Omnibus from SPACETIME by The Double Happiness

If buses could talk, their tales would be stranger than fiction.

Omnibus (a bus for all), opens with a clear and non-negotiable instruction from a teacher on the dreaded bus duty, telling her students to get back on the bus. The bus in question is ‘The Hundy’ - the infamous Inala-Forest Lake bus route which can be found heading into Brisbane’s South-West. Rumour has it that some bus drivers refuse to drive this route.

Enter Trevor McManus. He poses a juxtaposition to the expected chaos of ‘The Hundy’. His fixation on numbers and all things straight-laced make him the unlikely hero.

Tracklist

1.	Omnibus	4:19

Lyrics

Get back on the bus, get back on the bus
Omnibus, get back on the bus, omnibus
Omnibus, get back on the bus, omnibus
Get back on the bus
Get back on the bus, get back on the bus
Omnibus, get back on the bus, omnibus
Omnibus
Get back on the bus
Omnibus
Get back on the bus

Trevor Mcmanus was controlled and precise
He chewed thirty times, swallowed everything twice
Though he travelled the hundy, he never did cuss
Like other vile addicts, frequenting the bus
The swearing, the yelling, inappropriate verbs
Trevor breathed slowly to settle his nerves

It was never like Trevor to be early or late
But as luck would have it, a strange twist of fate
Before Trevor realised, his wristwatch ran fast
Early to bus stop, cars zooming past
Pushed a young boy nearly knocked off his bike
The screeching of breaks
The driver
The fright

Get back on the bus
Get back on the bus
Omnibus
Get back on the bus
Omnibus
Get back on the bus
Omnibus

Credits

from SPACETIME, released September 12, 2025

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