Alternative · Indie · Pop · Rock
alt-J TaroWatch at the source
From the album "An Awesome Wave." Footage is from the beautiful 1988 film "Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation."
Lyrics:
Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road To photo, to record meat lumps and war, They advance as does his chance -- very yellow white flash. A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags, Burst so high finally Capa lands, Mine is a watery pit. Painless with immense distance From medic from colleague, friend, enemy, foe, him five yards from his leg, From you Taro. Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes. 3:10 pm, Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes All colours and cares glaze to grey, shrivelled and stricken to dots, Left hand grasps what the body grasps not -- le photographe est mort. 3.1415, alive no longer my amour, faded for home May of '54 Doors open like arms my love, Painless with a great closeness To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing, re-united with his leg and with you, Taro. Do not spray into eyes -- I have sprayed you into my eyes. Hey Taro!
From alt-J's (∆) debut album, An Awesome Wave.
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alt-J’s music video for “Taro”, released 2013. 5:06 in HD, 293,244 plays and 1,908 likes on YouTube. Filed under Alternative, Indie, Pop and Rock. AltSounds Curated.
- Director
- Melissa Murray
- Producer
- Iasmel Vasquez
- Creative adviser
- David O. Russell