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Bad Luck Hard Rock
04:04
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Our lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Beneath the gently swaying pines
Inside a deep dark hole
If you dare to take what’s mine
I will eat your soul
Fit this mountain in your spoon
Feel the hot embrace
All the fairy tales are true
It will turn your bones to the finest lace
Bad luck
Hard rock
No matter how you slice it
Or break it apart
Live once
Die twice
Find a little magic
But it won’t play nice
Take your shovel and your pick
No need to ask why
Got another grave to dig
Under a silver moon and a cobalt sky
Bad luck
Hard rock
No matter how you slice it
Or break it apart
Live once
Die twice
Find a little magic
But it won’t play nice
It’s a miracle
It’s a miracle
With this treasure comes a curse
Folded in the ore
You can say it could be worse
I’ll give you more than what you bargained for
Bad luck
Hard rock
No matter how you slice it
Or break it apart
Live once
Die twice
Send you up my daughter
But she won’t play nice
Send you up my daughter
But she won’t play nice
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2. |
Forces of Nature
05:10
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It must be a beautiful thing
A thing that I dare not conceive
To be hypnotized by our dreams
We could work side by side we would have all we need
Ride our bicycles down to the sea
Sun and the sand and the breeze
We could spread out a blanket and read
Together consider the great mysteries
Let us explore the forces of nature
Making a light in the dark
Stay with me for the rest of our days dear
Nothing will tear us apart
Come with me across the way
Finally our very own space
Where we’ll while the hours away
And walk home to eat at the end of the day
I catch a brief glimpse of your face
As you carefully measure and weigh
Your beauty as you concentrate
Reminds me that this is our natural state
Let us explore the forces of nature
Making a light in the dark
Stay with me for the rest of our days dear
Nothing will tear us apart
We visit the lab in the night
You slip your hand into mine
We're bathed in a fairy blue light
We’ve opened a door that no others could find
A theory is just a design
A scribble of chalk in our minds
But now we have brought it to life
A shining bright future for all humankind
Let us explore the forces of nature
(Eat drink sleep be idle love and touch)
Making a light in the dark
(The sweetest things of life but not succumb)
Stay with me for the rest of our days dear
(Eat drink sleep be idle love and touch)
Nothing will tear us apart
(The sweetest things of life but not succumb)
Let us explore the forces of nature
Making a light in the dark
Stay with me for the rest of our days dear
(Eat drink sleep be idle love and touch)
Nothing will tear us apart
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3. |
Elemental
02:57
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Neither daily life nor my fatigue
Exists here in this moment
Purity, transparence
I am floating in the ocean
Grand and calm and deep
It is a refuge against evil
I concentrate my soul
Till I dissolve in it completely
I fix my eye on one point
To begin my meditation
The feeling of precision
In my deft manipulation
I can hear my own heart beating
As I hold my breath suspended
In the stillness of my spirit
There is nothing but the question
These days
Following a vision
Of grace
Leads me to the source
Sustains
Through doubt and indecision
Creates
An elemental force
These days
Here in this moment
Of grace
I am floating in the ocean
Sustains
A refuge against evil
Creates
I dissolve in it completely
I fix my eye on one point to begin
Following a vision
The feeling of precision
Leads me to the source
I can hear my own heart beating
Through doubt and indecision
In the stillness of my spirit
An elemental force
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4. |
Power of the Sun
04:44
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Silvery white in color
Blackening in the air
