Here To Go

Words by Brion Gysin/John Balance

Do it now, do it later
speed up, slow down
obey the law, break the law
listen to me, ignore me
trust in me, trust in no one...

Steely, driven and rather exciting... the single! Stark, Frippian guitar, synth revving underneath and rapid snare and cymbal running through. The anti-sentimental spoken bit at the beginning was our addition to the words and fits very well. The quote - 'every bond is a bond of sorrow' - is Keats. Gysin had been in the UK with William Burroughs doing something called the Final Academy, and John Balance and Psychic TV were involved. We were a little unsure about our permission to use the words, though John sent them to us. My wife's favourite. GG

For release on Enormous Savages.

Here To Go
Words by John Balance
additional material by CA

As he walked to her window she cried to his back
- I want to be close to you
Gazing into the distance he disposed of her
glimpse of eternity
- every bond is a bond of sorrow
I am here to go
- that's a quotation, you know

I can tell you nothing that you do not know
I can show you nothing that you have not seen
I am that I am, I'm here to go
I am that I am, that I happen
I am that I am, till the fields shift
- I'm here to go

I can tell you nothing that you do not know
I can show you nothing that you have not seen
we are that we are, we're here to go
we are that we are, that we happen

See what I say as well as I hear it
see what I say as well as I hear it
surely this is it at last, surely this is it at last

[repeat]

You are forced to obey the suggestions we are making
Do it now do it later
speed up slow down
obey the law break the law
listen to me ignore me
trust in me trust in no one

[repeat]

I am that I am that I happen, I am a resultant
I am a coincidence of fields, I am, I am is my here
I am here, for what am I here I am
I am what I am, I am here for I am hear to go
I am that I am that I happen, I am a resultant
a coincidence of fields
when the magnetic fields shift there is no here
I am gone, I am thought in action
my field shifts for my thought is action
and I go, I am gone
I am that I am that I happen

Stop this song, stop this song