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My blacksnake and my donkey keep the predators at bay
The coyotes and the copperheads stay well enough away
The power that protects me is a circle made of salt
But when you come to get me I won’t feel a thing at all
The vultures that surround me ride the thermals up on high
Yeah ever since you found me I’m afraid that I might die
The scarab on my pillow whispers vespers as I sleep
You saved me from the sparrows now my soul is yours to keep
Come morning we awaken to a garnet colored sky
The mirror cracked and broken making exes of my eyes
Can't turn away the darkness so instead I hold you tight
Yeah ever since you found me I’m afraid that I might die
CHORUS:
Light the fire
Sing the song
Hit the high hat
Kick the drum
Secret language
On the tongue
Something wicked
This way comes
There’s a light without any heat
It shines just for me my love
Shines just for me
There’s a night without a moon
It comes just for you my love
Comes just for you
Heat haze on the highway there’s a shimmer in the air
Out on the horizon there’s a figure standing there
Strange hallucinations as the sky is growing thin
From the corners of my vision see the shadows closing in
Is it just sleep deprivation or the ergot on the rye
Yeah ever since you found me I’m afraid that I might die
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2. |
Wishing Well
04:09
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Farewell wishing well, I've said what's on my mind
There's no more to tell, but take another dime
I must be moving on
Now that shadows grow long
I never was the superstitious kind
What is this waking me down in the deep
Voice like a silver coin rings in my sleep
Don't be so hasty no don't turn your back
I could deliver you all that you ask
CHORUS:
We’ve done all we can do all by ourselves
Everybody needs a little help
Stuck in place, it's been so long
A little push will keep us going
What sweet melody echoes soft and low
No one here but me yet I am not alone
Did I wake up in a dream
That's no reflection I see
Swimming in the water down below
Begging your pardon I know what you wish
Let's make a bargain and both benefit
So much ambition and I hold the key
My proposition is
Down in the wishing well
(Chorus)
Black hair, skin so fair, eyes of jaded green
A beauty with an emerald stare so hungry and so sweet
How can I be sure
Such a slippery creature
Will keep her fishy promises to me
Treasures and riches and servants and silks
Power to bend all the world to your will
Glory or love or whatever you seek
I’ll grant your wishes
Down in the wishing well
Come in the water / Fall in the water
Come swim in the water / Deep dark cold water
Down in the wishing well / Way down in the wishing well
(Chorus)
Farewell wishing well, I leave you with this song
I’m free from the spell that held me for so long
Is it such a wicked thing
For one who would be king
To grant dominion of this wet abode
Ten thousand gods damn you I was such a fool
Snared by your serpent tongue, trapped in this pool
I swear by the sky that’s now ringed by these stones
Misfortune will find you
Down in the wishing well
Down in the wishing well
Down in the wishing well
Down in the wishing well
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3. |
Baba Yaga
02:52
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Have you seen it in the glen
Her cottage up on chicken legs
Better hope that she ain’t home
She'll suck the marrow from your bones
Sweet old lady she is not
Stick you in her stewing pot
CHORUS:
Baba Yaga Oooh
Baba Yaga Ahhh
Wise old crone or wicked witch
Got a broom of silver birch
She might give you what you need
Amanita, poppy seed
Sweep away all trace or track
You don’t want her coming back
(Chorus)
Country girls and merchants’ sons
What’s the reason you have come
By compulsion or free will
Or brought here by my spinning wheel
Seeking apples made of gold
Ask my sister she would know
(Chorus)
Turn her comb into a forest
When it’s time for you to flee
Her kerchief to a river
Her mirror to the sea
With her mortar & her pestle
She will follow close behind
You are spinning on her spindle
She’ll unravel you in time
Lives behind a fence of skulls
There’s still room for just one more
Served by disembodied hands
Mistress of the borderlands
Bony leg and iron teeth
Give her something good to eat
Baba Yaga Oooh
Baba Yaga Ahhh
Baba Yaga Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga
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4. |
Devil May Care
04:09
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The devil can run, the devil can hide
In the tiny details or the morning sky
The devil’s a star and he’s got a new band
He plays the guitar with his idle hands
The devil is bored in the deep blue sea
He’s got my number and he’s calling me
There’s nothing to say so we talk of old times
When he had his wings and I had mine
CHORUS:
Take it from me, cause I ought to know
You got a right to get in trouble
Freedom to rise, freedom to fall
You got a right to get in trouble
The devil you love is the devil you knew
The devil you know is an empty suit
Nobody to tempt and nobody to save
Just predestination and DNA
The devil can't help, though the devil may care
The devil makes three when we’re standing here
The devil can deal any hand you choose
Damned if you don't, damned if you do
(Chorus)
The devil's at work and he's gotta stay late
Heaven's a nightmare and hell can wait
All the red tape, oh what's it all for
Nothing makes sense to him anymore
One of these days when it all goes black
He'll take a vacation and not come back
Lie on the beach and work on his tan
Write all our names on a grain of sand
(Chorus)
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5. |
Blue Bottle Blues
03:56
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Pine pitch, turpentine
Don't drink poison, baby, better drink wine
Solvent, acetone
Mind you mark the bottle with a skull and bones
CHORUS:
You got the blue bottle blues
When you wake up in the night
Don't make a big mistake
Cause you can never make it right
When you reach out for the vial
Feel the ridges in the glass
It's a matter of survival
Better watch your back
Powder, arsenic
Spoonful in your cocoa gonna make you sick
Strychnine, cyanide
Keeps on getting harder simply staying alive
(Chorus)
When it's time for you to go
Like Juliet or Romeo
There is something you should know
There is no, no antidote
There is no, no antidote
Bootleg alcohol
Toxic or intoxicating, who can tell
Morphine, rest your head
What was that precaution that the doctor said?
