CLOUD



performed on:
  • INFORMATION TOUR (1987)
  • DIPLOMACY TOUR (1994)
  • SCIENCE TOUR (2001)
  • CHILD junket (2004-05)

More minimalist funk full of insanely gripping dead air and dynamics. Originally performed live occasionally on the Information Tour, it began life as a brooding, lengthy jam that tried the patience of many but after release inevitably grew even faster than the studio cut in performances. Many were surprised when it showed up with some regularity in the 1994 acoustic sets -- it seemed so naturally to be a slow, pretty song that many failed to recognize it. This arrangement was recorded in the studio for the compilation MEAT.


if the days stretched forever
in any and all directions
you and I could be a cloud

when I was younger
I understood
about the clouds

if the days stretched forever
then we'd have time