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Witches, Kisses & Pills

by Secret Caves

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KidOfEarth Difficult to find a favorite track! I like the sound of this band that I discovered recently on soundcloud! A cavernous sound, just what you need, great voices! In short, pure Rock, sincere and no frills!
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Steph Sweet Seattle's finest band right now, visceral, heart-breaking and beautifully edgy music.
Defo in my top ten Favorite track: i am a gentleman.
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1.
monkey's paw 03:37
as i get down for mentals with my butter knife you’re out there in the rental bleeding on my wife so this is the high life and i don’t ever wanna come down yeah yeah caress my shotgun baby with your silver spoon come rolling with me later in my fake lagoon so this is the high life and you don’t ever get to come down no no let’s celebrate our love with this here monkey’s paw snort powder off my crucifix then dance some more so this is the high life and you don’t ever get to come down no no (c) 2018 by Secret Caves
2.
i’m whispering lies to your portrait in the shade of the withered high rise cuz i want you yes i want you and i get what i want so tell me i’m yours we’ll dance our way across the carnage and gore yes i love you and i hate you and i need you tell me you need me tell me you need me (i don’t wanna love you anymore) tell me you see me tell me you bleed for me (i don’t wanna love you anymore) the river runs wild and you know that i’ll break just fold like a child cuz i want you yes i want you but who cares what i want so tell me you’re mine i don’t need you to tell me the truth oh god not this time why i love you and i hate you and i need you tell me you need me tell me you need me (i don’t wanna love you anymore) tell me you see me tell me you’d plead for me (i don’t wanna love you anymore)
3.
come and ride with me inside my ambulance i’ll show you what i want tonight the lonely hearts of winter clutch their splintered balustrades they’re so gallant tonight oh in winter…. oh in winter i know you didn’t mean it… come and ride with me inside my limousine i’ll show you what i need tonight the cityscape is blazing it’s amazing and we’re screaming “let it feed!” tonight oh in winter…. oh in winter i know you didn’t mean it… come and ride with me inside my ambulance i’ll show you how i feel tonight caressing me with broken fingers through these bandages is just part of the deal tonight oh in winter, winter i know you didn’t mean it…
4.
this is a song for the sad punks you know and this is a song for the sad punks you don’t know i made a friend on a fire escape i said “hi there let me take you home i’ll hold you nice through this fucked up night we can watch the fireworks on my phone” then my friend stretched out like a feedback loop that you’d hear through a vast keyhole so i took more pills for some sad sick thrills and realized that i still felt all alone all alone this is a song for the sad punks you know and this is a song for the sad punks you don’t know the jukebox is grinding out those sacred trucker hymns it’s like every goddamn song i hear knows exactly where i’ve been and i know there’s nothing left so i guess i’m gonna get myself caught or take more pills for the sad sick thrills and then i’ll shriek until my face falls off (that’ll probably be our next single) this is a song for the sad punks you know and this is a song for the sad punks that you don’t know
5.
PENNIES ON YOUR EYES will you let this creature into your heart? you’ve craved that golden kennel right from the start. will you walk with me the lonely mile? let the devil tune your guitar, you’re only a child. i want the pennies on your eyes i want the pennies on your eyes and it is such a beautiful night these are the tears that never dry will you share my night of mortal sin? we’ll coil beneath the smoke and the burning wind. will you walk with me the murder mile? let the devil tune your guitar, you’re only a child. these are the pennies on your eyes these are the pennies on your eyes and it is such a beautiful night these are the tears that never dry i want the pennies on your eyes i want the pennies on your eyes these are the tears that never dry these are the tears that never dry YONDER LIE THE RUINS her veil is black as the crows of december the girl’s got a laugh it’ll leave you dismembered she’s gone in search of the man with the arrows she’s got no time for the straight and narrow shes got no time for the straight and narrow come on we spend our lives grieving cradle to grave yonder lie the ruins your baby’s gone away the gallows stretch up to the sky are you too young to wonder why now? are you too young to wonder why? her veil is black as the crows of december in her little black heart she will always remember the tattoo on her wrist says “a life of sorrow” she’s got no time for the straight and narrow she’s got no time for the straight and narrow this little town is filthy no you’re the one that’s filthy i’ve been hoping that you’d kill me i’ve been hoping that you’d kill me
6.
i don’t wanna lose control i just wanna scream all through the recitation come and help me dig this hole there’s a knife between my teeth but i’m holding a flower i don’t wanna be a friend i don’t wanna dream about your celebration i don’t want this day to end there’s a knife between my teeth but i’m holding a flower hide inside a fire hide hide i don’t wanna lose control i don’t wanna feast upon the plans you’re scheming i just want the bell to toll there’s a knife between my teeth but i’m holding a flower hide inside a fire hide hide perched atop that chainlink fence in the terrible violent summer of love i spied a girl like a ghost with a dress made of needles led me down to the beach sand streaked with blood and we held hands with the vampire starlets as the pesticide formed a gorgeous cloud and i said oh kill kill kill but i didn’t say it out loud i don’t wanna lose control i just wanna jig through the indoctrination come and help me dig this hole there’s a knife between my teeth but im holding a flower
