It’s in the water it’s in the sea
It’s in the rivers and the air that we breathe
It’s at the beaches in the sand
Between our toes on the land where we stand
Plastic people plastic plan
Plastic water plastic land
Forget the sun the earth and the sea
All cars and phones and coffee
Forget the town the surf and the breeze
You get what you see
It’s in the suburbs on the streets
By the pathways near where we meet
It’s in the garbage and the birds
Wrapped in plastic dead and preserved
Plastic people plastic plan
Plastic water plastic land
Forget the sun the earth and the sea
All cars and phones and coffee
Forget the town the surf and the breeze
You get what you see
Forget the land the dirt and the trees
All stars and clones and trophies
Forget the trend the reef and the bees
You get what you see
Background
Plastic People is about us, plastic and the microplastic in us. We have much in common.
Both are everywhere, both are easily shaped, both are impressionable, and both are accumulating.
We live in a plastic world of our own making. Should we change?
Track information
Track: Plastic People
Album: Space Time Change
Lyrics & Music: ©2022 Reverend Genes
Vocals, guitars, keys and drums
Reverend Genes, Newcastle, Australia
Tracking, mixing and mastering
Reverend Genes, Newcastle Australia
Video
Plastic People uses a mix of licensed video content including A Odisseia De Uma Garrafa by United Nations Environment Program, Musée Mécanique by Pauldogg, The Risks To Australia Of A 3°C Warmer World by Australian Academy of Science, Climate Change – The Angry Seas by Surfrider Foundation Australia, Space Shuttle Endeavour Crossing A Highway by @Moretti, What Is Deforestation by Australian Academy of Science, Hollywood Walk Of Fame by Roarrr Trip, IFAW: The High Price of Trophy Hunting by IFAW, The Rise Of Lowsumerism by Box 1824, A Local Sea Garden by Chris Lewis, What Causes Tropical Cyclones? by Australian Academy of Science, It’s Happened Again: Mass Coral Bleaching by Australian Academy of Science, Lifeline by Noble Union, Modern Continuous Manufacturing Processes For A Next Level Of Productivity by KHALILO Technology, Coffee on the Boundary with the Two Cowboys – Know Your Barista! By Two Cowboys, Missions Tracker: How Australia Stands by Australian Academy of Science, Australian Adventure by Andrew Kucheriavy, Overberg by Jacques Naude´, Ask Scientist Professor Chris Dickman by Australian Academy of Science, Future Of Bushfires The Latest From Science With Dr Michael-Shawn Fletcher Ep 16 by Australian Academy of Science, People Factory by Shaun Utter, Wetlands Honey Bees by Del MacLaren, Industrial Trash by Tony Frenden, Microplastics And Climate Change by Australian Academy of Science, ScienceCasts Greenlands Thinning Ice by ScienceAtNASA used under CC BY 3.0 with much thanks.
In addition Plastic People also uses Into The Blue by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic, The Deep Blue by Berta Tilmantaitė, Out Of Plastic by Altamar Films, No Hay Banda – D.E.P. by Glauco, La Version Suisse De La Bande Annonce Du SVP 3.0 by Pierre Crevoisier, Sound Coffee Collective by Sound Coffee Collective, Macro Eyes by Danna Rogers, The Tailor Of Autumn by Shaun Wilson, Newcastle To Sydney – Triple J Road Trip Relay by Sean Lanigan, This Old Love – A Sydney Toy Story by Fershad Irani, Hee’s Bee Hive by pixelmuseum used under CC BY-SA 3.0 with much thanks.
The video for Plastic People is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Thanks
Mandy, Ryan, friends & Newy
