Friends of the Ood
From DFTBA
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"Friends of the Ood" is the tenth track on the eponymous album by Chameleon Circuit.
Notes
"Friends of the Ood" is written about the third episode of series four of Doctor Who, "Planet of the Ood", and is written from the point of the alien creatures, the Ood.
The song was originally planned with full production, but due to a breakdown in production, the album was released unfinished. Fortunately all other songs were produced to some degree of completion, but "Friends of the Ood" remained simply an acoustic demo recorded by Charlie on Alex's computer.
Lyrics
As the sun comes up on another day
And the bright light drifts into our mutual mind
I start to sing without any disarray
And I broadcast my melody, via basic 5
Everybody starts to sing with me
The wind whistles across the snow
But it wont affect our psychic flow
On this planet we are free
The circle is broken, and we’ve cleared the debris
’Cause being an Ood, is better when you’re free
I can sing all day now I'm out of captivity
Running through the snow with my brain in my hands
I feel like your song is coming to its end
Its hard to think about what’s happened to my kin
Once an empty slave race, but now thinking again
It's such a shame that all those humans couldn’t quite construe
We aren’t just a reflection, we’re just the same as you
So throw away your credits, and give us our free will
We know we’re a bit ugly but we’re friendly as hell
Hopefully without us you won't pine away and die
We want to live our own lives now, at least let us try
And even if you hate us, and think that we’re all scum
We live on different planets so I'm sure you’ll succumb
Friends of the Ood we thank you, for everything you've done
You've been so good to us, and our new lives have only just begun
So let's just be friends
Ooooooooo-d
Appears on
- (2009) Chameleon Circuit
