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String Break Song

from Cautionary Tales 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
    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
    Zalman Zuckerbraun     ... more
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about

"A strangely comforting and fitting ode to the natural order of decline, the way of all flesh, the destined expenditure of our vital resources, a kind of lilting pop lullaby about the demise of organic matter and the inescapable extinguishing of our flames." - Yes Weekly

lyrics

Everything breaks down eventually
It's all just a matter of entropy
Thermodynamics and gravity
We're all gonna fall in the end

When you play the record the needle gets dull
It’s tragically irreversible
you know some erosion's inevitable
When you rub up against the world

You’re locked in a box - try to hold your breath
Conserve what remains of the air that’s left
If you don’t breathe you’ll smother yourself
But every inhale brings you closer to death

Everything breaks down eventually
We're all decomposing gradually
into atoms and cells and vanity
all our constituent parts

You can’t make sparks without friction
Or music or love or nonfiction
That’s just the price of admission
You can’t ride the ride without wearing it out

still locked in a box - try to hold your breath
conserve what remains of the air that’s left
if you don’t breathe you’ll smother yourself
but every inhale brings you closer to death

Chaos is going to win in the end
The universe is flying apart
There ain’t nothing much you can do about it
burn up the candle or live in the dark

burn up the candle or live in the dark
burn up the candle or live in the dark
burn up the candle or live in the dark

credits

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

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

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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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