The Genre Benders: Music

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This tune grew out of a guitar riff created by Tristan Rogers in about 1994. It's a bit of a nonsense song, really. At the time Huge wrote (most of) the lyrics, he was interested in what he called "tangent surfing" or changing thought processes rapidly and for no particular reason. He started thinking about the freedom that the mental realm offered and how nice it would be if we could really live like that ... free to change our lives at the speed of thought. The riff and rhythm grew into this song, which has some rather odd timings and key changes ... in keeping with the theme. The original bass line that Lifta's rather funky bass player, Warren Greaves, came up with has been kept, too.

On this version, all noises were made by Huge and most were recorded and engineered by "Big" Phil van Vliet.

Say what you want to say
Be what you want to be
Go where you want to go
Do what you want to do

Who am I to wonder why?
Doubting what I do before I try.
Paralysed beyond repair
Should I do this? Do I even dare?

You sit and wonder
But I have found the answer
Be an astral traveller
Be an astral traveller

What is wrong with moving on
Who said you got to stay until you're gone?
Trapped inside one tiny mind
Look around and see what you can find
Be an astral traveller
Be an astral traveller

If you need a place to be,
Set your soul and spirit free
Set your soul and spirit free
Set your soul and spirit free!!

Who am I to wonder why?
Doubting what I do before I try.
Trapped inside one tiny mind
I'll look around and see what I can find
Be an astral traveller
Be an astral traveller

Be an astral traveller
Be an astral traveller (la la la la la laa la la laa la laaaaaa)
Be an astral traveller (la la la la la laa la la laa la laaaaaa)