Almond, bitter taste
Swallow down your medicine it leaves no trace
Foul play, accident
Watch out for your loved ones and your careless self
(Chorus)
There is no, no antidote...
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6. |
Heart of Brass
03:29
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In the dirigible’s gondola, the clouds fog up your monocle
You wipe it with a handkerchief embroidered with a monogram
Looking for lost continents, you’d better check your pocket watch
We won’t be home for luncheon but they’ll keep the platters warm
CHORUS:
Not as pure as gold (a captive of the scientist)
Not as sharp as glass (he practiced his/her experiments)
Not as strong as stone (flesh and blood will never last)
My baby’s got a heart of brass
Underneath the diving bell, return to the submersible
Before the lonely nautilus can wrap you in its tentacles
Moistening your handkerchief to polish your discoveries
The needle of the compass doesn’t point to any north
(Chorus)
Quince paste laced with laudanum will get you through the tedium
Of waiting to be rescued from inside the sanitarium
The esoteric brotherhood suspect you’re up to nothing good
The ampule in your handkerchief will put them all to sleep
We’re all some kind of machine
We’re only cogwheels, pistons and steam
All of us powered by water and heat
It makes our tick-tock hearts beat beat beat beat
Beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat
The automaton forever sits, its hand upon the writing desk
Gently grips a fountain pen that circumscribes an arabesque
Deciphering the messages encrypted by the alchemist
A handkerchief will wipe away the secrets that it keeps
(Chorus)
Floating down the Amazon, we wonder if we’ve gone too far and
Plunge into the whirlpool at the basin of the waterfall
Scribbling this chronicle, the fog clouds up your monocle
A handkerchief can stopper up our message in a bottle
We have left it gently bobbing on the surface of the water
As we sail around the spiral into mystery or miracle
Cry into your scry glass, inquire of your oracle
Squint into your spyglass, you can see us wave farewell
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7. |
Keep Moving
02:50
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Wake up somewhere different every morning
But it all looks just the same
Must be something special about this place
But lord knows that we can’t stay
Riding down the interstate
All the signs they seem to say
Keep moving keep moving keep moving keep moving
Fast food chains and mini marts
Strip malls and the parking lots
CHORUS:
Keep moving keep moving keep moving keep moving
Keep moving keep moving keep moving keep moving
Close your eyes and spin around in circles
Till you can’t tell where you are
If we run out of money honey
We can always pawn that old guitar
Static on the radio
Headlights hit the open road
Keep moving keep moving keep moving keep moving
Where we heading, we don't know
Wake me when we're getting close
(Chorus)
Ask yourself what are you running from
And do you think that you can run forever
If you find what you are looking for
Would you stand still or would you still
(Chorus)
Some folks say the secret of redemption
Is to understand your sin
Someday we'll be ready
When we finally turn that pawnshop ticket in
If we go back home again
Won't know how this story ends
Keep moving keep moving keep moving keep moving
Chase that double yellow line
Devil can't be far behind
(Chorus)
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8. |
Belladonna Melodrama
05:21
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Out my window, in the alley
There’s a figure dressed in black
On the nightstand lies a pistol
And a letter sealed in wax
Isabella, please indulge me
rouse your self and pack your things
Alexander, is he watching?
Oh my darling let’s set sail tonight
Under cover of the darkness
Now or never get the horses
Meet the captain at the tavern
He’s a drunkard, can we trust him?
I remember when my father
In convulsions on his deathbed
Pulled me closer, in a whisper
Made me promise to avenge him
Was it sickness? was it madness?
