[Verse 1]
I was thinking about the sinking sands
And I was thinking about the ancient lands
I was thinking about the radio
It's not a problem that I used to know
I was talking with my friend Max
His mind is made up, isn't turning back
About the things that he often reads
It's just the problem is he really believes
He says
[Chorus]
Well, I got this feeling
It's a feeling I don't know
And when you start believing
It's a fear of the unknown
Well, I got this feeling
It's a fear of the unknown
[Verse 2]
He was talking about the sinking sands
He was talking about the ancient lands
He was talking about the radio
It's not a problem that he used to know
He was thinking in Comic Sans
And he was lost in unknown lands
Fun at first but now it's gone astray
It's just a problem and it gets in the way
He says
[Chorus]
Well, I got this feeling
It's a feeling I don't know
And when you start believing
It's a fear of the unknown
Well, I got this feeling
It's a feeling I don't know
And when you start believing
Sinking Sands was written by Julia Cumming & Olive Faber & Nick Kivlen.
Sinking Sands was produced by Sunflower Bean & Jacob Portrait & Matthew Molnar.
Sunflower Bean released Sinking Sands on Fri Mar 23 2018.
Inspired by podcasts about the paranormal, Sinking Sands is a song about the power of belief and information. The more exposure to different ideas that at first seemed extreme start to become normalized. A lot of the subtext of course comes from the “fake news” cycle leading up to the 2016 election.