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Our instruments have no way of measuring this feeling
Can never cut below the floor, or penetrate the ceiling.
In the space between our houses, some bones have been discovered,
But our procession lurches on, as if we had recovered.
Draconian winter unforetold.
One solar day, suddenly you're old.
Your little envelope just makes me cold,
Makes destination start to unfold.
Our documents are useless, or forged beyond believing.
Page forty-seven is unsigned, I need it by this evening.
In the space between our cities, a storm is slowly forming.
Something eating up our days, I feel it every morning.
Destination, destination.
It's not a religion, it's just a technique.
It's just a way of making you speak.
Distance and speed have left us too weak,
And destination looks kind of bleak.
Our elements are burned out, our beasts have been mistreated.
I tell you it's the only way we'll get this road completed.
In the space between our bodies, the air has grown small fingers.
Just one caress, you're powerless, like all those clapped-out swingers.
Destination, destination.
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 06:38 This is why I love Radio Paradise... Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" followed by this. Just awesome. |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 12:44 classic album.  |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 09:19 day of the dead down in mexico and the meeting is held in the darkness drink in a bar down in the motel and the wedding is held in the darkness day of the dead down in mexico but then the deal is dealt in the darkness |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 00:03 lily34 wrote: wow. you're right! and the problem with that? Still a very cool song. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: May 11, 2012 - 13:49 ddog wrote: I like The Church but this sounds like Midnight Oil in slow motion.. wow. you're right! |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 12:31 The Church had a habit of starting a lot of their albums with slow-mid tempo songs like this. Kind of eases you. Like the song, love the album. |
| ddog (Midwest USA) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 16:11 I like The Church but this sounds like Midnight Oil in slow motion.. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 07:57 Good band. Great album. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 18:09 Well, I have to disagree...I like this. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 07:45 This song is a drag |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:02 horstman wrote: Like a lot of albums back in the day, this is collection of songs that is to be taken in its entirety, not as individual songs. The album is a very good, expressive. But I think this song is very strong and has a great upward progression towards its end. They were a phenomenal band of the 80s sound, very intellectual. One of my faves. I politely disagree. I can think of very few albums from the 1980s that should be listened to as a collection of songs. But then I spent the 80s making mix-tapes, so maybe it's just me. |
| Det (Lower Saxony Germany) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 12:00 the task of - being human how many time of him (it) (whom) (he, she,...) (human) is worth in money currency 4 freedom? so what !!!! - enjoy (I - human) do |
| JsDad (Chapel Hill, NC) | Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 15:38 Great album. Not one of my favorite tracks. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 15:20 ckcotton wrote: MUCH better songs on this album... Like a lot of albums back in the day, this is collection of songs that is to be taken in its entirety, not as individual songs. The album is a very good, expressive. But I think this song is very strong and has a great upward progression towards its end. They were a phenomenal band of the 80s sound, very intellectual. One of my faves. |
| ckcotton | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 10:29 MUCH better songs on this album... |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 03, 2010 - 10:27 "Notte goot...!" said my Italian girlfriend! |
| CoYoT51 (Lima, Perù - Reims, France) | Posted: Aug 18, 2010 - 12:12 stevenv58 wrote: Not a great pick me up for the morning, that’s for sure.....sounds like their dying........ F#cking A, man! |
| CoYoT51 (Lima, Perù - Reims, France) | Posted: Aug 18, 2010 - 12:10 They sound so happy to sing... |
| ihategrapejuice (Bloomington, IN) | Posted: Aug 02, 2010 - 10:22 I keep hearing the old Windows shut down sound in here... |
| peter_james_bond (The Burg) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 13:29 jadewahoo wrote: What a fucking frigging brilliant song! Had to edit your comment. Common decency dictates that you watch your language around the Church.  |
| audiophelia (Pennsylvania) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 13:29 Still boring after all these years... |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 13:42 spigolli wrote: ... this church actually deserves to be torched  |
| stevenv58 (Elliot Lake Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 05:02 Not a great pick me up for the morning, that’s for sure.....sounds like their dying........ |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 06:42 They even sound bored....like me |
| digizone | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 06:40 One of the best new albums this year was from The Church - "Untitled #23" Please play some here! Crank the "Deadman's Hand" it rocks! |
