1. |
The Initiate
02:03
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did i really go to high school
or did i just watch it on tv?
like roadkill or toys on a grave
something so sad you can’t unsee
is this a simulation?
there’s too too too many cops
every time i take myself for a walk
and look up it’s just
everybody talking like cops
trust the psychics
trust the seers
make yourself a believer
split yourself in two
and then it’s pleased to meet you
what’s your name?
i think i’m in love
so i started talking to the old gods
with incense and honey
i want to make them make them make them
a part of every part of me
bacchus, bacchus braid my hair
take me away from this awful sadness
now i’m ready for the madness
initiate me!
fellate me!
free me!
feel me
unleashed
i wanna see i wanna see
perfect symmetry
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2. |
The Mystery
03:58
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yeah she's your girl
but she's my girl too
when we enter the mystic
it feels like rain on a tin roof
isolation
strawberry moon
debbie can't dance
but she knows how to move
let the mystery repeat itself
let the mystery repeat itself
let the mystery repeat itself
let the mystery repeat itself
i'm never getting dressed
to go to war
torch those rags and watch the fire grow
i met the minotaur
down at the dive bar
he bought me a drink
and he said
out past the sirens where the banshees wail
turn back pink satin sheets and hoist the sails
there's always been room for more than me
more than you
than two than three than four
chorus
say it with me now:
no axe no blade
in the sacred grove
in the sacred grove
in the sacred grove
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3. |
Breakup Party
03:53
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everybody's breaking up
everybody's breaking up
happy break ups
tragic break ups
magic break ups
everybody's breaking
up
down
up
down
so you find yourself needing space
but that don't mean all those years were a waste
we all get faced with growing pains
yeah we all get hit hard with growing pains
so what are you gonna be for halloween?
you better make it wild
better pull out all the stops
better call off all the cops
that still walk the beat
still walk the beat
still walk the beat
in your anxious brain
what colour of lipstick
what colour latex
what colour high heels
what colour hair
what colour aura
you gonna wear
to the parties
to the parties
everybody's breaking up
everybody's breaking up
happy break ups
tragic break ups
magic break ups
everybody's breaking
up
down
up
down
what are you gonna do to draw new love to you?
what are you gonna do to draw new love to you?
what kinda witchcraft you gonna get into?
sympathetic satanic hekatean dianic
sigils potions fairy charms
reveal to me your magic arts
everybody's breaking up
everybody's breaking up
happy break ups
tragic break ups
magic break ups
everybody's breaking
up
down
up
down
i hear everybody wants to get offline
i hear everybody wants to find some time
for real life
real life
real life
real life
real love
real love
real love
everybody's breaking up
everybody's breaking up
happy break ups
tragic break ups
magic break ups
everybody's breaking
up
down
up
down
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4. |
Blessèd Touch
04:55
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he's in the other room
trying to fix the washing machine
but he's not a technician
so he won't succeed
how do you get other people
to just be ok?
to not feel annoyed or defeated
by every little thing
i'm watching the seeds
i'm hoping to catch them growing
and i'm laundering the blind folds
while outside it's softly snowing
in the caribbean
there's a beach with my name on it
there's a circle in the sand
and my demons dance upon it
chorus
ooh blessèd touch x 2
give it to me, your blessèd touch x 2
check to see what time it was
when all the clocks stopped
mark the moment with a howl
carve its name upon a rock
the washing machine is broken
so i'll call the landlord when i wake up
and then i'll cover up my eyes
and wait for my demons to drum up luck
chorus
i'm standing at the crossroads
and i'm covered up red
and i'm asking to just catch a little break
a little slip a little slide a little leeway'd really make
things a whole lot easier
and i do pretty well in the underground
but i don't know about everyone else
so give me some of that demon love
for me my lovers and my friends and my family
tell me what you want and i'll do it
tell me what you want and i'll get to it
ooh blessèd touch
won't you give it to me
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5. |
Werewolf
03:17
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one day you wake up and nothing's the same
like how you're not the youngest person everywhere you go
and the future seems endless
when you think about all the money you need to make
that you haven't made
and you look at your reflection and think how did i wind up with the same haircut i had when i was 22
a me oh my and a boo hoo
i was taking the metro in montreal
when i started crying on the escalator
thinking about how everyone i know is having such a hard time
they're all having such a hard time
we're all having such a hard time
but just the other day i was feeling like i could just wreck everything and it wouldn't even feel bad
chorus
i wish i was a werewolf
howling at the moon x 2
then you could be too
it's time for the real thing
and the real thing only
it's time to crown a new king
and to not feel so lonely
nighttime comings and nighttime goings
hear the pain in my howl
as i bloody up your fowl
tear off your red cape and give yourself to me
let me cry on your shoulder while i tell you all my dreams
chorus x 2
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6. |
Good Kinda Bad
04:44
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big glass mansion by the sea
all prettied up and begging me
to pick up a rock
and hold it aloft
and chuck it
just say fuck it
it ain't no secret
you don't have to keep it
all you gotta do is
just be bad
be bad
be bad
there she goes putting on that sundress
then there she goes she's getting undressed
she climbs on top of me
she says, “hold me hold my hurt
kiss it better”
i loved her tender
it ain't no secret
you don't have to keep it
all you gotta do is
come to the dark side
switch to the dark side
come to the dark side
and just be bad
