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Infernal Soiree

from Cautionary Tales by Charming Disaster

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    Featuring illustrations by the following artists:
    Carrie Alexandria Caster
    Ellia Bisker
    Dame Darcy
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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
    Ben Shafer
    Jacquelyn Marie Shannon
    Turtle Grenade
    Vincent Vaughan
    Steven Warrick
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"A dark velvet waltz that sounds like a set piece for a Lemony Snicket book or a Tim Burton film." - Yes Weekly

Live version (performed at the Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology, Mancelona, MI): youtu.be/eXIhSfycg2Y

lyrics

I'm so tired of dancing every night in this terrible place
Even when I'm waking I still hear the music play
There's no rest in sleeping, when I close my eyes I'm taken away
To spin and waltz unceasing until the break of day

Iron bells ring
Silver harp strings
Leaden singing
Never ending

Ever since I tasted the banquet from that horrible house
Food or wine is wasted, it all turns to ash in my mouth
How my heart is haunted, am I cursed or under a spell
Spend my life enchanted, a tale I can never tell

Iron bells ring
Silver harp strings
Leaden singing
Never ending

Is it the light from my candle or the light of the moon
That casts the dancing shadows on the walls of the room
The soles of my slippers they are worn straight through
I don't know how on earth I could explain to you
If it's even true, if only I knew, what can I do

The day is nearly over, the setting sun gives one final gleam
I'm swept up like a feather, in a strange recurring dream
Dancers swirl around me in this mad infernal soiree
Their wild eyes surround me, there's no hope for any escape

Iron bells ring
Silver harp strings
Leaden singing
Never ending

credits

from Cautionary Tales, released April 21, 2017
Written & composed by Ellia Bisker & Jeff Morris

Ellia Bisker: Vocals/Piano
Jeff Morris: Vocals/Piano
Noah Hoffeld: Cello
Marandi Hostetter: Violin

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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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