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Sympathetic Magic

from Cautionary Tales by Charming Disaster

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Check out the live version (performed at the Historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY): www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiUIPH4DvUM

lyrics

Can you feel this from a distance
what I'm doing with my pins
pull them from between my lips
and one by one I stick em in
not a cushion not a pillow
but a clever mannikin
if i covered it with kisses
would you feel them on your skin

I can feel you out there
doing it yet again
up to your old tricks dear
reaching out through thin air
uncontrolled twitches
sharp pain in my back
butterfly kisses
hot breath on my neck

Can you feel this from a distance
I can feel you out there
what I'm doing with my pins
doing it yet again
pull them from between my lips
up to your old tricks dear
and one by one I stick em in
reaching out through thin air
not a cushion not a pillow
uncontrolled twitches
but a clever mannikin
sharp pain in my back
if i covered it with kisses
butterfly kisses
would you feel them on your skin
hot breath on my neck

Chorus:
It's not the same as the real thing
might like this better instead
I know you're thinking of me
when I'm thinking that
we are connected
we are connected

On the evening of the seance
Where we met that only time
All the candles were extinguished
When you put your hand in mine
the table started rocking
and you caught my evil eye
We promised when we parted
We would never say goodbye

I knew from your demeanor
Make a little totem
that you were a kindred soul
Fetish doll effigy
your smile was so familiar
Put in it a token
and I couldn't let you go
Something that comes from me
it's a sympathetic magic
sympathetic magic
pulls us together close
are we doomed are we cursed
sympathetic magic
sympathetic magic
it's the thing I love the most
it could always be worse

(chorus)

you never would believe it
don't want to be your plaything
but a toy can take a toll
not at least anymore
I sewed it with a needle
puppet on a kite string
and a piece of your soul
that you toss to the floor
not just any simulacrum
careful what you wish for
but a sweet remote control
it comes back sevenfold
I could shoot you with a pistol
might fall in a well dear
And they'd never find the hole

(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
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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