Gong

There is a feeling we all know
Something happened long ago
When you remember who you were
Makes you what you are today
You are a kite upon the wind
Blowing through eternity
And you were always meant to fly
You are a wingful of eyes

And you rise
And you're floating in ecstasy
And your eyes
And your eyes are open wide
You'll be dancing to the seven skies
Your eyes are wise, you're wise, you're wise
Your eyes, and you rise…

Learning to turn our fears into hopes
Turning, it's turning the angeless we long for
And a great wind is blowing, it's sowing love
The seed of a new age
And the seed that they're sowing, it's showing us
How we will, will, will be…
Now we're learning how to live to love
To live to love to live
Love to live to love to live
To live love ? live love, live love love

Why is the pussy in our well?
Mustn't be the cat that fell
Where can we find our heart's desire
Living in the fire?
There was a lion in our glen
Who met a unicorn
Now you were always meant to fly
You are a wingful of eyes

Gentlemen… attention…

I've been stoned before
In Saint John's Wood crematorium
I fell down with boredom
Knee deep in the snow…

I've been stoned before…
In the Hague… In Prague
Or was it another…?
I've bin stoned
Before…

Well help me help me sing this song
I wanna stay living for much too long
Now I wanna ride this big brass gong
Where am I babe?
You don't know!

I gotta take pills to kill ma pain
To kill ma pleasure I blow ma brain
I get so high I fall down again
What's happenin' man?
You don't know!

I gotta drink booze to help me swing
Belladonna to help me sing
I gotta smoke grass to help me see
Who are you babe?
You don't know!

Well mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the biggest fool of all
Hallucinating freedom calls
Wots freedom babe?
You don't know!

And you tried so hard to get there…
And you tried so hard to get there…

Must be a way
For you to make the big time
You gotta lay
The lady at the right time
There'll come a day
For drinken all the sky wine
You only say
You're waiting for the right time
There'll come a time
Just try & try against

You who believe
You who believe

You believe that you can take or leave my love for you
You believe that you are free to chose what you can do
You believe that feelin' nothin' make you wise & strong
Tell me that what makes me love you also makes me wrong

Look at me
Look at you
Look at all the people

I am not free I am not free
A hand flutters in my brain
Silken cords trembling into the waterfall
Where the wise brown frog
Gives princely advice
But not to you or I

Who? You who belive

And you tried so hard to get there…
And you tried so hard to get there…

If you want to fly, if you want to become a star, a superhero
You could try the ascension of the great pyramid of life
Counting again and again from one to nine
Approaching and pushing away infinity ? O sweet absurdity!
But if you prefer that old silly number zero
You'll become a master of doing nothing ? being nothing

IAO ZA-I ZA-O
MA-I MA-O
TA-I TA-O NOW…

Q: Master Builder, tell me how you make a temple?
A: Tools and moon stones, you don't really need them, you know…
Q: Master Builder, tell me what the temple's made of?
A: Deep inside you, you can build an invisible temple in your own imagination if you will

It's a perfect mystery
How becomes a tree a tree
But there's something telling me
That nothing is for nothing is for
Nothing is for only one lifetime
Learning to be

Cops at the door
No cops at the door
Cops at the door
No cops at the door

What a surprise!
She looked in the cupboard
And found the eyes
In the suitcase

On the Isle of Everywhere
It becomes a man to share
All and everything he cares for
Everyone is everybody else
Is slowly melting themselves
Together again

Look up in the air
The Octave Doctor's there!
And when he strokes his gong
Your middle eye comes on

What a surprise!
She looked around for Zero
But he'd lost his eyes
In a fruitcake

Gong - You (1974)
Canterbury 계열의 대부라고 할 수 있는 Daevid Allen이 이끌었던 Gong의 'Radio Gnome Invisible'이라는 3부작 중 대미를 장식하는 앨범입니다. Arzachel에서도 대활약했던 Steve Hillage의 기타연주가 돋보이는 The Isle of Everywhere를 권해드리고 싶습니다.

