The Wisdom of Harry was an experimental electronic music ensemble from London, England. The group was formed by Peter Astor, formerly the singer/songwriter of Weather Prophets and The Loft, in 1997 and began doing remixes for musicians such as Cornelius and Andrew Weatherall. The Wisdom of Harry’s early singles were collected and released as Stars of Super 8 in 1999 on Matador Records. The band made two further albums for Matador. In 2000, House of Binary in which Astor pursued a combination of instrumental, electronic compositions and more lyric driven, song-based work. In 2003, “Torch Division” marked a return to songs, including a cover of Anne Briggs’ “Tangled Man”.
“Coney Island Of Your Mind” (Matador Records, 2000)
Your name
The lights broken
In the Coney Island of your mind
No leopards hang (?)
No one will open
Just dust and empty is what you’ll find
On your journey
The ghost of fairgrounds
On your journey
Back in time
The spinning wheel
Spun off its axis
Now what you do is watch it all go by
Hold on
You just might just make some sense yet
Make some sense yet
Hold on
You’re not quite dead yet
Dead yet
Your name
Cannot remember
No more light in the octopus eyes
So let it ride
Broken, busted
Under the boardwalk where the ballads lie
Hold on
You just might just make some sense yet
Make some sense yet
Hold on
You’re not quite dead yet
Dead yet
Dead yet
The Coney Island
The Coney Island
The Coney Island of your mind
The Coney Island
The Coney Island
The Coney Island of your mind
The Coney Island
The Coney Island
The Coney Island of your mind…
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