Shackleton – The Branch Is Weak

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  General Comment:It IS "the show-offs are easy," not sharks.
  
  The samples in the main part of the track come from a public information film warning children against playing near water. The creepy voice belongs to Donald Pleasance, playing the part of a river "demon," sort of a Grim Reaper who lives near the water, and tempts children to their deaths.
  
  "Show-offs" are easier for him to kill than "sensible children," he states later in a part that isn't sampled.
  
  Very creepy film, and makes for a very creepy track.

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  General Comment:I believe it's "the sharks are easy". makes more sense with the warnings-about-an-aquatic-body theme. Saying that the sharks are the least of your worries, implying that there are incomprehensible horrors in the water.

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    The lyrics come from an old BBC Public Service film called Dark and Lonely Water, aimed at keeping kids out of abandoned quarries and water-filled junk pits. Here is the line in question, from the BBC
    
    "The show-offs are easy. But the unwary ones are easier still. This branch is weak, rotten, it'll never take his weight."

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