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Macaque by Failure

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Failure

Macaque

Release date: 14th September 1992

From Comfort
Track 2
5:00
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About This Track

'Macaque' by Failure is a 1992 indie rock track from the album 'Comfort'. The lyrics centre on a meeting with a philosopher-like figure, whose unusual face still seems able to “tell a story with rich detail”, despite never speaking. The description moves through small, image-led details, including moments of eating and eyes closed, and an emphasis on the persistent presence of knowledge.

"Macaque" is a track by Failure, from the album Comfort, released 14th September 1992. The track is 5:00 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Failure.

About the Artist

Failure

Failure

Lyrics

Macaque

There's a philosopher I once met
He showed me many things
He told me things of the world
His face was unusual
But it could tell a story with rich detail

Rich detail

Sometimes eating
Sometimes eyes closed
There was always the face
Of his knowledge of things
He never spoke
He needed not to

He needed not to

He sits in a zoo in North America
Has no other in his habitat
He's originally from west Africa

West Africa

West Africa

West Africa

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Track details

From Comfort

5:001992
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Album
Comfort
Comfort
Failure
15th September 1992
Track number
2
Release year
1992
  1. 1Submission
    3:23
  2. 2Macaque
    5:00
  3. 3Something
    2:53
  4. 4Screen Man
    6:16
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