1. |
monkey's paw
03:37
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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
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2. |
more lies, who cares
02:50
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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)
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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…
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4. |
song for sad punks
03:34
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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
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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
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6. |
bride of scream machine
02:45
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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
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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
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8. |
a haunting
03:33
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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
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9. |
ugly morning
04:18
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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
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10. |
blood on my tie dye
04:05
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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
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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
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12. |
i am a gentleman
03:01
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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
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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
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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)
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15. |
goodbye
04:13
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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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