DINGO:
Maybe you're here for the giggle
Maybe you're into the puzzle
Maybe you're blowing the bubble
Maybe you're all in a muddle

i.
The more you know
The more you know
You don't know what you know
Stone's throw left to go
Bad weather hell for leather
Now and zen you goof again
You never blow your trip forever

ii.
Earth mother soul brother
Be high here now
Third eye open soon
Meanwhile new world group soul
Lost and found underground
Next time round

iii.
A real weird number
Is Zero the man
Because he a turnin on
Round & round again
They say he'll never make it
But I think he can

iv.
There's a hole in the morning
It's the hole that he was born in
Now the old man's yawnin…

v.
It's the world of illusions
And Zero the Hero
Is up to his ears
In the mysteries…
No solution to speak of…
Around & round & round &
Round & round
That's Zero going round again…

And maybe you come
And maybe you're gone
And maybe you're right
And maybe you're wrong
Maybe you're a one
And maybe you two
And maybe you're free
And dunno what for
Just as long as you're alive
It's all the same
It's all in the name
It's all in the sky and

It doesn't really matter
If you make it
So long as you try

So its back on the path
Beside the road to everywhere
Gonna jump my horses
Over the weeks to everywhere
And with you we will share
Your sack of cares…

And if things don't change for
Better or worse
Well man you must be dead
But you don't have to give up hope
And you don't have to give up dope (until you do)
And you don't have to change your ways
You just have to be what you are my friends today…
That's what the Octave Doctor says…

So there goes Zero the Hero
Turning on around the wheel of births and deaths
And meanwhile the Octave Doctors
And the Pot Head Pixies
And all the other characters of the Planet Gong
Have to leave you now with a last little song

vi.
Why don't you…?
Why don't you try?…

vii. The Mantram Chant of You
You are I or I am you
You I am or I am you
You am I or am I you
You are Maya Ram are you
You are my Hiram are you
You am I or I am you
You are Maya I am you
You am I as I are you
You are Maya's eye are you
You are I or I am you

Bye Bye

to pass beyond the countless worlds
the eternal wheel
the ceaseless tides of selves
ever passing away before your eyes

all life's light that i've seen…
here before me…

Hari supermarket
Hari london bus
Hari ladies lavatory…

ZERO:
I'm zero the hero and my head has
floated away in the sky dunno why
and now this space ship headin for me
i thought i was lost in the spaces
& now all these faces
and still i can't tell
if its really a spell
or exactly wot's happening to me.

LOOK OUT
WE'RE BEING INVADED
HANG ON TO YOUR HEAD
WE'RE BEING RAIDED
& CAPTAIN CAPRICORN
THATS WHO'S BEHIND IT
IF NOTHING'S THERE TO FIND
YOU KNOW HE'LL FIND IT

hang on to your head
hang on to your head
hang on to your head
hang on to your head…

CAPTAIN CAPRICORN:
its a hassle you know
to make rocket ships go to infinity
and i'm so sick of God and
these bishops that speak of divinity
now my heads feeling strange
and my codpiece is starting to tremble
and that face in the sky there
is starting to look like the devil.

LOOK OUT
WE'RE BEING INVADED
HANG ON TO YOUR HAT
WE'RE BEING RAIDED
DEMONS OF THE MIND
COMIN TO GET YOU
UNTIL YR CLEAN
THE DEVIL WON'T FORGET YOU…

it is night
it is not night
i am happy
i am not happy
i am sad
i am not sad
its early
its late
je marche
je marche pas

bonsoir monsieur
tu viens avec moi?
tu viens mon cheri?
oui monsieur, viens
tu es pret?
viens…

ca m'est egal
what do you want me to do?
je veux
je veux pas
i touch you
et c'est dur monsieur
its not like that
i'll show you
show you love
let me sink
ohhh

je dois manger
n'importe quoi
i break off the corner of your mind & eat it
i'm eating your mind
i'm eating your body
viens ici… ici…
come… i want your body
viens faire l'amour
faire l'amour
faire l'amour

come into my arms
i kiss your lips
you die
i want your body
i do not want your body
de quoi s'agit-il?
bonne nuit
good night
bonjour
mornin'
its night
its day
its morning
c'est ca, non?

