Blind Orphans On Fire

from My Synthesizer...Your Funeral by HEINRICH!

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“I am the God of blind orphans on fire and I command you to dance”
Behind the counter at the DMV - blind orphans on fire
Lost in the forest, adrift at sea - blind orphans on fire
Acting out scenes from “Madame Bovary” - blind orphans on fire
Erasing themselves from history - blind orphans on fire

Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can

Working on the docks as stevedores - blind orphans on fire
They arrived from distant shores - blind orphans on fire
Stocking the shelves in convenience stores - blind orphans on fire
Smoking cigarettes and drinking Coors - blind orphans on fire

Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can

“Suddenly, in a small apartment in Berlin, a child turns to his father and says ‘Knock. Knock.’ and his father says ‘Fückin’ Jehovah’s Witnesses! I told you to stay the Hell away from my goddamn front door!.’”
“Only a few days later, another child in a different part of Berlin turns to his father and says ‘Papa, what is the largest pencil in the world?’ and his father says ‘The pencil I used to stab those fückin’ Jehovah’s Witnesses to death. THEY WOULDN’T STAY AWAY FROM MY FRONT DOOR!’”
Loitering and white-collar crime - blind orphans on fire
They know when to run and where to hide - blind orphans on fire

Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Banging on the ground with a Pepsi can

Pouring gas into the skull of LBJ
They must have set themselves a blaze
Staring in my window late at night
Is probably how they lost their sight
Left on the doorstep of a major corporation
They turned to drugs for inspiration
Hand-in-hand they walk the land
Getting all their meals from a garbage can

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from My Synthesizer...Your Funeral, released September 7, 2022
Words and music by R. Linderman

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HEINRICH! Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 1981, minimalist synth pioneer HEINRICH! fled from East Berlin to West Berlin. This act of heroism is in no way diminished by the fact that, at the time, HEINRICH resided in Berlin, Pennsylvania.

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