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Noir Sensation

by Noir Sensation

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1.
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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released December 20, 2022

All songs written, performed, mixed, and produced by Matt Brookins and Matthew Knight

Mastered by CS Brown

Saxophone on “Scarlet Street” and “Djinn of Memoria” by Bill Green

Additional Bass on “Djinn of Memoria” by CS Brown

Cover by Louis Braquet

Song illustrations by Matt Brookins

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