Felix Riebl Crocodiles song lyrics

Into the jaws of a crocodile's dream

I was riding with El across borders unseen

Never been there before in that beautiful strange

Through the deep green jungle to the red Mars plains

As the hot day drew its thick breath

We were close enough to flying to be near enough to death

There were ghosts swimming in my thoughts, I'd say that

I've never been so close to home and so far away, as in

Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor…

The motor stopped and the night was still

Except the fan kept clipping on the window sill

And the tap kept dripping in our orange room

My heart was dancing with the elephants BOOM BOOM BOOM

And I, I couldn't sleep, I was wide awake

Like a super mosquito couldn't catch it or escape from it

I write songs, I don't often pray

But I've never been so glad for the break of day, as in

Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor…

Headlights, bare feet, white skirts

Me and Eloise and Henning meeting Mele on the outskirts

Into a house where the Reggaeton blazed

And the palm wine circled til our eyes were glazed

There was something rare about the way he smiled

As if the distance of his thoughts equaled more than miles

I said, "Who we are Tony, please explain," and he said

"Everybody here has at least six names," welcome to

Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor…

Sometimes I wonder if we cheat our own maps

If we re-draw the lines, if we distort the facts

Cos we're too afraid of the love of the deep

Of the big, green devil in Arte Morris

He'll eat up your ideas, rip up your cause

Make a bite mark bigger than a king lion's roar

No gauze could cover that wound, white teeth

Make a crooked white wall of my country's embassy that's in

Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor…