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Parish
05:37
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Steady John the blacksmith
Took a horseshoe to the head
He arose like Lazarus
When it should've knocked him dead He ascribed his recovery
To a ‘noon in bed
I suspect a different cure Might have been found instead
Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish
The case of the butcher's wife Was a curious case indeed
When a slip of the butcher's knife Made her bleed and bleed
They all said she was done for
Her husband paid no heed
Took her away and the very next day She was back to cutting meat
Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish
Then the sound of singing
Lured me like a siren's call
To a midnight gathering
Taking place in the village hall Where a feast was prepared
For the wounded, sick and the old Who took it in turns
To drink blood from a human skull
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Cunning Murrell
03:32
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It was a wicked curse
That you gave the girl Black magic had her down Howling at the walls Conniving gypsy witch Darkness you unfurl
I’ll show you agony
Like I’ve shown them all
Woah, oh girl
I’ll save you from their heathen ways Woah, oh girl
The evil, wicked and depraved
I am the seventh son
As father was before
Give me your blood my child At midnight it will boil
All witches fear my
Silent ritual
I’ll burn her without fire She’ll release the spell
Woah, oh lord
I, master of the devil’s ways
Woah, oh lord
Will make you writhe in burning pain
Woah, oh lord
For mercy, begging witches cry Woah, oh lord
It’s too late - now it’s time to die
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Lucinda
04:44
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I'm not too satisfied
With my lot in life
Drunk, tired, abandoned by My unfaithful wife
With a crash of thunder she arrives
The wicked one who calls herself Lucinda
She's not familiar
With these modern times
She cast a spell that rescued her From threat of Puritan fire
Now she weaves her magic once again And I belong, belong to mad Lucinda
My thoughts are not my own It's more than I can take
My wife is my prisoner
I’ll burn her at the stake
But she manages to break the curse
And drown the witch, cruelhearted Lucinda
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Creation Myth
03:31
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Transcendent mind formed the stone A distant time never known
Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire
Serpents crawling in the sand Monolith ascend the land
Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire
Regolith painted by man
Cast by cosmic archer’s hand
Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire
Born of the eternal light
Time to breathe your final sigh
Demon arise from fire Demon arise from -
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Soil and Scythe
04:33
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Place your hands into the land Let the life flow through
Gaze your eyes up to the skies Rain will fall on you
Take my hand to guide you Work with strength and truth Thriving life sewn into
Once deprived now new
Toil and strife, soil and scythe Know my heart was true Fertile and plentiful land
Was my gift to you
Wilting words have failed us Dying love where nothing grew Now we make our fate together As the earth falls over you
Flowing through your body is our land Torn contorted leather skin
Drowning in the soil that you once knew Held forever in this tomb
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The Earth Stopper
03:47
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Disturbed was my old friend
When he joined me for a pint of ale By a stranger
He met on the road out of town
This encounter
Turned his blood cold and his skin pale It was no traveller
For it had two horns, hooves and a tail
And when the creature
Looked upon my friend with a fiery stare He lost all control
And he took a tumble from his mare
As he lay there
With his blood and dirt all in his eyes
He screamed
“The devil has come for me to take my life!”
A crowd had gathered
To hear how my friend had been cursed They gave him whiskey
But alas it did not calm his nerves
Out the window
Was a sight that filled his eyes with fear Then in a whisper
My friend said to me, "He's here"
I followed his gaze
And I thought I saw a silhouette
Of a beast with bright eyes
And it had two horns upon its head
It was no devil
I saw how my friend had been fooled When he met a chimney sweep Being followed home by his mule
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Cutting the Stone
04:31
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I will free you, dear fool
Of madness from inside
A plant has taken root
That grows not in the light I've read a thousand scrolls So heed what I prescribe I've learned a truth so olde Trust me, I'm no liar
Master, cut away the stone Devil's flower I have grown Burr in to your sickened mind Transformation sacrifice
A clove and cat's claw brew Will help to ease the pain Essence of lavender
Will help to keep you sane And as the brew takes hold I'll gladly show you how
To kill the demon weed With a blade, I harrow
Master cut away the stone Devil's flower I have grown Tortured visions I possess For my name is madness
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Pilgrim's End
03:34
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Pilgrim of the illusion path Attending suicidal mass
In sermon fed their words of fear Never truth
Forever deafened by the sound
Of our doom
I am the will of all demise
The dormant evil in your mind
I am the thorn beneath your skin Relentless force you hide within
Sightless disciples of the mad Earthen destruction by their hand
Grave walkers, slaves within the grasp Of the few
Only the wisdom of the past
Can save you
I am the will of all demise
The dormant evil in your mind
I am the thorn beneath your skin Relentless force you hide within
In sermon fed their words of fear Never truth
Forever deafened by the sound Of our doom
Our doom Yeah it’s true
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Gaolbreak
05:45
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Locked away for a crime I didn’t commit
In a room where stale air makes my skin itch Another man should be in the spot where I sit Counting the walls of this prison brick by brick
In the dark I beg for freedom
No one seems to hear my screaming
I pick the moss and lick the damp off the walls It’s the only food and drink I get at all
I don’t know when the sun rises or the night falls What life is like outside, I cannot recall
In the dark I beg for freedom
No one seems to hear my screaming Rotting away here for no reason
Missing the days, the months, the seasons
In the dark I hear a whistling
The sound of wind that comes to me from A loose brick that with some persuasion Creates a path toward my freedom
The sun’s too hot, this breeze is freezing Hunting for food’s not easy
Slowly I’m realising
How good life was inside my prison
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Poseidon Song
03:43
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Annetta the bride
Of the Captain Reed Took a ride on the pride Of the Seven Seas
A woman on board Was unlucky
The captain and crew Were in jeopardy
Poseidon the great God of all the seas Looked upon the Lady Unfavourably
Strong winds and waves Lead the ship astray Into waters known
For their treachery
Oh Poseidon, don’t you take My love away from me
Oh Poseidon, don’t you keep Her at the bottom of the sea
Oh yeah Alright now!
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