I'm givin my love to you
cos i only want to see you smile
you got nothing to lose
but the failure to choose
and you're turning into somebody new meanwhile

Oh no, give a dog a bone
don't cum thinkin thru tha door
you won't forget us
cos we will not let ya
cos we're luvin ya more and more

I love Selene
Qeen of my dreams I see you there
She's come to be me
Now I can see her everywhere
Mother of the earth
Mother of the sea
Moon in the sky
I'm your reflection oh
Deep down in the sea
Turn on slowly…

now yr here & now yr Gong
now yr back where you belong
meet the wizard of the keys
and he'll reveal the mysteries
of angels eggs and octave doctors
radio gnome and love projectors
then he'll point up in the sky
you will see the teapots flying

down the oily way

down the oily way y slide
thru the inner space y ride
lots and lots of pot head pixies
ridin round in teapot taxis
on the planet gong they say
if everything goes wrong today
fill yr teapot up with tea
come and take a ride with me

down the oily way

OILY WAY
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way ha ha

stop! wait! hey! look!

high in the sky the world you remember
scenes that we dreamed of
time for the end of

hate! war! death!

YOU BIG DADDY IN YA BIG SICK CITY
GOTTA CHOOSE TO LOOSE YR GAMES NOW.

now yr here & now yr gong
but this aint me that sings this song
for we the gongband its enough
to be the instruments of love
on which the octave doctors play
that we be one & all as one with
gong on earth & find again
the joys of going around the bend

down the oily way

OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way…

good evening.
we are the hubba dubba tea company of tibet.
would you like some tea?

I left my body on my bed
I flew away inside my head
To dive right through the moon and find
a perfect world inside my mind
I want to take you there
smiling through your hair

That is why i sing this song
and why there is a band called Gong
voices in our heads are calling
ringing bells and singing tales of
how this world could be
if only we could learn to melt together
make such lovely weather

Maybe we will blow it like in bygone ages
maybe we will make it if we care
you'll be there
we'll be there ? love.

love is how you live it / give it / make it / take it
first you make it with your body
everything you give to share
when you come together then your
one with lovers everywhere

Give a little wink ? you know
? just who the pot head pixies are
have a little think
have another drink
you know…

The light gets stronger and all our eyes
look yonder to see whats going on
BUT THATS ALL RIGHT
you'll soon be outa sight & surfin in the sun
MOON WHEELS TURNIN the waves unfurlin
yer learning your Zero at the centre of the whirlpool

Your AQUAMAN and in your hand is a watering
can i now or can i not believe it leave it to be
The FUN GODS WINKIN and we're all blinkin and
thinkin we're sinkin in the sea

YOUR IN YR GLIDER THE TIDE YOU'RE RIDING
inside her is turnin with the moony like the sky… boy.

OOOOOKAY YR MISTER ILLUSION
SMIIIILING WITH ALL THIS CONFUSION
COS YOURE STILL YOUNG TODAY
BEFORE I START TO PLAY
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY

No i never No i never ever GLID before
I never OH No I never glid before…

Last warning Tide turning
Moon burning Slow motion
Waves that you ride
Just to bolster your pride
But if its love that your after the craft of a hero
Will vibe at your side as alone you may glide
With a shiny afterthought
Flashing as the planet calls

Open up the veil & let us take a peep right
thru the moon & diving deep we'll meet the whale
where rides the captain submarine
who told the tale of pixies green
that sends us kisses in the brain
and outfa planets never seen
except by technicolour dream

thats another story - nows the time to go & find
the cuppa tea sea
Bomp

now if you want to know just how to
tune into the vibes of the planet
nobody else can tell ya
everybodies got their own way to do it
oom pa pa zoom de zoom
a cuppa hubba dubba
oom pa pa zooom de zooooom
oom ticky oooh tea oooh
a triple cuppa tripper
oom ticky oooh tea oooh
all that you got to do is get y'self together
dont dither do it
then when yr gong y cant go wrong
cos you become the song
c'est la planette
yesterday i climbed a tree
nearer to the gong to be
the planet was i realised
one of the spots before my eyes

