Another Land

"Another Land" is a four part suite from The Residents' 1981 concept album, Mark of the Mole; the first part in the group's Mole Trilogy (1981-1985).
Consisting of four parts, "Rumors", "Arrival", "Deployment" and "Saturation", the suite tells of the Moles arriving in the city of the Chubs and immediately being exploited and disregarded by the Chubs.
==The suite==
*Rumors
*Arrival
*Deployment
*Saturation
==Synopsis ==
Everyone was talking. "The moles are coming! The moles are coming!" Indeed they were, tens of thousands of them. It was so exciting. The chubs knew moles were peaceful creatures, even if the stories about Innisfree did still include hideous torture. Chubs would no longer have to make the long trip to the pit edge to glory in the romanticism of Innisfree's adventures. Other chubs, more practical in the ways of commerce, saw an easy way to cut the cost of labor. The moles will need jobs, they thought. The chub mines were on the verge of showing huge profits, they knew.
The hole-workers did arrive, they were cheered and pitied by the chubs who all thought their plight most exciting. The moles were expected to be full of new stories about Innisfree. Many were given jobs, a few were even given good jobs, but most were turned away. The working moles helped the less fortunate, but time would have to improve the situation if the hole-workers were going to survive.Ima Buddy, Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS, 1992
==Lyrics==
=== Rumors ===
 Chub Woman:
 I heard a rumor from the east
 That the Pit Moles' battles with the beast
 Have left them mindless and sick,
 That west is where, their fingers say,
 Are new found sites that give them something to cling to.
 The rumors have them coming here
 Believing life is not so harsh.
 2nd Chub Woman:
 Life not so harsh, indeed.
 A hundred thousand refugees?
 Chub Man:
 The Pit Moles are coming, I heard just today;
 Our problems with labor have just been done away with.
 The Pit Moles will work hard and we'll barely pay;
 So eager to get work, they'll do things just the way we want.
 The Pit Moles are thrifty, their gods reassure
 That poverty's blissful; they like being destitute.
===Deployment===
 Chub:
 Need work?
 Need work?
 Sign here. Sign here.
===Saturation===
 Chub:
 Sorry! That's all we need now.
 Sorry! That's all we need.
 No... No... No more work now.
 The rest of you please leave.
==Credits==
*The Residents: Male Vocals, Synths, Guitar
*Nessie Lessons: Female Vocals
==List of releases==
*Mark of the Mole (1981)
*Mole Show (1983) - live version
*PAL TV LP (1985) - live version
*Mole Show (Live In Holland June 6th 1983) (1989) - live version
*In Memoriam Torso (1994)
*Mole Box (2019)
==See also==
*Mark of the Mole
*The Mole Trilogy
*Chubs
==External links and references==
*Mark of the Mole at The Residents Historical
Category:Songs‏‎
Category:The Mole Trilogy‏‎
Category:The Mole Show‏‎
Category:Mark of the Mole