Sloth of the Metropolis

from The Sloth Cycle (Volume 1) by Sloth Metropolis

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The sound of snores between bird tweets. The Sloth sleeps, for now...

A typical tenement block,
The hallway smelling of pish and bleach as it usually does.
But within one flat is a world of vine and leaf
The Sloth of the Metropolis in his own mini-Amazon
Lies languid on a branch
Reggae on his rather elaborate hi-fi system
As he drifts in and out of sleep
But it’s time for him to wake up…

“Wake up at midday and get on my clothes
Read my to-do list and do none of those
Switch on the lap top and watch a few shows
See how the world in a cup of tea grows”

“Hanging around in the middle of town
Out on a limb with my head hanging down
So soporific, can’t seem to come round
Rattling Ritalin king with no crown”

“And oh, I know I’m lazy now
But I’ll change somehow”

Sloth of the Metropolis,
Sweaty self-lobotomist
Bong smoke down oesophagus
Motiveless and motionless

He’s gotta wake up now…

Sloth of the Metropolis
he hears a ringing at his doorbell now
Oh what a sound
He tried to ignore
Somehow that ringing just rang out some more
Right to his core
Pulled himself off his branch
Turned down the stereo, walked down the hall
To answer the call
Oh SOTM
He turns the handle now, oh what has he found?

“Well It’s your mate Owen
And I’ve been owing you a visit for a while now
Get ready cuz we’re going
We’re going out into Glasgow town
I know you’re a sloth but you’ve got to get off
Of you’re branch and come on outside
You may be slow but you know you can catch up
Come on and give it a try”

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from The Sloth Cycle (Volume 1), released August 8, 2014

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SLOTH METROPOLIS is a musical mythology & ongoing sloth-themed rock opera told in prog, psych, folk and paper mache.

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