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Put It On
04:10
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Going to take you around
to a pyro’s playground
where the buildings are falling
and the sirens are calling
Where there’s poor ventilation
and there's smoke inhalation
and the flames are tickling
all the people are pickling
People are pickling
flames are tickling
smoke inhalation
poor ventilation
sirens are calling
buildings are falling
But we want to put it on
We’re going to put it on
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Midnight
02:50
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Midnight broke and I had something
She wrote so I went into a dream
I wanted to reply, in fact I wanted
To fly to that castle in the sky
I wanted to scream some long
Lost dream of a Midnight Queen
Midnight stroke was the time
I awoke and I went into the street
And all the faces that I see,
They make Midnight seem to me
To be or not to be
I wanted to scream some Midnight
Dream of a long lost Queen
I wanted to reply
I wanted to fly
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3. |
Don't Want To Die
03:20
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Going down to the cemetery
I don’t seem to feel too good
There’s a body hanging from a tree
My heart feels like it’s made of wood
(A-ha ha)
And I don’t want to die
Just for telling a lie
No I don’t want to die
There’s a gang close on my tail
I can’t seem to shake them loose
They want to put me in the jail
So I can face the hangman’s noose
(A-no no)
And I don’t want to die
Just for telling a lie
No I don’t want to die
Being persecuted for a simple crime
Shed my tears and paid that price
That’s not enough, I've got to do time
For something which I didn’t think twice about
(No I didn’t think twice)
And I don’t want to die
Just for telling a lie
No I don’t want to die
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4. |
Smashed
03:18
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Like a boat on a river,
only one way it can go
and that boat on a river,
it's gonna make it
wanna throw,
overflow
Smashed!
Or the licker in your liver,
is gonna take you down the river,
gonna slice you up a sliver
you can take it to the throne
and you won’t be alone
Smashed!
Like a snake I’m gonna slither,
gonna make your lipser quiver,
gonna take you down the river
you can make it overflow
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5. |
Act Five Scene One
03:34
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The clowns are in the churchyard
They’re going two by two
For the skull of another jester is
Performing there at two
The Prince of Denmark is
Conducting a minor symphony and
Will attempt the execution of a
Grand soliloquy
The players have all entered
Now with mattocks and with spades as
For the comfort of their guest a
Pit of clay has to be made
For this fellow who was once a
Most gifted orator has been
Lying in the earth for three and
Twenty years or more
Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him
He could have been a lawyer with
His quillets and tenures but
What does all that matter to
The grave he has been lured
Instead he spilt the wine as
The jester of the court and
The Prince of Denmark knows
Another lesson has been taught
Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him, Horatio!
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Cathedral
05:30
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Monumental building in a neolithic land
Heavenly aspirations that were made
By human hands
Anachronistic structure in a monolithic age
Giving power to the few and putting
Others in a cage
Monumental building in a neolithic land
Heavenly aspirations that were built
By human hands
Anachronistic structure in a monolithic age
Giving power to the few and putting
Others in a cage
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Tree
03:03
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There’s a tree on the hill
There’s an owl in the tree
There is a grave I can see
There’s somebody else here with me
There’s a bat in the sky
and the wind it's just a sigh
There through the window I spy
The murder occurring nearby
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Gloom
04:17
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Ruins
02:42
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It’s a clear dark night and a
Crisp white moon provides a
Silky backdrop to the ruins
Structure built to last
All time is crumbling in
Despair it lies in ruins
Ruins in the ruins
Pale young Princess northern
Blood has lost all sense of
Space and time in the ruins
Dark haired knight from southern
Lands can’t seem to find his
Mortal way through the ruins
Ruins in the ruins
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10. |
Apocalypse
02:51
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Women flee the town
The beast is on the prowl
Riders on their black steeds are
Chewing on their spears
The sun, a blazing red orb is
Setting in the east
Apocalypse
The end of the world is here
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The Goths Brisbane, Australia
The Goths are a goth duo from Brisbane, formed in 1987, featuring singer-songwriters Johnny Stowmarries (vocals, guitar,
keyboards) and Percy Blakeney (vocals, bass).
Beginning in the 80s, The Goths performed at the Bohemian for three years, with gigs in the 90s that included Bertie's & Metropolis, The Sitting Duck, and The Dead Rat. The Goths were also one of the first performing acts at The Zoo.
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