide across each chin.
  his twisted limbs like rubber stumps
  are waved in welcome say 'please join in.'
  
  my grip must be flipping,
  cos his handshake keeps slipping,
  my hopes keep on dipping
  and his lips keep on smiling all the time.
  
  ";we, like you, have tasted love.
  don't be alarmed at what you see,
  you yourself are just the same
  as what you see in me.";
  
  rael:
  me, like you? like that!
  
  slipperman:
  ";you better watch it son, your sentence has only just begun
  you better run and join your brother john.";
  
  slipperman:
  ";you're in the colony of slippermen.
  there's no who? why? what? or when?
  you get out if you've got the gripe
  to see, doktor dyper, reformed sniper - he'll whip off your
  windscreenwiper";
  
  rael:
  john and i are able
  to face the doktor and his marble table.
  
  the doktor:
  understand rael, that's the end of your tail.
  
  rael:
  ";don't delay, dock the dick!";
  i watch his countdown timer tick....
  
  he places the number into a tube,
  it's a yellow plastic ";shoobedoobe";.
  it says: ";though your fingers may tickle
  you'll be safe in our pickle.";
  
  suddenly, black cloud come down from the sky.
  it's a supersized black bird that sure can fly...
  
  the raven brings on darkness and night
  he flies right down, gives me one hell of a fright.
  he take the tube right out of my hands
  man, i've got to find out where that black bird lands.
  
  ";look here john, i've got to run
  i need you now, you going to come?";
  
  he says to me:
  
  john:
  ";now can't you see
  where the raven flies there's jeopardy.
  
  we've been cured on the couch
  now you're sick with your grouch.
  i'll not risk my honey pouch
  which my slouch will wear slung very low.";
  
  rael:
  he walks away and leaves me once again.
  even though i never learn,
  i'd hoped he'd show just some concern.
  
  i'm in the agony of slipperpain
  i pray my undercarriage will sustain.
  the chase is on, the pace is hot
  but i'm running so very hard with everything that i've got.
  he leads me down an underpass
  though it narrows, he still flies very fast,
  when the tunnel stops
  catch sight of the tube, just as it drops.
  i'm on top of a bank too steep to climb
  i see it hit the water just in time
  to watch it float away...
• senelerdir müzik dinlerken denk geldiğinde introsunu duyar duymaz "bu ne ya" diyerek geçiştirdiğim şarkıydı. ancak az önce ufak bir meşguliyetim nedeni ile intro'dan sonrasına ancak yetişebildim ve aslında ne kadar başarılı bir parça olduğunu farkettim. özetle; intro'suna katlanılıp mutlaka tamamı dinlenesi şarkı.
• (bkz: i wandered lonely as a cloud)