This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
This plane's going down in flames
And this time there's no black box to capture your last words
A situation we can't make any sense of
Sacrifice costs all of us everything
This is the time to turn down our heads and turn up our hearts
There's no scale to, there's no scale to, balance this out
Some say may those who curse days, curse this day
There's no scale to, there's no scale to, balance this out
Oh
How does a man wrap his mind around eternity
When he can't even, (when he can't even)
Explain his own, (explain his own), composition?
Don't you see it's bigger than you?
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
The earth will swallow the water
The clouds refill the oceans
The earth will swallow the water and spit out
The clouds will refill, refill the oceans
The earth will swallow, (Old mountains crumble)
The water and spit out, (Stronger ones rise)
The clouds will refill, (This is the portrait)
Refill the oceans, (Humble and broken)
This plane crashed down in flames, (Down in flames)
With a man who lived, who died to better this world
David, rest in peace
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
And this time there's no black box to capture your last words
A situation we can't make any sense of
Sacrifice costs all of us everything
This is the time to turn down our heads and turn up our hearts
There's no scale to, there's no scale to, balance this out
Some say may those who curse days, curse this day
There's no scale to, there's no scale to, balance this out
Oh
How does a man wrap his mind around eternity
When he can't even, (when he can't even)
Explain his own, (explain his own), composition?
Don't you see it's bigger than you?
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
The earth will swallow the water
The clouds refill the oceans
The earth will swallow the water and spit out
The clouds will refill, refill the oceans
The earth will swallow, (Old mountains crumble)
The water and spit out, (Stronger ones rise)
The clouds will refill, (This is the portrait)
Refill the oceans, (Humble and broken)
This plane crashed down in flames, (Down in flames)
With a man who lived, who died to better this world
David, rest in peace
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
He sleeps in the mountains of Indonesia, and the white on his flag brings colors to shame, colors to shame
Lyrics submitted by breakdowngasm
Indonesia Lyrics as written by Dustin Davidson Brent Rambler
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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I love this song mainly because of the lyrics being great and Tommy vocals. That part is awesome where Tommy screams and sings the earth will swallow the water and spit out the clouds and refill the oceans. I'm not a big August burns Red fan, but this is my favorite song by them.