BLOOMDIDO:
O mamy maia i pray for a banana
DINGO:
Bananana nirvana manana

at the end of the day
when theres nothing left more to play
and yr all alone
'cept for radio gernome
here's yr angels egg for breakfast in the morning

bye bye

to pass beyond the countless worlds
the eternal wheel
the ceaseless tides of selves
ever passing away before your eyes

all life's light that i've seen…
here before me…

Hari supermarket
Hari london bus
Hari ladies lavatory…

I left my body on my bed
I flew away inside my head
To dive right through the moon and find
a perfect world inside my mind
I want to take you there
smiling through your hair

That is why i sing this song
and why there is a band called Gong
voices in our heads are calling
ringing bells and singing tales of
how this world could be
if only we could learn to melt together
make such lovely weather

Maybe we will blow it like in bygone ages
maybe we will make it if we care
you'll be there
we'll be there ? love.

love is how you live it / give it / make it / take it
first you make it with your body
everything you give to share
when you come together then your
one with lovers everywhere

Give a little wink ? you know
? just who the pot head pixies are
have a little think
have another drink
you know…

now if you want to know just how to
tune into the vibes of the planet
nobody else can tell ya
everybodies got their own way to do it
oom pa pa zoom de zoom
a cuppa hubba dubba
oom pa pa zooom de zooooom
oom ticky oooh tea oooh
a triple cuppa tripper
oom ticky oooh tea oooh
all that you got to do is get y'self together
dont dither do it
then when yr gong y cant go wrong
cos you become the song
c'est la planette
yesterday i climbed a tree
nearer to the gong to be
the planet was i realised
one of the spots before my eyes

BLOOMDIDO:
O mamy maia i pray for a banana
DINGO:
Bananana nirvana manana

at the end of the day
when theres nothing left more to play
and yr all alone
'cept for radio gernome
here's yr angels egg for breakfast in the morning

bye bye

If you feel belief hi Pete
I got a story to tell you
Of a band of little green men
From a far away planet
If you want to know about love
Then ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
Got to catch you up later
If you want to know about love
You can ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
I'll catch you up later
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later…
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later (repeat)

…Hear me now from the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet…

Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea…

High in the sky, what do you see?
Come down to Earth, a cup of tea
Flying saucer, flying teacup
From outer space, Flying Teapot (repeat)

Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite
Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite
Dynamite
Baby…

I am your animal watching your head
I have been following you
Walking behind you
Sleeping with you
Getting into your bed
And I watch… And watch… And see how you are
Lying…
I am your animal
Your head is in my hands
And I'm going to fuck you up
fuck you up
fuck you up
Fuck fuck fuck fuck
Fuck fuck fuck fuck…

Dynamite

Wicked olde target - ya sun!
Wicked olde target - ya sun!

Yer finger at the trigger
And yer body burnin' up
Yo lick the moon busy ole foole
That big fat sun up there in the sky
Yaaaaaa sunnn
But wots that beside it?
Is it a comet?
Or a technicolour wide screen invisible planet?
Well it's tha Planet Gong…
The Planet Gong…
Yer finger at the trigger
And yer body burnin' up…
Camembert Electrick!

Gnome, Gnome…
Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome, Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Perceiving your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)
Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)

Everything you think shows
Hanging round your head
Underneath your long hair
Tell me what you feel there

You hear me
But I don't see you
You feel me
One day I'll be you

Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Believing your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

now yr here & now yr Gong
now yr back where you belong
meet the wizard of the keys
and he'll reveal the mysteries
of angels eggs and octave doctors
radio gnome and love projectors
then he'll point up in the sky
you will see the teapots flying

down the oily way

down the oily way y slide
thru the inner space y ride
lots and lots of pot head pixies
ridin round in teapot taxis
on the planet gong they say
if everything goes wrong today
fill yr teapot up with tea
come and take a ride with me

down the oily way

OILY WAY
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way ha ha

stop! wait! hey! look!

high in the sky the world you remember
scenes that we dreamed of
time for the end of

hate! war! death!

