Old ideas or new futures, cassette deck connect both to the User

Reel to real, pause tape with a purpose, surfing radio waves barely scratching the surface

VHS adjust tracking, twisting these knobs with precision like I was safe cracking

Stacking these tapes like I can save Sebastian, my art flex like Artex the same passion

Breath the same blend of Earth's gases, roll over the tongue as poetic passages

We all passengers in our pastime, recall tall tales from our past lives with the same mind

As Samurai watch the day die, I watch No Batteries Included and Princess Bride

Just my Ode to these video gems, intros composed of synths to form electric hymns

A Stash for a private mass, a late night glow for where my face might go

Trolls, Tremors, Poltergeist, Carrol Anne, Puppet Master, Ernest Goes to Camp

Hook with Julia, Predator with Carl Weathers, Cool World

Pet Cemetary, should have known better

Combined force of the nightmares I learned terror, Devil sat upon my chest, watch my cold sweat mirror

Dear whatever the dark made clearer, honest you turned The Last Star Fighter to a comet and honest

Pure imagination become a promise a palace, Black ink clouds blossom from the chalice it's balance

Still hard to measure by the gram, seemingly the like-minded they tend to understand

Joseph Cambell charted the modern myths of man, video store made you pay your fees in advance.

A couple characters to animate,

Colour of coal dark matter in acetate

Black tapes of Rage rap clips that my bro made

When I was 8, watch em at sleepovers on replay

My older cousin had Thriller & Purple Rain

For a kid in Adelaide in the 90's it was an ill escape

Had a couple dubbed games of the NBA

Used to watch them so much I could name every play

Michael Jordan Playground,

Remember when I found out about Spike Lee & Do The Right Thing

Malcolm X, double cassette

Movie length so long it wouldn't fit on one VHS

At the best it gave my parents a few hours to rest

And do whatever they wanted - But I don't want to guess,

At that age a couple of Black Tapes

Would get us through a summer and a winter break