Alice
Written by Andrew Eldritch
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
Alice pressed against the wall
So she can see the door
In case the laughing strangers crawl and
Crush the petals on the floor
Alice in her party dress
She thanks you kindly, so serene
She needs you like she needs her tranqs
To tell her that the world is clean
To promise her a definition
Tell her where the rain will fall
Tell her where the sun shines bright
And tell her she can have it all today
Pass the crystal spread the tarot
In illusion comfort lies
The safest way the straight and narrow
No confusion no surprise
Alice in her party dressed to kill
She the thanks you turns away
She needs you like she needs her pills
To tell her that the world's okay
To promise her a definition
Tell her where the rain will fall
Tell her where the sun shines bright
And tell her she can have it all today
Alice! Don't give it away
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Black Hole
2005 (Appears on "Demos", "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
Another black hole moves in on me
Like every day since my birth
We're not alone in the universe
But we're damned sure alone on Earth
There ain't no God watching over us
And no souls for him to save
We're all alone from the time we're born
Until the time we reach the grave
I refuse to die so I don't mind growing old
But I resent every fairy tale and every lie I was ever told
Perhaps my problems are in my head & there's nothing truly wrong
And all these doubtful thought I have really don't belong
Another black hole moves in on me
Like every day since my birth
We're not alone in the universe
But we're damned sure alone on Earth
There ain't no God watching over us
And no souls for him to save
We're all alone from the time we're born
Until the time we reach the grave
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Black, White and Red
2006 (Appears on the "God Damn The Limit Club")
This world's made out of something
That I just don't understand
All the best things in life, it seems
Are forbidden, outlawed and banned
Anger and confusion became my way of life
Like a thousand poison needles stabbing in my eyes
Snap my arms and break my teeth and shoot me in the head
That won't change a single thing 'cause I'm black, white and red
Oh I'll be black white and red 'til I fall over dead
I crave that ringing in my ears and a pounding in my head
And when my life is almost gone and I'm hanging by a thread
You can look into my bloodshot eyes and see black white and red
I'll be black white and red 'til I fall over dead
Red white and black and I might have a heart attack
Red black and white and I might die in a street fight
But the point is I'll be black white red 'til I fall over dead
This world's made out of something
That I just don't understand
All the best things in life, it seems
Are forbidden, outlawed and banned
Living my life quickly in a world that moves too slow
Every day a million miles down a path you'll never know
The dice are loaded on this roll and we could all wind up dead
But even if I die tonight I'm still black white and red
Oh I'll be black white and red 'til I fall over dead
I crave that ringing in my ears and a pounding in my head
And when my life is almost gone and I'm hanging by a thread
You can look into my bloodshot eyes and see black white and red
Black White Red
Black White Red
Black White Red
Black White Red
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Blue Prison
2004 (Appears on "Demos")
All my life I've been waiting so long
Stuck inside of this blue prison
Waiting for you to walk on by
And throw me the key so I can fly
All my life I've been searching for you
You're the missing piece, you're the final clue
You fill the empty hole that lies deep inside
If I'd never met you I would have died
I don't know why but i know it's true
I swing away from blue when I'm with you
I just can't help but wonder why
As I thank my lucky stars and I look to the sky
How could I deserve such a beautiful girl
With all the pain and confusion
In this big old world?
I don't know why but i know it's true
I swing away from blue when I'm with you
My life was ending quickly in that prison town
I was sinking in deep and beginning to drown
Then you opened up the window and I jumped right out
My feet hit the ground and I began to shout
I don't know why but I know it's true
I swing away from blue when I'm with you
All my life I've been waiting so long
Stuck inside of this blue prison
Waiting for you to walk on by
And throw me the key so I can fly
I don't know why but I know it's true...
