On the Beach Where the Sun Doesn't Move Releases Gigs Lyrics Comments

Details

Author
Robyn Hitchcock
Performances
2

Releases

Title Artist Label Type Year
On The Beach Where The Sun Doesn't Move / Know Your Enemy Robyn Hitchcock / I Was A King Cara Records Single 2020

Gigs

Billed As Venue City State Country Date
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 01/11/2023
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn and Emma's house London England UK 01/11/2023

Comments

Lyrics

Kiss my anxiety
Tell me everything is gonna stay
Right here where we put it
And we'll stop the clock forever, here today

Across the shifting sands
I'm clutching for your hands
On the beach where the sun doesn't move
On the beach where the sun doesn't move

You're my favorite animal
There's no word for how you make me feel
Everything about you is impossible
But it is all so (*also?) real

Above the midnight sky
I'll kiss you when I die
On the beach where the sun doesn't move
Yeah, on the beach where the sun doesn't move

Graham Greene and J.G. Ballard
Got me in the groove
On the beach where the sun doesn't move
(Ahh, don't move for me, baby!)

Music is a form of prayer
Hard to learn the Mazzik, hear the bell (*see NOTE below)
I'm in love with all my friends
And my enemies as well

And everything you do
Comes screaming back at you
On the beach where the sun doesn't move
Yeah, on the beach where the sun doesn't move

Nothing can be verified
Nothing can be proved
On the beach where the sun doesn't move

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*NOTE: This is the line that I'm most uncertain about. After some research, I discovered that the "Mazzik" is an invisible demon in Hebrew mythology, 
which would certainly fit in with RH's recurring themes, and mesh w/ the prior line about music being a form of prayer (along with the "friends/enemies" 
in the subsequent lines). "Hard to learn the Mazzik" was my guess since music/prayer may make it hard to encounter a demon, "hear the bell" 
- perhaps a church bell's musical chime may ward off demons? This was my thinking, anyway. But that's a tough line!