Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett
This environmentally-themed song was inspired by Barnett’s concern for the state of the environment, e.g. the pollution of the Great Barrier Reef. About the writing process, she told NME:
I had a bunch of songs I was trying to finish, and I was just having the worst time. So I took my friend’s cara...
[Verse 1]
Watermarks on the ceiling
I can see Jesus and he's frowning at me
I see a dead seal on the beach
The old man says he's already saved it three times this week
Guess it just wants to die
I would wanna die too
With people putting oil into my air
But to be fair, I've done my share
Guess everybody's got their different point of view
[Verse 2]
I was walking down Sunset Strip; Phillip Island, not Los Angeles
Got me some hot chips and a cold drink
Took a sandy seat on the shore
There's a paper on the ground, it makes my headache quite profound
As I read it out aloud
It said "The Great Barrier Reef it ain't so great anymore
It's been raped beyond belief, the dredgers treat it like a whore"
I drank till I was sinking, sank till I was thinking
That I'm thankful for this view
I drank till I was sinking, sank till I was thinking
That I'm thankful for this view
We either think that we're invincible or that we are invisible
Realistically, we're somewhere in between
We all think that we are nobody but everybody is somebody else's somebody
[Chorus]
Don't ask me what I really mean
I am just a reflection
Of what you really wanna see
So take what you want from me
Don't ask me what I really mean
I am just a reflection
Of what you really wanna see
So take what you want from me
Don't ask me what I really mean
I am just a reflection
Of what you really wanna see
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
So take what you want from me
[Outro]
Satellites on the ceiling
I can see Jesus and she's smiling at me
All I wanna say is...
Kim’s Caravan was written by Courtney Barnett.
Kim’s Caravan was produced by Dan Luscombe & Burke Reid & Courtney Barnett.
Courtney Barnett released Kim’s Caravan on Fri Mar 20 2015.