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Braindead
2003 (Appears on "The Non-Dairy Creamers", "Demos",
"The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
My brain stopped working on the night we parted
I knew this would happen, never should've started
I guess now I'll listen to my heart, not my head
Because without you I'm plum braindead
My eyeballs fell out and they rolled down in the street
Appendages ain't working and I can't move my feet
Leaving you was a horrid mistake
'Cause now all I do is the heart attack shake
I don't know what to do, I just sit in my room
I can't escape this feeling of doom
I wanna ask if I can come back home
But I can't speak with a brain of stone
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Cold As A Coffin
2004 (Appears on "Demos", "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
Cold as a coffin, darker than Hell
Like a haunting phantom your love did dwell
On my mind and in my room
Without your love it was cold as a tomb
And having no one to whom I could speak
My heart slowly began to leak
It started that day in mid-July
It did not stop until it all had run dry
Without my heart with which to care
I slowly began to lose my hair
Among other things my hair did fall
But my love for you had hit the wall
Without my hair to spike and cut
Off came next my legs and my butt
Without my legs with which to travel
I feared my mind would soon unravel
And so it did but quite slowly so
Each drop of sanity reluctant to go
The next thing to go were my eyes and my ears
Must've been fed up with producing tears
My arms fell off and my life did end
All of this thanks to you my friend
This all may be gone, but one thing's still true
I still have what's important, my memories of you
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The Curse of the Mini-Phantom
2005 (Appears on "Demos")
Instrumental
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Death To You
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
I know I’m just a victim
Of your tragic loving scheme
Your cruel romantic fantasy
Is nothing but a dream
I read you thoughtful poetry
But it falls upon deaf ears
Now is the time to cut you loose
From this twisted mortal sphere
Oh now baby don’t you worry
You can just sit back and wait
Just relax and loosen up
No need to sit up straight
I’m just a music business man
Entertaining and charming too
Keep your eyes up on the stage
I will bring your DEATH TO YOU
I thought that you’d be soft
Something I could sink my teeth into
But you were so cold and vicious
As you cautiously crept on through
You treated my heart like a sporting good
It was kicked and thrown around
Your superficial flame would burn alive
From your palace underground
Oh now baby don’t you worry
You can just sit back and wait
Just relax and loosen up
There is no need to sit up straight
I’m just a music business man
Entertaining and handsome too
Keep your eyes up on the stage
I will bring your DEATH TO YOU
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Factory 43
2007 (Appears on "God Damn The Limit Club")
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
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Frankenstein Bop
2006 (Appears on "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
Well here I come a bopping down the street
Looking surgically sexy when we first meet
At the end of the month I always get this way
I do the Frankenstein Bop until the break of day
No use for love or money or gold
My heart's rotted out, my brain is covered in mold
I put my arms straight out and then I stumble around
I do the Frankenstein Bop all over the town
Ungh!
I went to the doctor and I asked "What's wrong?"
He said "Your kidney is dry and your liver is gone"
I said "Well that's alright, don't need that stuff anyway
As long as I can dance, well I'll be doing okay"
Ungh!
So when you see me lady and I'm coming your way
Don't scream and yell, and please don't run away
Just join me baby and we'll dance 'til the dawn
Doing the Monster Rhumba on your front lawn
Ungh!
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The Great Unknown
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
I’ve wandered the streets in this old town
For a hundred thousand years
Seen everything there is to see
And cried one thousand tears
There ain’t no light to guide me
As I ride off on my own
Down into the underground
Into the Great Unknown
My only company will be
A completely broken heart
The way my life has always been
Alone and in the dark
Then I’ll ride off into the sunset
Oh so bored and all alone
Just defeated and dejected
Down into the Great Unknown
I knock the dust off of my clothes
And wipe dust from my face
Close my eyes and walk away
From this dry, surreal place
There ain’t no light to guide me
As I ride off on my own
Down into the underground
Into the Great Unknown
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Haggard, Tore Up And Busted
2006 (Recorded as demo. Never included on an album.)