7.
LET THE RIVER CARRY ME AWAY you are not a sinner throw your guns into the river wrap your arms around my reflection on the water, on the water…. carry me far carry me far away far away your impersonation’s impressive and i’ve been dreaming of your caresses lay your flowers on the grave no-one’s saved, no, no-one’s saved carry me far carry me far away far away well i saw you i think i was dreaming and you said “tell me what you’ve been scheming lay your hands upon my wound” i woke up alone in the room, sayin’ carry me far carry me far away far away FAKE OUT fake out the mirror fake out your lover fake out the river fake out your little baby brother now fake out your double fake out the devil fake out the widow fake out the executioner right now yes we are vile share the fruit of these deceptions we who have orchestrated another round of dark temptations from our rubbery mouths we spit out such promises then we piss upon their campfire and leave them to the pitch black forest fake out the mirror fake out your lover fake out the river fake out your little baby brother now
8.
a haunting 03:33
lisa lost her way on the road and down came the phantoms the fog it hung heavy as tears streamed from her beautiful eyes she found her way back to that smoking hole where the camp was and something held her hand and it wasn’t something alive i know it wasn’t something alive and lisa went drifting on down to the palace of madness to the catacombs where she finally felt half alive she wrapped herself slowly in the shroud of her ghastly companion they kissed hard as the winding sheet billowed and flapped in the night it was such a spectacular sight lisa ducked behind a tree in that forgotten graveyard she laughed to herself as the funeral train stumbled by that face peering up from the coffin on further inspection resembled sweet lisa on the fateful day that she died such a spectacular sight …now go on darling wave goodbye
9.
ugly morning 04:18
one ugly morning you painted all your windows black you weighed down for a gentle drown you didn’t call anyone back you felt like you were ready for a new experience and so… you got so wasted one ugly morning you awoke to the flavor of bayonets your hands wet from clawing the girl with the barb wire crown as she laughed and wept “one ugly morning you will spread like a bat wing kite” she said “and one ugly morning you will give yourself to drowning drowning” you got so wasted one ugly morning you lay down, gently screaming in the frozen grass cradled by the tender torturers making plans for murder down in the underpass “you’ve got that crazy crazy feeling it’s the crossroad blues again… you want that crazy crazy feeling? like you’re drowning drowning?” you got so wasted one ugly morning you awoike to the flavor of bayonets “you call that performing?” said the girl with the crown of thorns and the cigarettes “you’ve got that lonely lowly feeling it’s the crossroad blues again… you want that lonely lowly feeling? like you’re drowning drowning?” you got so wasted … and so you slip to the other side go curl up with your borrowed knives shut it off when you recognize paint your windows black turn it off
10.
i got lost courting in the forest surrounded by the strangler tourists they have come to mesmerize leave me bloodstained in my tie dyes lay me down, down in the ditch now lay me down with my clever witch now she has come to show me the magic lay me down with her violence emphatic yeah cinemas of night time teeming with the wild eyed lovers screaming i got caught out in the moonlight a tempest toss’d i will never do right, yeah … then, from beneath the trapdoor, someone called out my name. it was not a voice i recognized, but i beckoned “come closer” just the same…. i got lost courting in the forest surrounded by your comely chorus they have come to mesmerize leave me bloodstained in my tie dyes lay me down in my ditch forever lay me down with my witch so clever she has come to show me the violence pay in blood for a night of sirens
11.
BLOTTER KIDS blotter kids they curl around you like they’re made of smoke uh huh blotter kids they sing of haunted women while you choke uh huh they’re gonna take you down to the canyon mister and show you that it ain’t no joke oh yeah they’re gonna take you down in the canyon mister and show you what they’ve got on that rope oh yeah blotter kids they lock you down there in your six foot deep alright blotter kids they know where you’ve been walking in your sleep all night they’re gonna take you down to the canyon baby and pray your soul to keep oh yeah they’re gonna take you down in the canyon baby there’s pleasure in defeat oh yeah blotter kids show you just exactly what you’re not uh huh blotter kids they hold your hand so gently through the shot uh huh they’re gonna take you down the canyon maybe and show you how you got caught oh yeah they’re gonna take you down in the canyon baby and tease you while you get bought oh yeah oh yeah SONG FOR STRANGERS there are strangers loving you tonight and they don’t need to find out where you go here come the changes this is not a life when you’re rolling, when you’re rolling on your own you got the message i didn’t need to speak we stayed silent through the summer and the fall you got undressed then pressed yourself against the breach like you know you’ve got no time left at all, got no time at all there are strangers loving you tonight there are strangers loving you tonight two can tell the same story two can tell