STRIPMINING
First released 1988
Stripmining was written in 1985 as a response to the devastating Mexican earthquake of that year. It remained in the setlist until as late as 1992 and is reportedly Tim’s favourite track on the Strip-Mine LP.
WHERE TO GET
Strip-Mine (JIMLP 2), CAS (JIMC 2), CD (JIMCD 2)
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
LYRICS
When the world swallows whole all you've known
There are no landmarks you can recognise
Where is the jewel that will never fade
Will not decay with old age
Maybe a death, maybe the depression
Those things you thought you could lean on
Are suddenly just an impression
Well, if you put your trust in things of dust
You're gonna feel the pain of loss
The pain of loss
When the world swallows whole all you have known
There are no landmarks you can recognise
We've got no understanding of this body's needs
We've got no understanding of real philosophy
We've got no understanding of mortality
So we keep putting our trust in things that rust
And then we feel the pain of loss
Keep putting my trust in things that rust
And then I feel the pain of loss
La la la loss (repeat to fade)