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Midnight Hearts
03:36
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A Merlot kiss,
Underneath Hecate’s moon
Beauty wields,
A Tarot scythe
As diva amour reaps
Black fields of sorrow
Cloak and dagger
Speakeasy accomplice
Poisoned arrows
Concealed in a bodice
Midnight Hearts catch fire
A black rose in shadowy light
Ignite your passion’s pyre
Heartbreak assails in the night
Sandalwood fumes,
Lipstick on my cigarette
Prospero’s hue,
In Opium dreams.
A raven mocks your troubled
Grief and harrow
A tragic death wish
A pin prick at the spinning wheel
Clock strikes, alright
Day breaks one less heart to steal
Midnight Hearts catch fire
Revere the absence of light
Ignite the absinthe pyre
Visions assail in the night
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Darkly Everafter
03:47
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Climb the stairway of no return
The ether falls through shattered hands
Dreams swimming in hopelessness
To be washed upon ashen sands
The ferryman approaches there
Declares your fare has long been paid
Funereal and somberly
You step aboard and drift away
Darkly Everafter, Alone on the edge
Darkly Everafter, The rites have been said (twice)
The moon rises hollowly
Floating on in deep despair
A melancholy virgin maid
Arises from the water’s glare
She spreads her arms and from her breast
Doves of hope take to the sky
They lead you on to brighter shores
And pluck out the ferryman’s eyes
Darkly Everafter, Dreams haunting me
Darkly Everafter, A cursed rosary
Darkly Everafter, Love’s knife transcends
Darkly Everafter, We wait for the end
Darkly Everafter, Past ghosts shall flee
Darkly Everafter, It doesn’t have to be
Darkly Everafter, Decanters reflecting
Darkly Everafter, Life resurrecting
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Scarlet Street
05:09
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In the mist of the night
She comes on strong
Like a silhouette
When the shadows are long
In the back street alley
When the blood moon’s high
And the street light’s shining bright
Beware the widow’s bite
On Scarlet Street
When there’s fear in the night
It’s the talk of the town
It’s double indemnity
Without a shadow of a doubt
Beware the black veiled woman
With the shadow eyes
Her death caress is never amiss
A Noir Sensation with a switchblade kiss
She’s goin’ around Scarlet Street
She’s goin around…
Scarlet Street
She’ll take you down to Scarlet Street
Give me a light…
She’s goin’ around in the backstreet
Waitin’ for ya’ with a switchblade kiss
She’ll take you down,
Baby, to Scarlet Street
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Djinn of Memoria
05:08
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One bleak December night
In 1942
We watched the moonlit tides
Your scarf blazed iris blue
Orion’s sword above
It throbbed in violent ire
Against the harbor smog
Echoing our desire
The dream fades to day
The shade beckons closer
But I’m far away
With the Djinn of Memoria
And this dark nostalgia
Is haunting…
One festive Summer’s eve
August in ancient Rome
We met in bazaar streets
Where sapphire wine did flow
The hanging braziers flamed
Incensed as we caressed
Your eyes were so amazed
My yearning heart possessed
The dream fades away
The shade beckons closer
But I’m bottled away
With the Djinn of Memoria
Drowning in nostalgia
Drowning…
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Killers!
04:31
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Smoky cocktail lounge at midnight
Lurking eyes dart nervously
Scotch on the rocks, hands a tremblin’
Stilettoed vixen winks devilishly
Tilt your brim lower, shield the light away
Conceal the face that’s front page news
Sirens wail, it’s the fuzz pursuin’
Get the hell out, forget the booze
They may be comin’ for ya’
With their Tommy guns
And their dealin’ schemes
The hideout’s hot tonight
Better stay undercover
Damned killers on the loose again
On the run at the witching hour
Colt .45 close at hand
Throw a nickel to a bum and ask for a
Raincheck from a corner dame
A private dick from uptown has got a lead
Someone squealed at the Stardust Inn
No time to warn the boys ‘fore sunrise
Gotta keep movin’ save your skin
Yeah they’re comin’ for ya’
With their Auto-Ordnance sub machines
And hot lead flies tonight, yeah, Gotta stay undercover
Damned killers on the run again
And they’re comin’ for ya’, Never should have meddled
With these dealin’ thieves
You better run for cover, Damned killers after you again
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Moll Dyer's Lovers
04:13
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In the backwoods of this town, in 1698
Did a strange wench hunker down
Unwed without a mate
And here we stand this day
Our hands on the rock
Frozen here in time (burned and crucified)
Like Moll Dyer’s lovers
Then paranoia struck, among the townsfolk
That woman brings bad luck
This queerness invoked
It’s time to see her home
Burned to the ground
For her sins she’ll atone, we’ll run her out
A strange phenomena , of the Old Line State
And stranger we remain (injected full of hate)
Like Moll Dyer’s Lovers
A young boy in the woods
Seeking lost stray cattle
Found her frozen stiff
Upon a large stone
With one hand stretching out
Toward the heavens
Her imprints on the rock
A curse on her lips
Those who touch the stone
And put their hands in hers
That moment they’ll regret
Like Moll Dyer’s Lovers
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Burn the Night Sky
04:18
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Eventide
An amethyst moon glowing
Violet luminescence leads you through
Hear them sing
The creatures of the night
Caterwauling through the forest gloom
In shades of unlight
The moonrise glares in your bright eyes
With divine insight
Let your love burn the night sky
Darkness falls
A candelabra glowing
The painting’s eyes follow you
Shadows from the hearth
Are dancing all around
Accompanying through the mansion gloom
Crimson mist-shrouded
Vampire looming at your bedside
Beware the sunlight
Let your fire kiss the night sky
There’s another way
To enlighten one’s self to the mystery
Initiate of the Cult of Love
Sing your praises to the Gods of Night
Dionysian vines breathe with life
The fruit is overflowing
You’re divine inside
Let your lust burn the night sky
It’s a divine ride
Let the wine flow ‘neath the night sky
Embrace the dark light
Let your love burn the night sky
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Ghost of Autumn
07:55
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Crimson leaves swirl around me now
Sonnets drown in my tears of woe
She comes in the harvest glow
And chases the shadows away
Ghost of Autumn, my beloved
Stay with me all through the night
Stone grey clouds wreath the apple grove
Raven fugues accompany my lute
She appears again hearing my song
A last embrace, she whispers to me…
We are champions of life
Enchained in the shackles of love
Reaping what we left behind
And so much was left there undone
Fear not soon we’ll be the same
A union in netherworlds won
Universal Nature reigns…
Or does it?
What makes sense anymore?
It’s like a spirit haunting me.
And I know…
It’s you.
We are champions of life
Reaping what we left behind
She comes in the harvest glow
Ghost of Autumn, my beloved
Enter the eternal night
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