it's 5am and i think we finally found the answer
came somewhere right in between the drop and the dancing
crush me
laugh at me
read my cards
and weep
cry for me
it ain't no secret
it'll hurt you to keep it
all i want you to do is
just be bad
be bad
come on and stay bad
just be bad
you know what kind of bad i mean
the kind that feels good
the kind you share
with the ones you love
the kind you smoke and sniff and swallow
the newest kick this side of the moon
the kind of bad that gives birth to you
the kind that kicks against the pricks
the kind that kicks against the rich
the kind that's magic
the good kind of bad
the good kinda bad
good kinda bad
come to the dark side
switch to the dark side
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7. |
Death & Desire
02:41
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i'm hanging up my apron for good
taking off running through the woods
look at all these bluebells
all these bluebells
alive and dancing 'round the well
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
invite me into your crooked little home
i've spent so much time alone
there's so much i don't know
let me make a wish
a real heavy-hitter
i want to be the kiss
and not the kisser
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
look for me beyond the veil
in the middle of the sea without a sail
night-swimming skinny dipping
night-swimming ambrosia sipping
slowly slipping
away
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
death and desire
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8. |
Creature 2 Creature
03:53
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i'm not making the bed today
i'm not changing the sheets
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not moving on
i'm not paying the bills today
i'm not eating lunch
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not moving on
i'm not picking up the phone today
i'm not speaking a word
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not ready to move on
if you come to me you must come
come to me you must come
come in like a creature
creature to creature x 8
i'm not washing my face today
i'm not doing the dishes
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not moving on
i'm not sweeping the floors today
i'm making friends with the cobwebs
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not moving on
i'm not leaving the void today
i'm not coming topside
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not ready
to move on
cause i'm not moving on
i'm not moving on
when i'm deep in the cave
when i'm deep down in my depths
i'm gonna need some respect
i'm gonna need you to respect
my back up against the wall
my speech coming in heavy
and my eyes turned low
yeah i'm gonna need you to let me
creature to creature
creature to creature
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9. |
No More Bodies
04:09
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which one of you gods is it that dangles fame like some sadistic carrot in front of my face?
and which one of you gods is it that says eyes on just this one immediate stretch ahead?
in leah's mother's bedroom in the old santeria altar room
i dreamt of two bird-headed people and a fox that fell gently asleep in their hands
now, if i were to eat the old paint from these crumbling walls just how mad would i go?
chorus
no more bodies in the family plot
in ireland x 3
i've still got leah's keys on my keychain like some kind of talisman
and when i think of all the sinners i get jealous man, i'm a jealous man
i left locks of my hair in central park and i talk to mercury when it gets dark
i talk talk talk after dark
people think i'm
(crazy)
chorus
i can feel myself split
feel myself tear in two for you
no more mothers crying lonely tears
we've been away for all these years
light a candle in the window now
when we get mad where do we go?
chorus
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10. |
My Gemini
06:01
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two valkyries
flying across the sky
flaming red hair
constellating way up high
one helmet with black wings
the other one white
sprinkling gold dust
all over me
until i start to rise
and i keep on rising and rising
until i start to feel afraid
so i exclaim,
"it's too high too high too high"
so then i start to descend
going down down down
until i crash through the surface of the sea
going down down down
and then i start to feel afraid again
so i exclaim
"it's too deep too deep too deep"
but then i land at the bottom of the sea
and i find i can breathe
and i look around me
and what do i see?
there's a little old house
with a little locked door
so i climb in through the window
of this little house on the ocean floor
and there's a little old woman
she's been waiting for me
she says to me,
"find the twins. go on out there and find the twins"
so what i wanna know
who's gonna be my new lover?
who's gonna be my new best friend?
who's gonna be my mirror?
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
now i'm back in the harbour
i'm back with the lost boys
and they want me to be
wild wild wild
like i used to be
you know i haven't always been a woman
i've sometimes been a man
i haven't always waited tables
or made coffee for strangers
i've been an animal
i've been an animal
i've a magician
a swimming pool
who's gonna be my new lover?
who's gonna be my new best friend?
who's gonna be my mirror?
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
my my my my gemini
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11. |
The Hell I Raise
03:01
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i'm good for nothing but the hell i raise x 3
awoo the hell i raise
standing out on the corner
deep in aimless fantasy
i was making like an extra
in a movie nobody will ever see
i was decked out in black leather
boy, was i feeling blue
with a heart so worn and tender
i'll bet that you could see right through
i'm good for nothing but the hell i raise x 3
awoo the hell i raise
i was hoping she'd catch me singing
along to her favourite song
the one her daddy used to play her
mm back when she was young
but she just walks right on by
consecrates the ground
and i gotta swallow my pride
and go paint the town
i'm good for nothing but the hell i raise x 3
awoo the hell i raise
i'm good for nothing but the hell i raise x 3
awoo the hell i raise
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