The metal rusts as soon as it’s forged
A powder as unremarkable
As commonplace table salt
but throw it over your shoulder and it’s transformed
Is it the burning bush of Moses
How the fires don’t go out
Or that old perpetual motion
That we’ve dreamed so long about
And the glowing tubes of glass
Look like enchanted fairy lights
Suspended in the darkness
They are gleaming in the night
What have we done (We’ve set in motion)
We’re flying too (A chain reaction)
Close to the sun (Natural progression)
Out of control (The power of the sun)
Maybe it was irresponsible
The genie is out of the bottle
With a fever to boil its own weight in ice
It’s the alpha and omega
And gamma and beta
Passes through matter with X-ray eyes
It was a god in ancient Egypt
When the pyramids did rise
By the light of that eternal
Burning disc up in the sky
Then the chariot descended
To the darkness underground
The golden horse-drawn carriage
Was too heavy to slow down
What have we done (We’ve set in motion)
We’re flying too (A chain reaction)
Close to the sun (Natural progression)
Out of control (The power of the sun)
There’s no mistaking
Alchemical transmutation
Continual cycle of death and rebirth
Chemistry of the invisible
Hidden in mineral
Scattered like glittering stars in the earth
You’re chasing down a vision
Though the nights are dark and long
You can hear it calling
In the Geiger counter’s song
And the crucible is glowing
As it burns away your fears
The great work that you undertake
Lasts sixteen hundred years
What have we done (We’ve set in motion)
(Bad luck)
We’re flying too (A chain reaction)
(Hard rock)
Close to the sun (Natural progression)
No matter how you slice it
Out of control (The power of the sun)
(Or break it apart)
What have we done (We’ve set in motion)
(Live once)
We’re flying too (A chain reaction)
(Die twice)
Close to the sun (Natural progression)
(Find a little magic)
Out of control (The power of the sun)
(But it won’t play nice)
Bad luck
Hard rock
No matter how you slice it
Or break it apart
Live once
Die twice
Find a little magic
But it won’t play nice
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5. |
Eat Drink Sleep
04:54
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I’ll repeat your name again and always:
Pierre, Pierre, Pierre, my Pierre
You are gone and I am left with
Desolation and despair
Tender friend with whom I planned to spend
The rest of the years of my life
Now I’ll never hold your artistic hands
Never gaze in your luminous eyes
My dear Pierre, the work that we shared
Our purpose, our vision, our home
Never thought I’d have to go on without you
How can I continue alone?
Eat drink sleep be
Idle love and touch
The sweetest things
Of life but not succumb
Ma petite cherie, you can still find me
In the trees and the fields and the sky
Cast your sad eyes to the lily pond
My reflection is there by your side
I am all around you in the flowering broom
And the calls of the crickets and frogs
All are carried away by the wind
That caresses, then it is gone
Eat drink sleep be
Idle love and touch
The sweetest things
Of life but not succumb
Let us explore the forces of nature
Making a light in the dark
Now it's only me in our laboratory
In the silence of this half life
Awake until late while you sleep your last sleep
What are you dreaming this time?
Make life a dream, and make the dream real
And share with the world what it is
We are gathering shells with a hole in our pocket
We cannot hold onto such bliss
Eat drink sleep be
Idle love and touch
The sweetest things
Of life but not succumb
Stay with me for the rest of our days dear
Nothing will tear us apart
Eat drink sleep be
Idle love and touch
The sweetest things
Of life but not succumb
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6. |
Darkened Room
02:57
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You all can keep your convent
That life don’t suit me well
This is my finest moment
Here’s another story you can tell
When I was just a baby
An orphan with no home
The spirits came to save me
Taught me how to manage on my own
How many arms and legs has she?
