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Written after many visits to Margaret, the network chiropractor, who sent me on a strange, contorted journey, expanded my lungs and fixed my back. It’s called Stage 2 because I got to stage 2 in the process of aligning my spine and achieving Nirvana. Bob came up with the brilliant bouncy bass line that keeps it on its toes.
lyrics
I am the swimming boy, washed in warm water
Deep in the ocean, holding my breath.
I am the stretching turtle, emerging from the shell
Shuffling along the sand at the waters' edge.
Chorus:
Go straight down, sit up and straddle.
Go straight down, turn to the right.
Go straight down, three deep breaths.
Go straight down, sit up on the side.
I am the rolling wave, flowing and breaking
Breaking above my shoulders, rising above myself.
I am the swaying horseman, riding this rocking horse.
Swaying above the body, reaching for breath.
[Chorus]
I am the tortured elm raking the tortured sky
Spreading my tortured arms above my head.
I am the ageing crone, squinting through slitted eyes.
I am the hunch-back's shoulders huddled up inside myself.
[Chorus]
I am the fallen angel, arms outstretched,
Breathing the breath of Jesus, spread-eagled on the ledge.
I am this heaving motion, I am this turning Earth.
I am this breathing body, I am the breath.
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