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Death The Bride
04:48
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My soul burns within you
Sweet smells linger in your hair
Grey suns hide inside you
I don’t dare follow you there
In the night I call you
Candles are living light
Come to me won’t you
Secrets are safe in your smile
Girl, I’d like to paint your picture
It won’t keep ’til next season
Girl, these poppies are contagious
I think I’ll call you Death the Bride
Of course we’ll dress you all in black
A girlish hat for you
Smile that smile for me and wave
As you pass from this side
Girl, I’d like to paint your picture
(In this light)
It won’t keep ’til next season
(I can see it in your eyes - Death comes with the sunrise)
Girl, these poppies are contagious
(And to think)
That I would marry Death the Bride
I know you’d make a pretty picture
—–
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars, Ebow, Tape Loops
Tim Stach - Bass, Keys, Guitars
Mike Troupe - Drums
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2. |
Ballad Of Isobel Gowdie
07:18
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Fauns and Sylvans
Incubi
Cold as spring water
Inside of you
Isobel
Darkest light
Scotland
1662
What did he say?
What did you feel?
Ice and then fire
Ice and then fire
Fear in mourning
The burning times again
How many more burn
Along with you?
Horse and hattock
Gave you flight
Feline shapeshifter
Led you through
Mortal men
Said your eyes
Were the terrible
Doors of doom
What did they say?
What did you feel?
Ice and then fire
Ice and then fire
Fear, mourning…
Now how many more
Burn along with you?
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Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars, Ebow, Tape Loops
Tim Stach - Bass, Keys
Mike Troupe - Drums
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Vervaine
03:42
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Drink this elixir
It tastes of vervaine
Lie back and close your eyes
My kiss will seal your fate
My mind spins and cries your name
Can’t you see
Just one magick night with you
Is what I need
Ghostly whispers bring me down
On my knees
Will you marry me
On one of the Saints Days
Your eyes swirl and fade in me
Please don’t cry
We will swim through oceans made
Of sweet vervaine
Sweet vervaine
Sweet vervaine
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Tim Stach - Bass, Guitars
Mike Troupe - Drums
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4. |
Nuclear Summer
01:46
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It’s a nuclear summer
It’s a nuclear summer
Smiley face turned around
Take your dreams
Watch them burn down
It’s the spell that I’m under
It’s the spell that I’m under
Happy day in my mind
Can I stay?
Maybe next time
It’s a nuclear summer
It’s a nuclear summer
Lovely rays bleed on me
It’s a shame
Farewell, half-life
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Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Tim Stach - Bass, Guitars
Mike Troupe - Drums
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5. |
The End Of Me
04:30
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She breathes in slow
Another day to tow
The Devil takes his toll
She swallows idle tears
Another yesterday
Becomes a runaway
And now today is long
Tomorrow never comes
The darkness that I see
Brings on a comfortable madness
No adorable sanity
Oh, fancy free
The gun was meant for me
To feel delightful sadness
In a trip of eternity
The end of me
Her fire flickers now
And coldness fills her fear
The dreaded aftermath
Will barely make a splash
It’s so very cold
It’s so very cold
The tunnel’s not so bright
They said there would be light
Oh, what have I done?
Oh, what have I done?
She sees that this is wrong
But, now it won’t be long
There’s nothing left to say
She does it anyway
The darkness that I see
Brings an unbearable lightness
To my spiritual hideaway
Oh, blessed be
The fear will set you free
You see I’m raping this fantasy
Of horrible ecstasy
Deliver me
The deed is done
What has she done?
The lamb lies sleeping
In silence
The darkness that I see
Will be the end of me
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars, Tape Loops
Tim Stach - Bass, Slide Guitar
Mike Troupe - Drums
Matt Frickelton - Tape Loops
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Floating away
On such a lazy day
Will you join me
A cooler stream of heaven waits
Life in the clouds
Is half as high as you would like to be
Follow me
I will show you what it’s like to fly
And then we’ll get high
It’s all right
If the sleep takes you away
Dive right in - it’s easy
Swim until you drown with me
A saved life is a half life
A cooler stream of heaven
There’s a place I know
Where everything just flows
Won’t you take my hand as we
Watch the poppies grow
Dive right in - it’s easy
Swim until you drown with me
Half a trip is what I’m after
A cooler stream of heaven
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Simon Hinkler - Lead Guitar
Tim Stach - Bass, Keys
Mike Troupe - Drums
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7. |
Bliss & Magick
02:23
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Bliss is the name I go by when I’m not blue
But, I only hear it when we’re two
Bliss & Magick is here to stay
If I had just one wish
I’d use it to keep you near
Live forever just for today
Magick is your name that I sing
Listen as the world sings along
Without you, there would be no song
Without you, there would be no song
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Tim Stach - Bass, Guitars
Mike Troupe - Drums
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In Surrey
02:40
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Hello to all you lonely souls
Please listen to me
You’d best not follow slow
Or you might miss me
I’m sold - the river fills my low
I sing to the lonely
But don’t get used to me
My heart’s in Surrey
Come on - follow through the snow
The light’s not friendly
I feel you lose control
On my flight of fancy
Goodbye to all the deathly snows
Just keep away from me
If you’ve come to collect my soul
I’m very sorry
My heart’s in Surrey
My heart’s in Surrey
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Tim Stach - Bass, Guitars, Keys
Mike Troupe - Drums
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Welsh Witch Mistress
01:57
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I’m on fire
My heart’s a blister
A Welsh witch mistress
Is what I need
Feel this fire
A lonely mister
Who trips on your love
All alone
I’m on fire
My heart’s a blister
A Welsh witch mistress
Will come for me
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars
Tim Stach - Bass, Guitars
Mike Troupe - Drums
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10. |
Glassworks
06:09
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I know this tale
Of torment
Repression, tragedy
And love
Translucent glass
I wonder
If it represents
The lives
Of Oscar
And Lucinda
Oscar
Lucinda
He was frail and true
She had eyes so fair
A gaze beyond reflection
Behold this pitching pair
Oscar
Lucinda
Oscar
Lucinda
Prince Rupert’s drop
Was shattered long ago
Scatter all the devils
In the details
Death on Good Friday
Water was the fear
Unrequited was their love
Lucinda bathed in tears
But, that was long ago
Now, who can say
How Oscar
Feels beyond
The grave
—
Performers:
Randal Prater - Voices, Guitars, Tape Loops
Erin Claussen - Backing Voice
Tim Stach - Bass, Keys
Mike Troupe - Drums, Percussion
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Randal Prater Seattle, Washington
Singer-songwriter with four solo albums. Former frontman for Creeping Myrtle and The Pagan States.
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