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Intro
01:04
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For several years I lived in a dark and mysterious castle. At night, in the fading candelight, I'd often be visited by ghosts and apparitiions. They'd tell me their stories, some happy, some sad, some weird and some wonderful. These songs tell their stories.
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Main Stem
04:24
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I could barely see myself in the mirror this morning
Man, I'm just fading away
I look outside and there's nothing but grey skies draped around me
And a miserly rain is falling as I slump back in to my seat
I drift to the other side and find dreams of fiery angels
Their golden hair leaving trails of shimmering lights
Aphrodite calls to me from the emerald lake of desire
As I hear blue lions roar by the shores
I need to find the main stem!
Yes I need to find the main stem!
A knock at the door and there's a man in grey suit throwing all these words at me
'You'll be sleeping under flowers one day', he says, 'you need to get out and start making some heat'
'The clock ticks faster every second you sit here thinking about how it could be'
'And the sand of time will always be shifting under your feet'
Ghouls and demons come out at night and dance with demonic fury,
I'm gonna dance with them tonight
Because I'm going to find the main stem!
Yes, I'm gonna find the main stem!
So I picked up my Betty Mae and I locked away all those frowns
I slammed the doorso hard, that house of mirrors came tumbling down
I'm off on a jet-plane tonight to the land of kings and queens
Gonna play with those fly-cool-cats over there who got the Cream
I see a line of no-no men dressed in black and peddling fears
They'll wash themselves away with their tears!
I'm gonna find the main stem
Yes, I'm gonna find the main stem and dance tonight
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I Dream of Barbie
03:57
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I'm just a machine, not programmed for desire
No emotions or feelings, no hopes or dreams or fears
The world is black and white, no shades of pink or green
But when at night, when they disconnect me, strange currents run through my wires
I can't explain this strange behaviour but when it's late at night...
I dream of Barbie
Every night
I dream of Barbie
I dont' know why
If she was were a human being, she'd be nine feet tall
I don't know what it is about her, there's no logic to it all
I wonder if she thinks of me, do I touch her plastic soul?
I'm getting tired of this silicon life, life in binary is dull
And when she sits on my floppy drive my circuits start to fire
I dream of Barbie
Every night
I dream of Barbie
I dont' know why
(Barbie, do you play space invaders? Come an play with me. Touch my keys. Yea)
I dream of Barbie
Every night
I love her pinkness
Barbie come play with me tonight
Computer love, every night
I dream of Barbie, cutesy-pie
i dream of Barbie
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Golden Words
04:26
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The deserts arid winds swirls past
There's the sound of crackling sand against the glass
The air hangs heavy with memory
The future's path now obscure to me
I knew it would die before it'd begun
Scherezade's songs had already been sung
And wisdom flees before love's fire
But I've learnt that words are easy
Words are easy
The scent of roses now seems sour
The orange blossom just an acid flower
When I saw you kiss by the pool
I knew you played me for a fool
The kings always triumphs over the serf
Brazen sounds of thunder smother sounds of the earth
Thoughts soon as spoken will soon melt away
And that's why words are easy
Words are easy
Now only the winds remember your words
Songs of love for me now are just for the birds
in time the desert even swallows the sage
Words are easy
Words are easy
So easy
So easy
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She came in to the room like a fantasy
An absinthe dream become reality
Like toy soldiers they fell
Drunk on their desire
As silken scarves brush the floor
But they don't know, she was born with too much fire
and though they try to hold her
She dances on, as the world explodes
She dances on, under crimson skies
She dances on through the mists of time
She dances on as the devil's laugh and the angels cry
An archduke killed at a rebel's hand
Mars's thunder rolls through the land
Under grey Parisian sies, she meets a man with darkness in his eyes
But gleaming medals hide his lies
And so she falls, in to a world of shadows
But as they close around her
She dances on, as the world explodes
She dances on, under crimson skies
She dances on through the mists of time
She dances on as the devil's laugh and the angels cry
A flickering candle in the darkness burns
It's fading light by the gloom interred
All the toy soldiers now have gone
Paper heroes to a man
As a judge's gavel seals the end
And so she falls, cut down one misty dawn
But wearing silk and gold
She dances on, as the world explodes
She dances on, under crimson skies
She dances on through the mists of time
She dances on as the devil's laugh and the angels cry
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Mr Hayes
04:33
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Mr Hayes gets the train at quarter past eight
He reads the paper, sits in the same seat every day
The dreary drum beats for a man with bills to pay
He looks out the window, his reflection catches his gaze
What happened to those dreams? That young man's fantasies - what happened to them all?