the same lie two can tell two can tell the same storied deceptiion i’m receptive to the lie … and loving you tonight (LOOKIN FOR SOME) GUTTERTIMEZ this is a song for the cities let ‘em burn this is a song i saw my angel fall right down in the gutter she made a last phone call and then she made another she made the devil cry cuz he was so damn lonely but i was right by his side i said “kid we are only looking for some guttertimez” i fell into your lap my life is kind of ala carte, see i climbed over the wall i crashed your halloween party oh yeah i got so stoned when laying down in your cellar i knew it down to my bones i was a real fine feller uh just ooking for some guttertimez and then my angel rose flew over the mountain flew above the sun dropped me down into the fountain and then i woke up again laying down in the gutter yeah i had found my way home i’d never need another i made the devil cry with some lame sob story the years are rolling by now maybe you would like to join me out lookin for some guttertimez BACK AT THE OLD HOTEL i was your friend back at the old hotel i still have that coat you wore that season we spent in hell i lit out for another city where no-one knew my name and i moved back to my home town where no-one knows my name and the rain keeps pouring down i truly loved you but i guess i’m just a little bit evil never said a word my love you just held me and i believed you i went on hustling that old soft shoe for a dime i gave you everything everything just to feel like something was mine and the rain keeps pouring down i was your friend back at the old hotel you know i did not have a friend back at the old hotel
12.
i can turn the cheek and twist the bayonet i can bunch that leash for the winsome silhouette i am a gentleman i am a gentleman i can videotape that righteous mongrel i can kiss that flicker off the hangman’s candle i am a gentleman i am a gentleman i can trade your cause for a wilting flower i can train your claws for a hungering hour i am a gentleman i am a gentleman i can sell my prayers on the trashheap mountain and dance my way right through one hundred drownings i am a gentleman i am a gentleman i can trade your cause for a wilting flower i can train your claws for a hungering hour i am a gentleman i am a gentleman
13.
the night tide creatures want your love come see about the most beautiful girl on the gallows she’ll stroke your stitches it’s never enough so come ride the white lightning whip her shape shift through the narrows night tide creatures hold my hand oh! the chemical preachers man bold double features on shifting sand night tide creatures let me go all the spidery teachers with sickly stained features spray “on with the show” and you can flash that revolver, come on and you can swear your broke heart to the river well she was here last night, yes now she’s gone the most beautiful girl on the gallows the most beautiful girl on the gallows night tide creatures hold my hand oh! the chemical preachers man bold double features on shifting sand night tide creatures let me go all the spidery teachers with sickly stained features spray “on with the show” and you can flash that revolver come on the night tide creatures want your love the night tide creatures oh they want your love oh they want your love
14.
love lately has found me cross-eyed on my lawn that girl in the stolen shoes don’t wanna dance she tells me where we’ve been as she teases me along and every fool on the turnpike understands even as they’re falling away i won’t be waiting on her phone call now i’ll spend my afternoon dancing in wet cement the girl with the stolen shoes don’t wanna know how how the fools on the turnpike knew just what i meant even as i’m falling away “so tell me do you still believe in love?” says the girl in the stolen shoes as she is dancing away “as if,” she adds, “you don’t have problems enough—” and then she falls on the turnpike, falls on the turnpike!! …and i don’t even know what to say so tell me, do you still believe in love? tell me do you still believe in love? (…as if you don’t have problems enough)
15.
goodbye 04:13
the night was coming on as you collapsed there in that hall of mirrors. “what a laugh,” said some vague passerby. the note was in your pocket, and your blade, also your broken locket… the note said simply this: it said goodbye now you can lie on a tray, or you could just float away, or shrug as you are handed your disguise. you and your tender crutch, so many lonely companions still to touch, each of them soon to say goodbye… you don’t even know just why. you can come out and play or you could just float away goodbye the night was dripping down as you followed some carny’s sullen shadow, following in search of haunted highs. he led you through the rubble, said, while making love on a pile of shovels: “so lovely are your cemetery eyes” now you can feel all betrayed or you could just float away or shrug while you are casually denied. you and your tender crutch, so many lonely companions still to touch, each of them soon to say goodbye… you don’t even know just why you can come out and play or you could just float away goodbye goodbye

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A collection of Secret Caves songs, recorded starting in January 2017 and up through summer 2018, down in Room 8, Seattle.

These are lo-fi musics designed for the day-glo basement punks, the fuzzbox-addicted phantom kids, you know the sort, the ones who lose themselves to headphone wanderings. Care to take a swim?

Gosh! If you purchase the complete album, you can unlock a heaping handful of secret-ish bonus tracks...

Meanwhile, find out more about the Caves at: soundcloud.com/secretcaves

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released October 3, 2018

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