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Monsters
03:00
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We live in the black
We eat when we can
Pulled in by your heart
Pumping in the dark
Gonna make you mine
Can’t help what we hunger for
With appetites of carnivores
Teeth and talons, horns and fur
We are grotesque and powerful
Gonna make you mine
Gonna make you mine
Monsters
what we want’s unspeakable
Your body, bloody, visceral
Don’t we belong here in this world
Gonna make you mine
Gonna make you mine
We live in the black
We eat when we can
Pulled in by your heart
Pumping in the dark
Gonna make you mine
Can’t help what we hunger for
(We live in the black)
With appetites of carnivores
(We eat when we can)
Teeth and talons, horns and fur
(Pulled in by your heart)
We are grotesque and powerful
(Pumping in the dark)
Monsters
what we want’s unspeakable
Your body, bloody, visceral
Don’t we belong here in this world
Gonna make you mine
Gonna make you mine
Gonna make you mine
Gonna make you mine
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2. |
Mold and the Metals
04:03
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Sometimes I think it’s the mold and the metals
That make me this way
I’ve tried to detox but you know there’s nowhere
to throw it away
Contaminants accumulate
in tissue and bone
Spinning out their filaments
Never leave me alone
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
It’s in the food chain that’s how the pollution
gets under my skin
There is no science for how to survive
all that I’ve taken in
how can I be purified
of what’s taken hold
a parasite so deep inside
Never leaves me alone
Never leaves me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Sometimes I think it’s the mold and the metals
that make me this way
Never leave me alone
(I’ve tried to detox but you know there’s nowhere
to throw it away)
Never leave me alone
(Sometimes I think it’s the mold and the metals
that make me this way)
Never leave me alone
(I’ve tried to detox but you know there’s nowhere
to throw it away)
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
Never leave me alone Oh Oh Oh
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3. |
Grimoire
04:05
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She has a green face and flying monkeys
She wears scarves and leather and lace
She lives in Africa, on the island of Ææa,
in a tower, in a chicken-leg hut, in Peoria
She is solitary
She comes in threes
She’s a member of a coven
Sometimes she’s a he
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door
She rides a broomstick, or a bicycle
She’s all freedom and speed and scorch
She is stunning, hideous, hesitant, confident
Furious, curious, glorious, monstrous
She is our downfall
She’s our deliverance
She’s a higher being
Surrounded by beasts
She’s lurking in the forest
She lives deliciously
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door
Write your grimoire
Speak your grammar
Make it grimmer
Cast your glamour
Write your grimoire
Speak your grammar
Make it grimmer
Cast your glamour
She has a taste for incantation
She’s got a sulfur tooth
She reads the cards and stars
making magic in the margins
is it myth, is it music, is it truth
she’s a pagan priestess
the Witch of the East
in Ancient Egypt
or New York City
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door, what do you see
When she opens the door
Write your grimoire
Speak your grammar
Make it grimmer
Cast your glamour
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4. |
Hellebore
04:00
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Take a walk in the garden
Now the waxing moon is high
Gather up the pale night blossoms
To quell your heart’s desire
Say the words long forgotten
Blow the smoke and fan the fire
Circle up something’s calling
Time has come to fill the sky
Hellebore henbane
Mandrake moonshade
Hemlock wormwood
Foxglove monkshood
scrape the earth with your fingers
dig deep and find the root
what’s the key to its danger
will it be revealed to you
Hellebore henbane
Mandrake moonshade
Hemlock wormwood
Foxglove monkshood
Milkweed snake wood
yew tree bloodroot
Angel’s trumpet
Poppy death’s cup
you don’t know all the secrets
but you can glean the truth
it’s beyond good and evil
burn the leaves and eat the fruit
Hellebore henbane
Mandrake moonshade
Hemlock wormwood
Foxglove monkshood
Milkweed snake wood
yew tree bloodroot
Angel’s trumpet
Poppy death’s cup
Hellebore henbane
Mandrake moonshade
Hemlock wormwood
Foxglove monkshood
Milkweed snake wood
yew tree bloodroot
Angel’s trumpet
Poppy death’s cup
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5. |
Bat Song
04:45
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Flapping in the dark
On leather wings
If you listen closely
You can hear me sing
Send my voice
Where I cannot see
It echoes sends an image
Bouncing back to me
Chorus:
My love is blind
Tell me are you
One of my kind
My love is blind
Tell me are you
One of my kind
Strangest dreams
When I'm fast asleep
Hanging upside down
From the ceiling
Claws and fur
Needle teeth
A little black umbrella
With a heart that beats
(Chorus)
When the sun goes down
I’ll leave my little hollow
And trace a crooked line
Over the summer meadow
Can you see the sound
On a piece of shadow
A drop of blood
You wouldn't miss
If you let me
I'll give you a little kiss
Fish or fowl
Bird or beast
Just what kind of creature
Is a thing like me
(Chorus)
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6. |
Disembodied Head
02:55
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Wake up one day and here you are
You’re just a brain inside a jar