YOU BIG DADDY IN YA BIG SICK CITY
GOTTA CHOOSE TO LOOSE YR GAMES NOW.

now yr here & now yr gong
but this aint me that sings this song
for we the gongband its enough
to be the instruments of love
on which the octave doctors play
that we be one & all as one with
gong on earth & find again
the joys of going around the bend

down the oily way

OILY WAY / it's not the only way
OILY WAY / it's not the milky way
OILY WAY / it's not the english way…

good evening.
we are the hubba dubba tea company of tibet.
would you like some tea?

Gong - You (1974)
Canterbury 계열의 대부라고 할 수 있는 Daevid Allen이 이끌었던 Gong의 'Radio Gnome Invisible'이라는 3부작 중 대미를 장식하는 앨범입니다. Arzachel에서도 대활약했던 Steve Hillage의 기타연주가 돋보이는 The Isle of Everywhere를 권해드리고 싶습니다.

IAO ZA-I ZA-O
MA-I MA-O
TA-I TA-O NOW…

Q: Master Builder, tell me how you make a temple?
A: Tools and moon stones, you don't really need them, you know…
Q: Master Builder, tell me what the temple's made of?
A: Deep inside you, you can build an invisible temple in your own imagination if you will

If you feel belief hi Pete
I got a story to tell you
Of a band of little green men
From a far away planet
If you want to know about love
Then ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
Got to catch you up later
If you want to know about love
You can ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
I'll catch you up later
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later…
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later (repeat)

…Hear me now from the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet…

Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea…

High in the sky, what do you see?
Come down to Earth, a cup of tea
Flying saucer, flying teacup
From outer space, Flying Teapot (repeat)

I love Selene
Qeen of my dreams I see you there
She's come to be me
Now I can see her everywhere
Mother of the earth
Mother of the sea
Moon in the sky
I'm your reflection oh
Deep down in the sea
Turn on slowly…

Gnome, Gnome…
Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome, Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Perceiving your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)
Banana, nirvana, manana (you know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (I know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (we know)
Banana, nirvana, manana (who knows)

Everything you think shows
Hanging round your head
Underneath your long hair
Tell me what you feel there

You hear me
But I don't see you
You feel me
One day I'll be you

Radio Gnome…
Radio Gnome Invisible

Then when you're receiving
Believing your telepathic powers
Who knows why the wind blows through this window
Why you believe in me
We believe in you

What's that in the sky now?
Teapots that can fly now
Voices in your head
Tell me what they said

If you feel belief hi Pete
I got a story to tell you
Of a band of little green men
From a far away planet
If you want to know about love
Then ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
Got to catch you up later
If you want to know about love
You can ask the wee geezer
He can teach you telepathy
He can read your mind backwards
If you try to do the cat in
You can only be a loser
Paranoia never touch him
He's got ways of laughter
Baby don't you bring yourself down
I'll catch you up later
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later…
Give him a bit of your love you get it back later (repeat)

…Hear me now from the Invisible Opera Company of Tibet…

Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea
Have a cup of tea, have another one, have a cup of tea…

High in the sky, what do you see?
Come down to Earth, a cup of tea
Flying saucer, flying teacup
From outer space, Flying Teapot (repeat)

I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!

Hey Pete you gotta meet the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
So meet, you'll never beat the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Oh me, they're something to see, the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Oh my, they come from the sky, the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!

Beware! Be aware! Beware! Be aware!
Somebody somewhere has got to be high

They got a Flying Teapot, don't need a taxi
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
They're from the planet of love, the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Ding dang dong, singing the song, it's pretty catchy
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
They just can't give you enough, the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!

Be there! Be aware! Be there! See you there!
Open on Saturday seven to nine

I'm a real Pothead Pixie
The green planet Gong is my home
I live everywhere but in case I'm not there
You can reach me by Radio Gnome

Somebody somewhere has got to be high

Hey Joe, you gotta know the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Hey-ho, they come and they go, the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Hey Pete, get up on your feet and catch a taxi
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!
Oh oui, we're gonna meet the Pot Head Pixies
I am ? you are ? we are ? crazy!

Now so
Now you know
Here and now
They come and go

Bom bom bom bom…
Good afternoon