Keep a close eye on my hands and feet
You might feel a little pinch or two
Is it just us in the darkened room
This ain’t no sideshow magic
There’s nothing up my sleeve
Nobody can explain it
People want so badly to believe
Why don’t we turn the tables
raised up by spirit hands
Make an investigation
Find out what you think you’ll understand
Study but nobody solves the mystery
Of this little girl from Napoli
Books and diplomas will do you no good
Class is getting started in the darkened room
Hear me moan and hear me wail
Swallow tongue and lizard tail
From my head a cold wind blows
Hear me wail and hear me moan
Eat drink sleep be
Idle love and touch
The sweetest things
Of life but not succumb
In this modern age of wonders
Things go bump in the night
Brand new atomic forces
Hold on tightly when we dim the lights
Let’s gather for the séance
There’s nothing to conceal
You can apply your science
Do you think that you can prove what’s real
Call me a faker call me a cheat
I crackle with electricity
Your wildest theories could be true
Come and find out in the darkened room
You all can keep your convent
That life don’t suit me well
This is my finest moment
Here’s another story you can tell
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7. |
Radium Girls
03:43
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Moisten the brush with the tip of your tongue
A delicate touch for the lines that you're painting
The second hand sweeps round the face of the clock
You number the hours and they glow in the dark
It's a miracle
All those factory girls
So invisible
Gonna light up the world
Dress in your best like you're going to church
They show you your desk with the rest of the workers
Radium girls make a generous wage
Breaking the dawn of the nuclear age
It's a miracle
All those factory girls
So invisible
Gonna light up the world
For any disease we can give you the cure
Your bones turn to dust in the light of the future
The darker the night the more brilliant it shines
Eternal flame burns for half of all time
It's a miracle
Moisten the brush with the tip of your tongue
A delicate touch for the lines that you're painting
The second hand sweeps round the face of the clock
You number the hours and they glow in the dark
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8. |
A Glow About Her
04:41
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Did you hear about the scandal
Did you read the paper
She can’t be a natural woman
His poor wife and children
His wife tried to save her honor
Published their love letters
Stolen right from the apartment
By the hired detective
Her friends thought she would mourn forever
Then one night she came to dinner
With a flower at her waistline and a glow about her
Everyone knew he was unhappy
His wife had a violent temper
Beat him with a wooden chair leg what a holy terror
These days
Duels over the slander
Fought with swords and pistols
Didn't have a leg to stand on
It was clear as crystal
Did they think no one would notice
They had no discretion
It was right under our noses
Never any question
Her friends thought she would mourn forever
Then one night she came to dinner
With a flower at her waistline and a glow about her
Everyone knew he was unhappy
His wife had a violent temper
Beat him with a wooden chair leg what a holy terror
These days
Come walk away with me from all this tawdry chatter
I’ll fight them all for you we are the only two that matter
If we could only stay here in our little sanctuary
I’ll hold you in my arms but I can’t keep this world at bay
I have done nothing that should cause my work to be diminished
I found a love when I thought love was gone and life was finished
Dragged through the mud my name my private face my reputation
I will not run I choose to risk my life and my position
These days
Duels over the slander
Fought with swords and pistols
Didn't have a leg to stand on
It was clear as crystal
Did they think no one would notice
They had no discretion
it was right under our noses
Never any question
Did you hear about the scandal
Did you read the paper
She can’t be a natural woman
His poor wife and children
His wife tried to save her honor
Published their love letters
Stolen right from the apartment
By the hired detective
Come walk away with me
From all this tawdry chatter
I’ll fight them all for you
We are the only two that matter
I have done nothing that should
Cause my work to be diminished
I found a love when I thought
Love was gone and life was finished
Dragged through the mud
(If we could only stay here)
My name my private face my reputation
(In our little sanctuary)
I will not run
(I’ll hold you in my arms)
I choose to risk my life and my position
(But I can’t keep this world at bay)
These days
Her friends thought she would mourn forever
Then one night she came to dinner
With a flower at her waistline and a glow about her
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9. |
Our Lady of Radium
04:49
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Promethean sister
From under from the earth
You send up your gifts
Unloosed from the mouth
Of a half-buried jar
Mysterious ills
Omens and signals
All over the city
All over the world
Invisible lightning
A furious wind
A rain of dead birds
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Did you have an itch
Did you make a wish
Did you lift the lid
Were you curious
Are you just like us
Do you know what you did
Only thing to do
Is to hope for the best
And expect the worst
So we say a prayer
Though our hands may crack
Like the yellowcake earth
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
I fix my eye on one point
To begin my meditation
The feeling of precision
In my deft manipulation
I can hear my own heart beating
As I hold my breath suspended
In the stillness of my spirit
There is nothing but the question
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
A new dawn breaks
But we can’t wake up
From a bad dream
We cannot escape
From a garden of roses
That make no seeds
Now we’ve picked the fruit
It’s too late to ask
Is it better to know
In a square wood box
That is lined with lead
A teaspoon of hope
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
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Charming Disaster Brooklyn, New York
Charming Disaster is a goth-folk duo based in Brooklyn, NY, formed in 2012 by Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris. Inspired by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write songs that tell stories about death, crime, myth, magic, folklore, and the occult. ... more
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