Well I knew this bitch, she was out of her mind
She was flappin' and squawkin' all the time
She didn't look good but she wasn't that old
And the shit she would wear was a sight to behold
She was haggard, tore up and busted
I gave her chance and tried to be polite
But it was plain to see that she wasn't quite right
Everyone we knew kind of felt the same
Like something came unscrewed up inside her brain
She was haggard, tore up and busted
Well I gave her the benefit of the doubt
She might've had a rough past I didn't know about
But every time I'd talk to her she'd start an attack
I think that this annoying bitch is smoking too much crack
I finally gave up and tried to leave her alone
I thought "Maybe if I'm quiet then she'll go back home"
But that didn't work, she's still hanging around
I guess I'll have to pack my shit and move outta this town
She's haggard, tore up and busted
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I'm A Nightmare
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
I’m a nightmare baby
I was born in this Savage Land
This barren desert where you lost your heart
Upon the burning sand
I am the poison door inside your mind
The venom in your veins
I am the raw impulses motivating
Every thought sent from your brain
So you’ve been outcast from the outcasts
Because you’re not that brand of weird
You refuse to grow your hair down long
And grow a fucking beard
I know you grew up inside a living hell
A child full of despair
Suffocating in a stagnant town
Without a breath for air
I transform into a nightmare when the sun falls from the sky
I explode into a cloud of smoke and disappear before your eyes
You feel a little paranoia as I absorb into your skin
A restless panic feeling starts a thrashing from within
You followed the righteous path, I know
You followed every word
But you grew wise enough to realize
It was backwards and absurd
You can ruin your life in your own way
Any way that you should choose
Cause your whole world is an explosive
And now it’s time to light the fuse
It’s been so long since the sun has shone
In your general direction
Your electrical outlets do not work
Due to inferior connection
You’re just a lonesome drifter
Just a mindless, wayward being
You know your life is just a dead end road
And really doesn’t mean a thing
And that’s where I come in. You know we’re partners in our crimes
You turn to me for your sinful thoughts of lust every single time
I’m a nightmare and I live behind the your every whispered breath
I’ve followed you throughout your life and I will be there at your death
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The Kids Are All Dead
2006 (Appears on "God Damn The Limit Club")
After the nuclear bomb and the fire war
Which the future inevitably holds in store
The buildings have all been blown away
And the sky is a constant shade of grey
Apocalypse and holocaust
Can only describe what will be lost
Human life will take a different tone
You'll look around and find you're all alone
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all fucking dead
Annihilation is on the horizon
We're all gonna die someday
But the monsters in Washington won't do shit
And you know it does no good to pray
Humanity is a parasite
Killing off planets with much delight
Dust and gasoline pollute the air
And destroy the environment beyond repair
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all fucking dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all dead
Where are the kids?
They're all fucking dead
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Let's Get Religious!
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
Oh my brothers and my sisters
I call upon you now
Look upon this lonesome wretch
This sacrilegious rotten cow
Shame to him for living life
And following his dreams
For not falling in line with the feeble
And believing our fraudulent schemes
Humiliation for not believing
And not kneeling before the throne
Let’s cast him out amongst the fire
Throw him into the great unknown
But our true motives are all hidden
Behind this veil of tricks and lies
Our reach spans the whole planet
With our wicked political spies
Let’s all get religious
Start a new church of our own
The virtues will independence
Common sense and a mind of your own
Jesus Christ is dead and rotting
So let’s see what happens next
To hell with their old time rituals
We’ll create our own sacred text
LET’S GET RELIGIOUS RIGHT NOW
Let’s all get religious now
Prove we don’t need their God
We have the right to forge our own path
And reject their spiritual fraud
There are far too many people
Being mistreated, fucked and whored
In the mysterious name of the father
The holy name of the secret Lord
You will never know God’s face
Many have sought him out and failed
It’s because there’s no one out there
It’s just a clever fairy tale
When you fall into their clutches
You won’t know ‘til it’s too late
Rape your children, loot your wallets
And laugh their way to Heaven’s gate
Let’s all get religious
Start a new church of our own
The virtues will independence
Common sense and a mind of your own
Jesus Christ is dead and rotting
So let’s see what happens next
To hell with their old time rituals
We’ll create our own sacred text
LET’S GET RELIGIOUS RIGHT NOW
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Losing My Mind On Purpose
2005 (Appears on "Demos", "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
Losing my mind on purpose
Going insane on night
Saturday means the Armageddon will come
In the beckoning pale moonlight
Sleep won't come for those who know
The end is forever near
They know that God is not a man
And their hearts have filled with fear
The sky is black as I close my eyes
And we fly to the next gravesite
Past the home of the one I loved
My eyes can't bear the sight
Losing my mind on purpose
Going insane it's true
The face in the mirror's not mine I see
He's a devil created by you
The stresses of life sit heavy
On the arms of a person that's weak
Paranoia closes in as you trudge through the days
And your heart has begun to leak
Look into my eyes as death closes in
Tell me your regrets and fears
Sit back and relax as the night takes control
And the torch of our love disappears
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Lost On Planet X
2006 (Appears on "God Damn The Limit Club")
My ship crash landed on Planet X
While flying through the galaxy
No civilizations, no sign of life
Just red dirt as far as I can see
My ship's destroyed and now I'm stranded
It's far beyond repair
I know I'm lost on Planet X
In the middle of nowhere and I say...
