Anamorphosis

Goodbye Jane, don't sleep forever
Come up again, lets take a walk
Let's go outside and play

We don't wanna take all your time
All the children sing
We don't wanna play with your mind
All the children sing

Goodbye Anne, I saw the pictures
I held your hand, and I kissed your stitches
I cried all night, today and tomorrow
The dye in your hair
And your black little fingers
Your blue lips crack in the sun

We don't wanna take all your time
All the children sing
We don't wanna play with your mind
All the children sing

Anamorphosis
I beg your pardon
Anamorphosis
Step into my garden
Anamorphosis
No retribution
Anamorphosis
My execution

Lyrics by:

Available on:
Unofficially released 2nd Seahorses album (3.24)

Details:
This track opens with some Zeppelin style drumming a la 'When The Levee Breaks'.

An anamorphosis is a deformed image that appears in its true shape when viewed in some 'unconventional' way. In the artwork section of John Squire's official site there are 3 artworks showing painted sheep's skulls. At the bottom of this Squire piece, 'Try To See It From Every Point Of View' (photograph) is the text, 'Try to see it from every point of view', a lyric from Sophia, a John Squire solo track. Is this perhaps referring to Anamorphosis art, asking the viewer to look at the image in front of them in different ways ? Hans Holbein's (1497 - 1543) The Ambassadors use of a skull, is one of the most famous examples of anamorphosis art. The skull achieves its true shape if you view it from the right hand side and very close to the plane of the painting. To view it on a computer screen, close your left eye, and put your right eye next to the screen, about half way up the painting and about 5 - 10 cm to the right of it.

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