Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley
Homosapien was originally intended to be one of the tracks on what would have been the Buzzcocks' fourth album, but the band split before the album was recorded. The song was later released as a single by Pete Shelley when he started a solo career, and as the title track on his debut album.
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I'm the shy boy
You're the coy boy
And you know we're
Homosapien too
I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
Me and you sir
Homosapien too
Homosuperior
In my interior
But from the skin out
I'm homosapien too
And you're homosapien too
And I'm homosapien like you
And we're homosapien too
And I think of your eyes in the dark and I see the star
And I look to the light and I might wonder right where you are
All the gods in the sky way up high see the world spinning 'round
But the sun and the moon and the stars are so far from the ground
I'm the shy boy
You're the coy boy
And you know we're
Homosapien too
I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
Me and you, sir
Homosapien too
Homosuperior
In my interior
But from the skin out
I'm homosapien too
And you're homosapien too
And I'm homosapien like you
And we're homosapien too
And the worlds built of age are a stage where we act out our lives
And the words in the script seem to fit 'cept we have some surprise
I just want this to last or my future is past and all gone
And if this is the case then I'll lose in life's race from now on
Homosuperior
In my interior
But from the skin out
I'm homosapien too
And you're homosapien too
And I'm homosapien like you
And we're homosapien too
And I just hope and pray that the day of our love is at hand
You and I, me and you, we will be one from two, understand?
And the world is so wrong that I hope that we'll be strong enough
For we are on our own and the only thing known is our love
I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo
But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too
I'm the shy boy
You're the coy boy
I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo
But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too
I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo
But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too
I don't wanna classify you like an animal in the zoo
But it seems good to me to know that you're homosapien too
Homosapien was written by Pete Shelley.
Homosapien was produced by Martin Rushent & Pete Shelley.
Pete Shelley released Homosapien on Fri Jan 15 1982.
The blog “2 or 3 Lines” printed a section from a 1982 interview with Pete Shelley:
That the BBC thought it was a gay song is great, fantastic. I’m a sexual person, I don’t bother delineating myself into homo, hetero or bi, it just depends on the person, the situation and what happens.
In some ways...