AHHHHHHHHH!
I'm lost on Planet X
Lost on Planet X
I know my fate is sealed and death
Will soon be overhead
I'd like to see you one last time
But I'll die alone instead
So remember but forget my fate
As I die alone this way
And if this signal reaches you
Well it's lonely out in space and I say...
AHHHHHHHHH!
I'm lost on Planet X
Lost on Planet X
I'm lost on Planet X
Lost on Planet X
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Phantom Cats
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
Turn to close my eyes
To avoid what I know is there
See the shadow crawl up the wall
Afraid of the distant stare
Step back and close the curtain
Head straight for the door
Figure blocking my escape
This creature I do abhore
Even in the dark
I know you’re there
Elusive to the eye
Disappear into thin air
All that I know
Thrown out the door
Nowhere to go
Evolution’s not on our side
They’ve outgrown
To the flesh they’re prone
Deliverance from my soul
Cryptic in their nature
Dissolve into the night
Hopeless and defenseless
No help in this twilight
Feel the grip upon my shoulders
Claws bore into my flesh
Creatures of a hellish nature
I’m praying for my death
Even in the dark
I know you’re there
Elusive to the eye
Disappear into thin air
All that I know
Thrown out the door
Nowhere to go
Evolution’s not on our side
They’ve outgrown
To the flesh they’re prone
Deliverance from my soul
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Praying Mantisss
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
In my dreams I see him
And he’s standing by the bed
He is looking down politely
Implanting thoughts in my head
A thread of black saliva
Dripping down from his clenched teeth
His hands folded in prayer
Rippling shadows underneath
His giant eyes just glaring in a
Nebulous murky grey
His intentions remain unknown
As his hands reach out to pray
A whirlwind blows, the night creeps by
In a transcendental blink of an eye
A surreal numbness passes through
As The Praying Mantis watches over you
I can’t explain why he’s here
Keeping watch in this odd way
My perception broken, leaking fluids
My thoughts in disarray
Brainwaves thrown in at random
And then rearranged once more
Deep down there is no meaning
In their unstable, frenzied core
Dreams are merely fragmentations
Of our daily thoughts and lives
But I haven’t seen a praying mantis
Since nineteen ninety five!
A whirlwind blows, the night creeps by
In a transcendental blink of an eye
A surreal numbness passes through
As The Praying Mantis watches over you
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The Shadow of Love
Written by Burns, Vanian, Gray, Scabies, Jugg
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
Don't be when you stand in the shadow of love
The hour is late and you know that time waits for no one
See the door when it's about to swing both ways
See the answer that's mirrored in her gaze
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love
A brief embrace and fear and restraint have all gone
Innocence burned yes a fire that burned all along
See the answer mirrored in her gaze
See the doors about to swing both ways
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love
Every night, every day
I experience the most exquisite pain
A thousand whispers seem to say
I light a candle to you and I pray
I kneel to pray
Now don't be afraid when you stand in the shadow of love
Play the game take a chance or you haven't the power of love
See the glow of that girl's soul in her face
See the glow of that girl's saving veil of grace
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love
You're caught in the shadow of love
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Sister Found The Cure
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
Well I was just a child when sister found the cure
Or maybe I wasn’t even born
But the damage was done for a thousand years
Disintegrated, fragmented and torn
Now a flood is coming to this land
But there’s just no time to cry
A pornographic scene on the giving ground
It was an afterhours lullaby
Sister found the cure
At the end of the world
The cure found the sister
She was the perfect girl
Just one more time I’ll say it
So that you can be sure
You know that
Sister
Found
The
Cure
Fascination Street to the reptile house
They’re in the same deep water as you
There’s a halo behind the poison door
Some kind of stranger awaits there too
Your prayers for rain from Heaven
Won’t go unanswered any more
Come to a grinding halt and walk away
And kiss the carpet on the bedroom floor
Sister found the cure
At the end of the world
The cure found the sister
She was the perfect girl
Just one more time I’ll say it
So that you can be sure
You know that
Sister
Found
The
Cure
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Sleeptalking
2006 (Appears on "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
My hands feel weak and useless
As they fall down to my sides
I return here just to be with you
Like every night since I died
I saw you there crying
There was nothing I could do
This is how I spend my nights