| k_trout (Dream State) | Posted: Jul 19, 2009 - 10:40 "We lose half the congregation every time American Idol starts up". Kenneth Parcell |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 23:57 healyf52 wrote: kind of sound like 'Midnight Oil' on xanax.. Nice. Both are from Oz after all. |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Apr 15, 2009 - 06:17 yes! thanks. great song, album, and band. just saw yesterday that they will be playing at irving plaza in nyc this summer. "it's not a religion, it's just a technique" |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: Mar 30, 2009 - 10:52 ... this church actually deserves to be torched |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Mar 14, 2009 - 17:44 The build up at the beginning sounds like that song by the Divinyls. Every time I hear this I start expecting the line "I touch myself..." |
| silvergirl | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 22:33 mandolin wrote: ...god i love this song... I lost track of the Church after about Gold Afternoon Fix, but found out several years ago that they had gone on releasing albums, and I acquired most of them, many of which are worth hearing. This and Heyday are still my favorites...nostalgia, I guess. Thanks, Bill. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 16:13 lophrequa wrote: i just figured out why i love The Church: Duran Duran Pink Floyd ... anyone with me here? ...sort of - i'd say there are elements of new wave and psychedelic/progressive fused, yes... |
| thetimebeing2112 (Near O-Town Flah de Dah) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 14:49 Nice. |
| jadewahoo (It's about Prime: 2^43,112,609- 1) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 14:37 What a fucking brilliant song! |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 14:35 Now why the heck didn't I buy this album when it was new?? 8   |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 18:01 Sexy voice, love The Church! |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Jul 20, 2008 - 18:08 i just figured out why i love The Church: Duran Duran Pink Floyd ... anyone with me here? |
| steve_san_carlos (Ummm...San Carlos, California!) | Posted: Jul 20, 2008 - 18:02 I really dig this groove. No, really. |
| Ulises (Fairbanks, Alaska) | Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 22:46 AphidA wrote: How can this (http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=39315) be even remotely on par with Destination? I don't trust the listeners here .... anymore (edit)
How can I trust someone with a pseudonym that represent the common plant louse? |
| greyfin10 (Orlando) | Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 12:29 Thank you for playing this Bill. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 23:57 prickelpit96 wrote: *sigh*
*leanback*   |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 13:35 AphidA wrote: How can this (http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=39315) be even remotely on par with Destination? I don't trust the listeners here.
Never place stock in popularity, and look at the curve, not the mean average. Trust your own ear. What you like, you like!  |
| AphidA | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 13:28 How can this (http://www.radioparadise.com/rp2-content.php?name=songinfo&song_id=39315) be even remotely on par with Destination? I don't trust the listeners here .... anymore (edit) |
| gfloyd | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 17:56 prickelpit96 wrote: *sigh*
*leanback* EXACTLY. This song is a religious experience. |
| rbigelo (Spanish Town) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 17:52 Fabulous playlist tonight!  |
| thetimebeing2112 (Flah de Dah) | Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 18:40 "Starfish" was the hallmark CD of my early 20's. I must have played it 1,000 times. For every dark and chilly North Florida autumn evening in 1988 it seems like there was a Church song to go along with it. A few years back my brother was in ICU, it was 30 degrees outside, and I was talking with my brothers nurses at a party around a firepit in an old highschool friends backyard. The discussion was really bleak regarding my brothers outlook when another old friend (with whom I had been estranged from for quite some time) with his guitar broke out of his normal repertoire of Jimmy Buffet and The Eagles and began playing "Under the Milky Way" knowing that it was my favorite song. He butchered the lyrics a bit but the intent really touched me. Lifted my spirits right away and reminded me instantly of how much I've always loved The Church. One of those cathartic "Starfish moments" I guess. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 05:19 wow a blast from the past- I actually have this on vinyl but haven't had a working turntable for a looooong time. Guess I'll have to buy the CD  This brings my total spent on new CDs since I hooked up with RP through the recommendation of a fellow Porcupine Tree addict about a month ago to something in the ballpark of 300 USD LOL |
| Nabla (Ver-Cork-st (Ireland)) | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 05:10 prickelpit96 wrote: *sigh*
*leanback* ... and enjoying! 
Our instruments have no way of measuring this feeling Can never cut below the floor, or penetrate the ceiling. In the space between our houses, some bones have been discovered, But our procession lurches on, as if we had recovered. Draconian winter unforetold. One solar day, suddenly youre old. Your little envelope just makes me cold, Makes destination start to unfold. Our documents are useless, or forged beyond believing. Page forty-seven is unsigned, I need it by this evening. In the space between our cities, a storm is slowly forming. Something eating up our days, I feel it every morning. Destination, destination. Its not a religion, its just a technique. Its just a way of making you speak. Distance and speed have left us too weak, And destination looks kind of bleak. Our elements are burned out, our beasts have been mistreated. I tell you its the only way well get this road completed. In the space between our bodies, the air has grown small fingers. Just one caress, youre powerless, like all those clapped-out swingers. Destination, destination. |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 01:43 *sigh* *leanback* |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jul 09, 2007 - 06:14 ...god i love this song... |