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The Beautiful Dead
03:50
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in the face of the beautiful dead
a consumptive smile has no place
get it done make it quick
i won't clutch for my better day my better day
if i appear so tragic on the page it's exorcism
if i awake with razors in my hands
don't soothe or touch me
the iron bit of destiny leads me away
into another fallacy for today
stupid grab make it quick
i won't grasp for a sharper day a sharper day
if i appear so tragic on the page it's exorcism
if i awake with razors in my hands
don't soothe or touch me
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Blood
04:16
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rose red drops of blood
a sage offering to you
no one cares less the world's just me and you
don't go away don't go so soon
i'll give you every drop i have
i'll give you all the blood you need
just hold your arms out to receive it
i'll give you every drop i have
i'll give you all the blood you crave
just hold your veins out to receive me
borrowed books and time
i'm longing for release
no one knows us
the world's just here for me and you
don't go away don't go so soon
i'll give you every drop i have
i'll give you all the blood you need
just hold your arms out to receive it
i'll give you every drop i have
i'll give you all the blood you crave
just hold your veins out to receive me
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shipwrecked on an astro shore
beneath the cobwebbed sky
desperate fingers claw away
the spiders from my eyes
the blood of roses trickles down
into a bone dry dirt
the half moon like a phantom glows
i cause myself to hurt
i want you inside my skin
i want you inside my skin i want you i want you
i want you inside my skin
i want you inside my skin i want you i want you
feeling like a destitute
with rashes on my eyes
open flesh that bears the cold
an affliction that won't die
i want you inside my skin
i want you inside my skin i want you i want you
i want you inside my skin
i want you inside my skin i want you i want you
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Carnival
04:29
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this is a carnival but i'm not laughing
the crowds look ugly and they're thick
the atmosphere of human candy
makes my senses sugar sick
and i can no longer look at the world and care
the way i once used to do
and i can no longer look at the world and care
like the way i was when i was with you
this war is going on forever
why not just kill ourselves & be done
it cannot happen here but it's here
as my atoms float around the sun
and i can no longer look at the world and care
the way i once used to do
and i can no longer look at the world and care
like the way i was when i was with you
and i can no longer look at the world and care
the way i once used to do
and i can no longer look at the world and care
i've checked out of my motel room
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Alien Skin Melbourne, Australia
I've been making darkwave electropop from elements of 80s post-punk subculture for over 40 years. Including years in the Australian band 'Real Life' topping world charts in the 80s with 'Send Me An Angel'.
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