Just sleeptalking to you
I'll find you in the morning
You haven't moved in days
The smell of death sticks to the paint
As our minds slowly decay
I try every single night
To hold you in my arms once more
But I pass over you like a veil of mist
And I'm damned forevermore
And yes it's true I wanted to die
When you saw what I'd become
But I didn't realize the afterlife
Would be so miserably numb
I saw you there crying
There was nothing I could do
This is how I spend my nights
Just sleeptalking to you
Now I watch over you from another plane
But I cannot interfere
Like the swollen clouds on a Summer night
I will be forever near
I saw you there crying
There was nothing I could do
This is how I spend my nights
Just sleeptalking to you
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The Spider Crawl
2006 (Appears on "God Damn The Limit Club")
When I was living I dreamt a spider was crawling toward me
As she approached me, I felt a poison pump into my bloodstream
My body went numb and a green radiation filled the entire room
I knew at that point that the spider's love would cause me to meet my doom
Her black fingernails broke through my skin as she pressed her lips against mine
Her voice rang out above the roar and stopped the slither of time
The soulless shell that once was my body was taking it's final breath
Anticipating it's undeniable, irresistible death
There she was creeping down the steps toward me
Twenty green eyes and eight legs I could see
"I've waited so long for this moment" she cried
With the poison touch from her fingers, I died
Though I'm now dead I still remember the sound of the widow's call
I see very clearly her shadow in the moonlight on my wall
She bared her fangs and she glared at me with no emotion at all
I could never forget the wind in the trees on the night of the spider crawl
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Strangeways
2005 (Appears on "Demos", "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club")
I awake in the morning to a harsh scraping sound
Respect and courtesy are things of the past in this town
And I've no idea what's happening these days
The world has come upon some strange strangeways
We're isolated from the world, trapped in our cage
Locked away tight until we're stricken with age
We go 'round again, down the same bullshit road
The same places we've been until we're feeble and old
They say "Always remember not to do what's been done
Pass them by slowly and don't be overrun"
But they'll never lend a hand, not in a single way
The world has come upon some strange strangeways
Strangeways
Strange strange strangeways
And now the future's uncertain and the end is unclear
But I won't go away, no, I'll always be here
We don't deserve the struggle that our paths have shown
But I'd rather struggle with you than be free and alone
I used to be stronger, it didn't hurt so much
Our deceptive bodies and the trickery of touch
But I've no idea what's happening these days
The world has come upon some strange strangeways
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You're Doomed If You're A Clone
2008 (Appears on "Phantom Cats")
The sky hangs crimson red on this apocalyptic scene
The pain is all too real you know it cannot be a dream
The end has come and gone for the world we used to know
Franticly you try to erase any expression of your own
Your lives can't last forever, so you all try to blend in
You squirm inside your moist & flaccid artificial skin
You wear such delicate masks but you are PLASTIC to the bone
And one thing I can say is you are DOOMED if you're a clone
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
Recycle and impersonate, make sure you fit the mould
If they find you lying here, you'll lose your last safe hold
They'll lock you in a cell where they will cut you to the bone
If there's one thing I know it's that you're doomed if you're a clone
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
So the future is upon us, we all look and sound the same
Same old yell and jack-off show it's hysterically lame
But at least they'll never find us if we all have the same tone
They won't detect a different voice 'cause we're all fucking CLONES!
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
You’re Doomed if you’re a clone
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You're Pretty Warm
(For Someone With A Cold Heart)
2005 (Appears on "Demos", "The Frankenstein Bop Demo" and "God Damn The Limit Club".
If I could go back in time I would say to you
"Your liquid dreams are nearly through"
Your thoughts aren't clear when it's hard to sleep
And the river of nightmares is shallow and deep
Caught with your pants down in the moonlight
Time drags slowly when you're filled with fright
Deep down, I believe you know how it will end
How can you trust yourself when you're not your own friend?
The stars shine sweetly on your corpse tonight
I wipe away the tears but they just won't dry
Your hopes and prayers move back to the start
And you're pretty warm for someone with a cold heart
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