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A new song and video came jumping in a couple of days. Part response to The Bushwick Book Club's celebration of Jeff VanderMeer's new book, A PECULIAR PERIL. Part response to being a captive audient to dissolution, disintegration, confinement, mysticism and megalomania.
lyrics
Pawns
The jellyfish it fastens tight
On the Fire-witch’s throat tonight
Dragon feathers hide the fire
The sound of trumpets rising higher
With tentacles and tusks they grapple
And wretched voices crow and cackle
Familiar wraiths achieve desire
The sound of trumpets rising higher
All the secret worlds hermetic
Lend themselves to your cash in
Administer your anesthetic
Your other hand pulls out the pin
They’ll say you were Illuminati
The order of the golden dawn
You think you’re climbing up a mountain
You’re just the game in all the pawns
The weapons on display they gleam
Exploding weeds wreck all machines
Chaos is a frequent flyer
The stench of filth is rising higher
All that’s sacred is debased
All that’s known will be erased
Eternally you feed the fire
The stench of battle rising higher
All the secrets esoteric
Passed on down from kin to kin
Turning into some barbaric
Kind of thing you have to win
You say there are Illuminati
The order of the golden dawn
You think you’re climbing up a mountain
You’re just the game in all the pawns
Weapons wound and necks are breaking
And as our family expires
These are the myths that you are making
The sound of trumpets rising higher
credits
released August 2, 2020
Charlie Nieland: Electric Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Percussion, Programming, Vocals, Production
Brian Geltner: Drums, Samples
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