Some disease that wracked his frame?
Deadly poison from a dagger
While defending his good name
My god, could it be those very forces
That are seeking our destruction
Did he tell you any secrets?
I have followed his instructions
We are pawns in a game
Of some deep dark design
Pieces in play
But the board is on fire
Whose will is at work
In this sinister plan
Are we moved in the dark
By mysterious hands?
Waves are whipping, ship is tossing
I can barely hear you speak
Is the letter safely hidden?
Would it be safer with me?
Isabella, don’t be frightened
We have left them in the distance
We have proof that will destroy them
Me and you the only witness
Is that a shadow or the shape of
Someone swimming in the water?
Were we followed? Doesn’t matter
Soon we’ll be across the channel
We have parts in a play
Of some deep dark design
Thrust on the stage
But the boards are on fire
Caught in the plot
Of a sinister plan
Are we marionettes
In mysterious hands?
Crack of lightning splits the darkness
Deck is listing hard to starboard
Ship is sinking, where's the captain?
In the lifeboat, we're abandoned
For the last time, Alexander
Isabella, please unhand me
I must have that cursed letter
Do you think I knew no better?
You will never see that message
Then you'll die here to protect it
Mind the pistol Is it loaded?
Let it go now hand it over
Alexander, I am dying
As my life blood flows from me
Isabella will you tell me
Who directs your treacherous deeds
Oh my darling, ere I perish
Please believe I loved you truly
Was it Masons? Rosicrucians?
Jesuits? Illuminati?
Unseen powers in the shadows
Never named but in a whisper
Trade the secret for one last kiss...
Belladonna on your lipstick
We are trapped in a maze
Of some deep dark design
Seeking escape
But the walls are on fire
Who is to blame
For this sinister plan
The society of
The mysterious hand
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9. |
Fire Eater
03:00
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I don't remember the heat
Or the smell of fuel, or being afraid
Just the thrill of living through it
Like letting a tiger lick my bared white throat
After that I was hooked
I learned how to extinguish the flame
Or keep it lit inside me, made my body welcome
The play of the torch across my skin
CHORUS:
I opened and let it in
I opened and let it in
I opened and let it in
Opened and let it in
Nothing I’d ever tried before
Could satisfy my insatiable desire for more
My heart nearly stopped
The ambulance sang my name more times than once
I needed danger’s rush
Adrenaline to light me up
That fight or flight all dancing in my blood
And on my tongue like medicine
(Chorus)
Burn away clean
Flicker and breathe
The light and the heat
Within me consuming
So sweet is this thing
Licking my fingers
And whispering
Open to me
Ever since I first lowered the blazing
Torch between my teeth
It takes sriracha poured on everything I eat
To make it hot enough for me
It's all I need, my love
My food and drink, religion and my drug
The razor and glass, my trouble
The bottle, the needle and spoon never sizzled
so sweet as this thing
(Chorus)
So sweet is this thing
Licking my fingers
And whispering
Open to me
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Be my bride of Frankenstein
Girl I wanna make you mine
I'll give you a shiny rock
Zap you with electric shock
I got an updo with a lightning bolt
Come a little closer for a thousand volts
I'm gonna love you though you're not so smart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
Igor and the doctor said
Someday son you'll still be dead
Good woman is hard to find
Make me one to make her mine
I got an updo with a lightning bolt
Come a little closer for a thousand volts
I'm gonna love you though you're not so smart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
Fire bad
Fire bad
Put away your pitchfork baby don't be mad
Fire bad
Fire bad
Show me what you're doing in the doctor's lab
Stitch you up and set you free
Darling won't you marry me
Promise till death do we part
But for us that's just the start
I got an updo with a lightning bolt
Come a little closer for a thousand volts
I'm gonna love you though you're not so smart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
Say I do and I'll give you my monster heart
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11. |
Soft Apocalypse
02:22
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Sirens wail
Everywhere
Don’t you worry worry baby
Power’s out
Twist and shout
Let’s have a party party baby
The lights have gone out
This is what we talked about
The sun’s turning red
Grab the things you’ve prepared
Get your coat
Time to go
You better hurry hurry baby
You know where
Meet me there Let’s have a party party baby
There are no more rules
We can start something new
A kingdom of two
Empty homes and swimming pools
There’s no help
Save yourself
Take what you can carry carry baby
Dance between
The dead machines
Let’s have a party party baby
This is no drill
It’s no dream, it’s all real
Close your eyes, make a wish
We’ve been waiting for this
Oh the end of the world’s
Not as bad as you’ve heard
Just a kiss on the lips
From a soft apocalypse
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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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