Laurie Anderson Kokoku Lyrics:
I come very briefly to this place. I watch it
move. I watch it shake. Kumowaku yamano. Watashino
sakebi. Watashino koewo. Ushano kokoku. Watashiwa
sokoni. Watashiwa asobu. Mountain with clouds. A
cry. My voice. Home of the brave. I'm here now.
And lost. They say the dead will rise again. And
here they come now. Strange animals out of the Ice
Age. And they stare at you. Dumbfounded. Like big
mistakes. And we say: Keep cool. Maybe if we
pretend this never happened, they'll all just go
away. Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwa asobu. Mewotoji.
Mewotoji. Kikunowa kotori. Watashino sakebi.
Watashino koewo. I am here in this place. Losing.
My eyes are closed. Closed. Birds are there.
Hearing something. Shouting. My voice. (And yet,
we could all be wrong. Wouldn't be the first
time.) Kumowaku yamano. Watashiwa sokoni.
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Watashiwa asobu. Kumiwaku yamano. Kikunowa kotori.
Watashino sakebi. Mountains with clouds. I am
there. Lost. Mountains with clouds. Birds are
there. Hearing something. A shout. They say the
world is smaller n ow. Small world. They say that
man is taller now. Tall man. They say the stars
are closer now. Thank you, lucky stars. You come
very briefly to this place. Jikanwa tomaru. Ushano
kokoku. Time is stopped. Home of the brave. And on
a very distant star, slimy creatures scan the
skies. They've got plates for hands. And
telescopes for eyes. And they say: Look! Down They
say: Watch it move. Watch it shake. Watch it turn.
And shake. Watashiwa sokoni. Watashiwa asobu.
Kumowaku yamano. Watashino sakebi. Watashino
koewo. Mewotoji. Mewotoji. I am there. Lost.
Mountains with clouds. A cry. A shout. My eyes are
shut. Shut. And we say: Watch us move. Watch us
shake. We're so pretty. We're so pretty. We say:
Watch us move now. Watch us shake. We're so
pretty. Shake our hands. Shake our heads. We shake
our feet. We're so fine. The way we move. The way
we shake. We're so nice.
Lyrics: Kokoku, Laurie Anderson [end]