Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Midnight Oil - Undercover (Audio)
Taken from the album ‘Resist’ available now: midnightoil.lnk.to/RESIST_OutNow
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UNDERCOVER
WRITTEN BY PETER GARRETT
Drive the Bowral road in autumn
The gibs on fire like a red plum
The burning colours beat the humdrum
As time goes by
I try to hold the vision slippery
The air is thickening in front of me
The scented gum it’s a sweet sanctuary
As time goes by
I’ve still got a clear eye
Bathed in soft sunlight
I’m feeling the magic of the day
The Chinese Empires' up and fighting
They got their weapons hi-tech spying
I get the feeling there’s no hiding
As time goes by
The song of more is now a symphony
Conducted by the kings of gluttony
And as the centre melts in front of me
As time goes by
Still living the high life
Chasing those bright lights
Pretending that everything is ok
Wrapped up in our own flag
Can’t carry our own swag
Over the precipice we sway
#midnightoil #resist #australianmusic #oils
Midnight Oil - Undercover (Audio)
Taken from the album ‘Resist’ available now: midnightoil.lnk.to/RESIST_OutNow
Website: midnightoil.com
Facebook: facebook.com/midnightoilofficial
Instagram: instagram.com/midnightoilband
Twitter: twitter.com/midnightoilband
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/72KyoXzp0NOQij6OcmZUxk?si=wA7uXxc3SuKFLZzuyamUeg
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/artist/midnight-oil/18747421
UNDERCOVER
WRITTEN BY PETER GARRETT
Drive the Bowral road in autumn
The gibs on fire like a red plum
The burning colours beat the humdrum
As time goes by
I try to hold the vision slippery
The air is thickening in front of me
The scented gum it’s a sweet sanctuary
As time goes by
I’ve still got a clear eye
Bathed in soft sunlight
I’m feeling the magic of the day
The Chinese Empires' up and fighting
They got their weapons hi-tech spying
I get the feeling there’s no hiding
As time goes by
The song of more is now a symphony
Conducted by the kings of gluttony
And as the centre melts in front of me
As time goes by
Still living the high life
Chasing those bright lights
Pretending that everything is ok
Wrapped up in our own flag
Can’t carry our own swag
Over the precipice we sway
#midnightoil #resist #australianmusic #oils
![Midnight Oil - Terror Australia (feat. Alice Skye) [Official Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tXjTFGktzIw/mqdefault.jpg "Midnight Oil - Terror Australia (feat. Alice Skye) [Official Video]
Midnight Oil - ‘Terror Australia’ (feat. Alice Skye)
Written by Peter Garrett & Bones Hillman
Taken from THE MAKARRATA PROJECT, out now: https://midnightoil.lnk.to/TheMakarrataProject
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Directed and filmed by Robert Hambling @ Rancom St Studios and Oceanic Studio, Sydney
The Uluru Statement From The Heart was written by more than 250 delegates from all over Australia gathered at Uluru, Northern Territory, on the lands of the Anangu people, at the First Nations National Constitutional Convention in 2017. After centuries of struggle for recognition and justice, the statement calls for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ enshrined in the Australian Constitution and the establishment of a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For more info visit https://ulurustatement.org/ + https://fromtheheart.com.au/.
LYRICS
You cant think about the future still running from the past
Tall tales lie in history and flames burn through the memories
Theres a country that is aching for a way to call its own
You can feel the mansions shaking as the first real seed is sown
Now you cant talk about the future if youre running from the past
It’s a terror in Australia, jails and guns and failure
Can you see the ships a coming, stately through the heads
And arched out over the white sails is the merchant’s flag of red
Now Captain Cook spawns Captain Coke and beer flows over rum
In a twinkling of an eye my friend they spent your dollars so very well
And those traditions they cant sell sit silent in the sun
Where ignorance and wealth combine to crush the fruit upon the vine
It’s a terror in Australia
#midnightoil #terroraustralia #themakarrataproject
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