You need some air you go outside
Ten thousand heads are floating by
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
Now what you get is what you see
you’re on your own got nobody
you tell yourself that you’ll get by
you have an active inner life
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
It’s nice it’s nice
To try to find
Advice that you
Can get behind
Put it on ice
You might decide
It takes more time
To change your mind
they say success
is worth the wait
you close your eyes
you meditate
The more you seek
You come to find
All that you are
Is in your mind
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
It’s nice it’s nice
To try to find
Advice that you
Can get behind
Put it on ice
You might decide
It takes more time
To change your mind
Disembodied head
You’re disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
Disembodied head
You’re a disembodied head
Disembodied
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7. |
Six Seeds
04:10
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The only trees that grow down here
Bear fruits like scarlet bombs
I hold one heavy in my hand
Will it blow me to kingdom come
Each segment like a precious gem
The jewels bright on my tongue
I taste the rubies soft as caviar
As sweet as summer sun
CHORUS
Six seeds sing to me
Six seeds send me underground
Six seeds set me free
Show me what I’ve never seen
Drink me down like grenadine
My heart is in your hands I see
(Sing to me)
Your fingers stained with red just like the
(Set me free)
Summer sun I’ll help you to forget
When I look in the mirror
(Sing to me)
I’m divided in two parts
(Set me free)
The daylight warms my skin
The night wraps round my heart
(Chorus)
I’ve been waiting my whole life for
Your attention and your smile
You and I will rule this nightmare
Day by day and side by side
I don’t ask for all your time
Just forever will you be mine
(CHORUSx2)
Your season comes around again
(Six seeds sing to me)
The winter world above
(Six seeds set me free)
As I descend into the dark my friend
My enemy my love
My enemy my love
My enemy my love
My enemy my love
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8. |
Paris Green
02:21
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Paint a picture inside a dream
Wash the garden in Paris Green
Flowers framing a distant view
Under a heaven of Prussian Blue
Stars and planets come out tonight
Moon is glowing in China White
Picture an angel with eyes of lead
Trace the image in Saturn Red
Make immortal what you have seen
Paint a picture in Paris Green
When you’ve done what you have to do
Flowers blooming in Prussian Blue
Take the matches set them alight
Stars and planets shine China White
Don’t look backward don’t turn your head
Chase the angel in Saturn Red
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9. |
Manta Rays
02:53
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Here are some amazing things about manta rays
They resemble magical flying carpets, or mysterious capes
Some call them devil fish
Or eagle rays
Is that another name for them, or just one kind?
We're not sure
They are migratory over the ocean
What do they eat? Zooplankton
They exhibit a dark intelligence
They are salt water dwelling
They can grow up to 7 meters wide
That's 23 feet!
Manta rays
We don’t know why they do the things they do
But one day
I would like to ride one
I would like to ride one too
I would like to ride one too
Are they electrical? No.
Do they have eye stalks or antennae?
Not eye stalks, cephalic lobes
Are their mouths on bottom like vacuum? No.
Do they sleep?
We’re not sure
Manta rays
We don’t know why they do the things they do
But one day
I would like to ride one
I would like to ride one too
I would like to ride one too
They have a vestigial sting barb
They cannot swim backwards
They are cousins to sharks and skates
They're kind of hard to talk to
Two words: LIVE PUPS
Are they immortal? We’re not sure
Manta rays
We don’t know why they do the things they do
But one day
I would like to ride one
I would like to ride one too
I would like to ride one too
I would like to ride one too
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10. |
Wrong Way Home
03:45
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Why don’t we take the wrong way home
No one’s calling on the telephone
Dream in the head and a lightning stone
Nothing gonna touch us in a thunderstorm
Wake up again with the sun in your face
Day after day it’s the same
Pack up your bags like you did yesterday
Get to the next starting place
Put on your makeup and get on the stage
Tell a new tale every night
Stand still the sets and the scenery change
Are we just ghosts in the light of the ghost light
Why don’t we take the wrong way home
No one’s calling on the telephone
Dream in the head and a lightning stone
Nothing gonna touch us in a thunderstorm
What do we need to keep us going on
Half a deck of cards and suitcase drum
What do we do when we’ve lost our way
Trail of lucky pennies gonna get us home safe
What do we need
What do we do
Why don’t we take the wrong way home
No one’s calling on the telephone
Dream in the head
and a lightning stone
Nothing gonna touch us in a thunderstorm
travelers we wander all over the world
tracing a shape we can’t see
home’s not a place it is only a word:
where we are trying to be
Day after day it is never the same
Look at the clouds in the sky
Pack up your bags like you did yesterday
Wake with the sun in your eyes
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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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