I indeed want to live on an abstract plane—not as escape from the material world but, on the contrary, as a way to rediscover the material world and its rich array of interconnection.
I could sit on the roof / On top of that abstract house / See my abstract view /
An abstract mouse / I want to live on an abstract plain
I need a new address / Tell me I’m not insane / Is it up or down? / I want to live on an abstract plain
I’ve had it with this town / I never saw those shifting skies / I never saw the ground / Or the sunset rise /I want to live on an abstract plain
I’m building a frame / A place to put my ten-yard stare / Thinking of that paint / Painted in plain air / I want to live on an abstract plain
I need a new address / I want some new terrain / Is it North or South? / I want to live on an abstract plain
I could sit on the roof / On top of that abstract house / See my abstract view /
An abstract mouse / I want to live on an abstract plain
— Frank Black