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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
    Ben Eshleman
    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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lyrics

Snake bit, you went down into the dark black pit
In my elbow's inner hollow, snake bit
Without you life was just a black pit
you should have never tried to follow

I set out with my telecaster
To charm the bouncer at the pearly gate
I was trying to avert disaster
It was already too late

When they called me in to grant your favor
I was starting to accept my fate
You stood there like some kind of savior
It should have been a piece of cake

Chorus:
Snake bit
Snake bit
Snake bit

You wept, for a chance to bring me back from death
I never learned to let go, I wept
You sang into that black pit of death
And hell, it opened like a red rose

I heard my favorite song
Blood flowed from my fingers
make a path to guide you on
But you should have let me linger

Since you left me I’ve been haunted
Yeah I shuffled off that mortal chain
You never asked me what I really wanted
You left me in a world of pain

(chorus)

gods take pity on me
let me strike a devil’s bargain
I would do anything
to bring her back outside your garden
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all, i’d give it up
i’d give it all

Snake bit, you went down into the dark black pit
And I brought you out behind me
Came to rescue though I never asked it
Why didn't you remind me

There was only one condition
No looking back to see your face
You could have been an apparition
You had to take it all on faith

Did you think you could just waltz in here
And carry me away
I made you turn back at the final moment
You were calling out my name

Face it, you were left alone when death hit
I sang all night over your body, wasted
what's a song if no one's there who hears it
I needed you beside me

(chorus)

credits

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

Ellia Bisker: Vocals/Ukulele
Jeff Morris: Vocals/Guitars
Don Godwin: Drums/Bass

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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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