He's a man who works nine to five
But at night he lies awake
Making plans for a different life
But it seems so far away
The same grey office, same telephone, desk, in-tray
overflowing with papers, mindless tasks that fill his days
A concrete bunker where those eight hours pass in a daze
Then all of a sudden, it's just more than he can take
Papers scatter to the floor
As he bursts through the office door
A bird un-caged he can soar
He's a man who works nine to five
But at night he lies awake
Making plans for a different life
But it seems so far away
Mr Hayes site in an Old Orleans cafe
He's clutching his banjo, the five strings that pay his way
Down in the Quarter he sings his songs by the quay
He lives with Molly, who works all night and sleeps all day
As his thoughts drfit far away to those office days of quiet decay
He'll never go there again
No in a tatty old armchair from where he surveys his care-free days
Still holding that banjo, his thumbs too old and gnarled to play
His pockets are empty, for a bohemian life you pay
The sun is fading but at least he felt its rays
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Lorelei's Warning
05:20
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Dark clouds rampaged across a black Wagnerian sky
Tall trees bent their boughs and cried at the tempest's fury
The storm battered at the door, flashes of lightning projecting shapes on to the floor
A sudden chill fell across the room and the candle's flames did cower
The room was filled with the river's fog and a coldness came over
And then out of the darkness like a spectral bride should stood before me that night
'Come with me to the other side, come and ride the storms tonight'
WIth just one glance the enchantress cast her spell, her sapphire eyes burned bright
And down below in the wondering Rhine, the restless waters cried:
Lorelei! Oh, Lorelei!
Her beauty made fools of men, in whose minds all thoughts would die
The bishop called to see the girl, thinking withcraft he'd surely find
But overcome with shame, he was consumed in his own lustful flames
Three blind knights came to take her away to the Frankish nuns to hide
But on that dark and heartless night, she slipped and was claimed by the Rhine
And then out of the darkness like a spectral bride should stood before me that night
'Come with me to the other side, come and ride the storms tonight'
WIth just one glance the enchantress cast her spell, her sapphire eyes burned bright
And down below in the wondering Rhine, the restless waters cried:
Lorelei! Oh, Lorelei!
The spectre raised her hand and the raging storms did quiet
In the calm she softly spoke with sadness in her eyes
'I used to wield a mighty power, for me men would've died'
'But all they saw was Aphrodite's veil and not what my heart desired'
'Dark spirits dance and swirl around the brightest light'
'I used to be weak flesh and blood, playing sweet songs on love's lyre'
'Now I come to claim men's suls and wreak revenge on menkind'
'So be warned: in caskets of gold a poisonous spider lies!'
Oh Lorelei! Lorelei!
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Here I am, forty watts of light swings above my head
I'm underground, but I'm not dead
Peeling posters, frozen in time, old glimmers of light from the western side
Strange company: paper's with tales unsung and the gleaming barrel of my gun
The damp seeps through my bones, the tracks start to creak and moan
The U-Bahn comes rattling by
i search the windows for your eyes
We're divided by history's wall
But live under the same blue skies
I sometimes wonder 'would you know me at all?'
But it's pointless wondering if this wall will ever fall
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Rectory Lament
04:02
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In the shadow of the trees. the dark rectory stood stern and still
Victorian daughters told tales of spooks and sudden chills
Like a Sheridan Le Fannu novel I saw an add in Stamford Hill
'Single gentleman ldger needed (dark and brooding better still)'
At night I went to the blue room on the first floor
In the darkness I felt you there, your pale and eerie stare
The click of the door as the key fell to the floor
The restless bells rang out as stones clattered across the floor
'Help me Marianne' was the writing on the wall
'Please bring prayers and candles to stop my fall'
We kiss by candlelight, oh it's such a thrill
to be here with you in deceit as the spirits' veil draws near
At night I went to the blue room on the first floor
In the darkness I felt you there, the quickening of your breath
The click of the door as the key fell to the floor
The restless bells rang out as stones clattered across the floor
Old Revernd Bull sites in the twilight by the lawn
He waits for the nun to pass, but never sees how she mourns
With bowls of mercury Harry Price came from London town
But in this age of science there's no magic to be found
At night I went to the blue room on the first floor
In the darkness I felt you there, your pale and eerie stare
The click of the door as the key fell to the floor
The restless bells rang out as stones clattered across the floor
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Under Northern Skies
04:39
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Under a frosted northern night
Navy blue now covers the skies
She lies in sheets of white, rigid and tight
She rises, hearing calls from the wild, leaving he who stole her smile
The night is slient as lead, outside her old life is shed
In to the forest where the dew is new and the moss so soft and smooth
The mists caress her form as she stands by the shores of the lake
Teavataat calls his magic as the waters rise
A swan begins to soar leaving ripples of memories fleeing to the shore
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Laurence Voyager London, UK
Music comes drifting across the valley from a strange and mysterious castle. Sounds of synthesizers, organs, guitar,
psychedelia, computers in love, Rhine maidens and wandering souls.
Combining Jimi Hendrix, Jean-Michel Jarre, PSBs I try to create sonic worlds that are interesting and different, yet I still love songs.
Hate over-processed sounds and autotune. Yuk.
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