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Fuchsia
03:11
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a fuchsia
wildflower
a no-sunflower
she’s got me
in her power
a fuchsia
white spider
one to crawl
a right insider
she’s my
night fire
hey fuchsia
let’s frolic
don’t you be so
melancholic
or alveoli
ventrolic
as you fall
to your
watery
death
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Black Laugh
03:42
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I met a man who lived in gloom. Illumination left his room. His hair was long, a flowing stream, caressed his skin as in a dream. And in his eyes there was a void. This automatic, live android! Oh and laughter was his bane. He’ll never be the same again.
He told me he had once a lover and to compare there was no other. That took him back to ancient Rome, where in a temple, all alone, scripts of unknown lore were read and they on honeydew were fed. Oh and laughter was her name. He’ll never be the same again.
My friend looks up, his face is pale and in his eyes I see his tale, reflecting light and life and more as if they are two gilded doors. But now in spite of all the pain, his eyes light up. He can’t explain. Oh and laughter lives again! He’s going to be the same again.
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Wilderness
03:12
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The end of the world is nigh
These crags without life
A castle that looms
This guy is a solemn monolith
Pounded by storms
Pinnacles dripping wet
In the wilderness
Awaiting the end of time
On an island so dark mountains
That stand sublime are an ocean apart
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Raven
03:37
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On an evening tense with murder and a moon that blazes cold
The land howls in agony and another life dissolves
The castle waits a monolith with four turrets standing high
Spires try to rip to shreds the dark myopic sky
The count appears so pale with a touch as soft as silk
His eyes are filled with anguish for he cannot find the milk that
Keeps his soul alive and throbs within his breast his heart pounds
The rhythm echoes off the walls like bells the lanterns ring
But now the constant pounding is a raven on the wing
The raven lands it speaks in an ancient tongue explains
That the Raven of Eupherides has succeeded once again
To keep the count alive and put another soul to rest
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Citadel
03:23
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Went into the citadel to see what I could find.
All I found was rabid rats and children going blind.
They didn’t mind. It caught them by surprise.
Went into the citadel to get some peace of mind.
All I heard was ringing bells and no-one of my kind.
They didn’t mind. It caught them by surprise.
Went into the citadel to rescue me a Queen.
All I found was holes and bones and now my Queen is free.
She didn’t mind. It caught her by surprise.
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Doppelganger
02:59
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Doppelganger, doppelganger, doppelganger, please
I’m dying on my feet I tell ya living on my knees
It’s hard enough without you, it’s hard enough oh please
Doppelganger, doppelganger, frequency rare
The reason I can’t see you is because you’re never there
The reason you’re not there is cos you’re... air
Doppelganger, doppelganger, armor class five
The ethnographic ratio keeps you alive
You know you’ve never traveled and you’ve never socialized
Doppelganger, doppelganger see you on TV
I see you in the forests in the Gothic cemetery
You’re playing hide and seek with your personality
Doppelganger, doppelganger, bitte siehst mich sterben
auf mein fuß du siehst mich sterben an den kniem
Ich kann nicht ohne dich und ich kann nicht mit dir bitte
Doppelganger, doppelganger, fly away home
Your house is on fire and your kids are alone
It’s enough to make me sick, it’s enough to make me groan
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Battle Axe
04:36
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Sharp-fire steel, blue-metal reel, bodies lie broken
Underfoot as the axe flies through the air
Long-sword striker, sparks fly higher, black eyes
Smiling in the mask as the axe strikes once again
Blood-soaked charmer, sword-struck armor, fear lies
Stagnant in the air as the axe flies to the mark
Charge of fear, shaft of spear, kingdom crumbles
In the dust and the axe has struck again
Forged by dwarves in the depths of a mountain using
Dragon Flame then steel-cooled in the Mystic Fountain
Battle Axe was tamed
Soldier rides his ebony stallion to the Bottomless Lake
And there sails the Viking Galleon to decide his fate
Charge of spear, sword-struck rear, body lies
Stagnant in the dust as the axe flies to the mask
Blood-soaked steel, blue-metal peel, fear lies
Broken underfoot as he wields the axe again
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Crusade
02:40
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Paladins fighting Saladin’s
To free the Holy Land
Bloody butchered battlements
Clerics in the sand
Ships are setting sail
Grail in the Holy Sand
Bloody butchered battlements
Blood on the Holy Sand
Off to the Crusade
Where Ivanhoe was made
To find the Talisman
Paladin, Saladin, Talisman
Paladins fighting Saladin’s
Blood on the Holy Sand
Fighting flail with flail
Clerics in the sand
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Quest
06:06
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I’m on the Quest, cos I’m the best,
I’m on the Quest cos I’m better than the rest,
Going on the Quest, looking for Ptolemy’s Almagest
Going on the Quest
Sick of a rest, headed East then West
I drifted out to sea, drinking herbal tea
Put to the test to look for Almagest
Found Kublai Khan, he was in the pleasure barn
In the Dragon’s lair, where nobody dare
I was trapped in a mire, bitten by a Vampire
Put to the test to look for Almagest
Found Bonaparte, he had lost his art
Trapped in a cage, by a vicious Sage
After grisly slaughter ravaged by his daughter
Put to the test to look for Almagest
Found Joan of Arc, but she had missed her mark
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Bare Truth
04:53
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Another Peccadillo,
Another Tete A Tete
I'm going to do some breaking,
Breaking in some skates
Another Peccadillo,
Another Tete A Tete
Nothing that's salacious,
Something I can take
That's the Bare Truth
Something I can take, at the Inn
Another Peccadillo, in the Inn
Tete A Tete and that's between us
Now I'm at the Altar
Now I'm at the stake
I'm going to do some breaking,
Breaking in some skates
Venus in between us
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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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