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Another World Lyrics
God only knows how far you've come
It must be light years from here
Some distant star you call "the sun".
Does someone miss you back there?
Another world is calling you.
Another world is coming through.
You look like me, you talk like me
I could believe you're human!
But, late at night, I catch your eye
And I know what you're thinking:
Another world is calling you.
Another world is coming through.
Calling you to come home.
You can't escape from gravity,
For you, this earth's a prison.
What I would call "human" in me
For you would be "perversion".
Another world is calling you.
It must be light years from here
Some distant star you call "the sun".
Does someone miss you back there?
Another world is coming through.
I could believe you're human!
But, late at night, I catch your eye
And I know what you're thinking:
Another world is coming through.
Calling you to come home.
For you, this earth's a prison.
What I would call "human" in me
For you would be "perversion".
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Seems to be about a relationship with someone from completely different circumstances or experiences, and the ensuing gap between what the speaker and the subject can relate to. Being from Perth like the Hoodoo Gurus, I always thought that it might be acknowledging in some way the distance from the rest of the world. And the space references seemed to be metaphors for faraway and more central parts of the world - "the Sun" being Europe or North America or somewhere foreign that the world seems to revolve much more around than Western Australia.
It appears the writer cannot relate to the person they speak about, like some archaic politician or similar. The use of the word ‘perversion’ to me, sounds like a bigoted assault on someones homosexuality, that this person from another world would do (pardon the pun). Possibly the writer? Perhaps the lyrics are referring to the front bigots present, sometimes signalling their fear of being outed. The writer is comfortable with who they are but feel judged.