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Taro
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Rock
Taro was released on May 28, 2012 by Canvasback/ATL as a part of the album An Awesome Wave
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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Keyboards
Gwilym Sainsbury
Gwilym Sainsbury
Bass Guitar
Thom Green
Thom Green
Drums
St. Ronan's Chamber Choir
St. Ronan's Chamber Choir
Background Vocals
Rachael Lander
Rachael Lander
Cello
Kirsty Mangan
Kirsty Mangan
Violin
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Gus Unger-Hamilton
Songwriter
Gwilym Sainsbury
Gwilym Sainsbury
Songwriter
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
Songwriter
Thom Green
Thom Green
Songwriter
Kirsty Mangan
Kirsty Mangan
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dick Beetham
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer
Charlie Andrew
Charlie Andrew
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep
Two feet, creep up the road
To photo, to record, meat lumps and war
They advance as does his chance
Oh, very yellow-white flash
A violent wrench grips mass
Rips light, tears limbs like rags
Burst so high, finally Capa lands
Mine is a watery pit
Painless with immense distance
From medic, from colleague, friend, enemy, foe
Him five yards from his leg
From you, Taro
[Verse 2]
Do not spray into eyes
I have sprayed you into my eyes
[Verse 3]
3:10 PM, Capa pends death
Quivers, last rattle, last chokes
All colours and cares glaze to grey
Shrivelled and stricken to dots
Left hand grasps what the body grasps not
Le photographe est mort
3.1415, alive no longer my amour
Fated for home, May of '54
Doors open like arms, my love
Painless with a great closeness
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing
Reunited with his leg and with you, Taro
Taro
[Verse 4]
Do not spray into eyes
I have sprayed you into my eyes
[Verse 5]
(Hey Taro)
Written by: Gus Unger-Hamilton, Gwilym Sainsbury, Joe Newman, Thom Sonny Green

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