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Blacksnake

from SPELLS + RITUALS by Charming Disaster

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  • The Charming Disaster Oracle Deck is suitable for divination, high-stakes gambling, or art appreciation. It contains 60 cards, each inspired by a different Charming Disaster song and depicting an archetype, concept, or character found in that song. The deck features original illustrations commissioned for this project from two dozen talented artists, silver gilt edging, and a 52-page divination guide booklet written in collaboration with arcanist and poet Jacob Rakovan, packaged in a handsome tuck box.

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    Featuring illustrations by the following artists:
    Carrie Alexandria Caster
    Ellia Bisker
    Dame Darcy
    Ted Enik & Shiloh Penfield
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    Camilla Finlay
    Omer Gal
    Devon Greig
    Bob Howard
    A. Nancy Koutsouflakis
    Erich S. Lehman
    Thos. Little
    Madame Onça
    Jeff Morris
    Carolyn Raship
    Logan Riley
    Jeff Ritchie
    Susan Saas
    Charles Schneider
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    Jacquelyn Marie Shannon
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about

“Blacksnake” is the secret title track of Charming Disaster's third album, SPELLS + RITUALS. It describes two powerful figures making efforts to protect themselves from each other using magic spells...or two musicians playing music together in a ritualistic way. Are they fighting for dominance or making a secret pact? Who will survive? Is it inspired by true events? Is it just a fever dream?

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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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from SPELLS + RITUALS, released June 7, 2019

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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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