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Under Triple Moons

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Cover ImageRelease date and tracklist

1997
US CD Roir RUS8231

Date unknown
MP3 available through Roir’s Bandcamp

  1. As If – [MP3]
  2. Splash – [MP3]
  3. Submerged – [MP3]
  4. Amphitheatre – [MP3]
  5. Digital – [MP3]
  6. Dying For The Emperor – [MP3]
  7. Oceans Of Emotion – [MP3]
  8. Small Anthem – [MP3]
  9. Intruder – [MP3]
  10. Premonition 2 – [MP3]
  11. Frosty – [MP3]
  12. One For The Pearl Moon – [MP3]
  13. The Whore Of Babylon – [MP3]
  14. The War Of Silence – [MP3]
  15. Garlands – [MP3]
  16. A Lust For Powder (Version Apocalypse) – [MP3]
  17. Punishment – [MP3]
  18. Down From The Country – [MP3]
  19. Premonition 1 – [MP3]

 


Credits


Notes

An anthology release featuring most of the PREMONITION cassette release plus tracks from TRAUMSTADT 2, KLEINE KRIEG and CHEMICAL PLAYSCHOOL 1+2.
All tracks recorded in London at Chez Dots between 1980 and 1984. All tracks are exclusive to this CD. All tracks previously released on private edition cassette-only.
From the liner notes:
All pieces recorded between the years 1980-1984, and are exclusive to this CD.
Tracks 1-10 and 19 hail from the cassette-only release, “Premonition” (1982)
Track 11 was culled from double-cassette release, “Chemical Playschool 1/2” (1981)
Tracks 12 and 18 are from cassette-only release, “Kleine Krieg” (1981) *
Tracks 13 – 17 hail from cassette-only release, “Traumstadt 2” (1988)
Note that all pieces were recorded on primitive equipment at Chez Dots when it was based in London. Do not expect digital bliss, sensurround; however, brain damage is guaranteed.
SING WHILE YOU MAY
LAZHTOVET PRIMZHKAYA…!* Track 18 is actually the version from “Traumstadt #5“, and is itself an edited version of that found on “Kleine Krieg“.

Press Release

Formed in 1980 in the UK, and shortly thereafter transplanted to Amsterdam, The Legendary Pink Dots are more together today than ever before. Constantly touring for 16 years on the Continent and USA, they have produced 18 records on labels such as Play It Again Sam, Wax Trax, Staalplaat, Caroline, and recently, on Soleilmoon USA. Their leader, Edward Ka-Spel, a frequent collaborator with Skinny Puppy, has released 4 albums of his own material and with Tear Garden (members of Skinny Puppy) on Nettwerk Capitol USA.

Legions of fanatic fans virtually assure a sellout crowd for the band’s gigs. Their unusual mixture of electronic psychedelic whimsy and Alice In Wonderland playful, lush textural madness have kept them constantly on the top of the underground cult musical scene – always a top player but never a commercial winner.

“Under Triple Moons” compiles their very earliest privately recorded tape-only for fans-only cassette tape recordings, commercially released for the very first time! Tracks were selected by Edward Ka-Spel, the band’s enigmatic leader and vocalist.

LAZHTOVET PRIMZHKAYA…!


Lyrics

As If 
(Instrumental)

Splash

Whisky knees and wine gums, real ones. Brandy on my mind, in my blood, in my liver, like a river. Walking under water, short of breath. My speech is sort of slurred, it’s a blur. Much too late for turning back now. I’m drowning, I’m drowning. Clowning with my friends in the station. Party’s on the patio with patronizing friends who pat me on the back, say “Have another, you’ll recover.” Cover up the cracks, blacking out, keep on grinning, spinning. I know I’ll never win this bite. I’m drowning, drowning. Clowning with my friends in the station, in the gutter. Stinking rich and sinking pictures full of Slivowitz. It gives me fits and makes me spit in pits of poison. It annoys them, it destroys them. But they let me keep on drowning, drowning. Clowning with my friends in the station, in the gutter. I’m drowning.

Submerged 
(Instrumental, with unintelligible vocoder)

Amphitheatre

Found a hand in the sand, where they covered up the remnants. Not enough to show the Joneses, but should look good on our wall. Not too clean, nicotine. Really never saw a nail file; still two others tried to claim it, but I just swept past them all. And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre. Hear them sing, feel them swing: aren’t you trembling with excitement? Can’t stop my pulse from racing when I’m faced with scenes like this. Caesar lives, the Empire lives, must be twenty fires burning. If the guard would loose the lions, I would surely die in bliss. And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre. Do you like my cross, as it sparkles in the white light? Cut in solid silver, swinging round my neck. Thousands died on them, millions died for one. Impressive as ……?…… But we can’t sling a stake around your neck. No, you can’t sling a stake around your neck. Standing here, sipping beer: aren’t we being rather tasteless? I’m ravenous with hunger. Can’t we simply sneak back home? Harmless fools, gaping ghouls, and they’ve never seen a car crash. It’s raining and it’s raining, not a freak’s night out in Rome. And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre. Gazing down at the ground, where the flies move around my carcass. Said you had to be a martyr to raise interest from a crowd. But I can fly, I can fly, if I could just see their faces. As I glide between the planets, playing I-Spy from a cloud. And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre.

Digital

I did it all the hours that God grants me. I test myself, I test my friends, it never ends. I bend their minds, I mind the bends. They take it all, don’t mind at all. They’re digital. They’re digital. They did it all the hours that God grants them. They test themselves, they test their friends, it never ends. They bend my mind, they mind the bends. I take it all, don’t mind at all. I’m digital.

Dying for the Emperor
(with help from The Red Ninja)

Finger on the button, perspiration on the forehead, splashing puddles on the keyboard. Jerking sideways, upwards, downwards: blisters. Spiders sing a tune, you do. You can’t destroy the aliens, can’t destroy the aliens. It’s painful when you’re doing well, but we keep coming back. But still he tries as missiles fly. His lady keeps complaining about the lack of conversation. Session’s lasted for a day now. But he won’t give up the fight. You gotta destroy those aliens, gotta destroy the aliens. It’s painful when he’s doing well but they keep coming back. Impatiently they brought him food and forced it down his throat, till he was choking, dribbled gravy, swiveled crazy, spacey glimmer in his eyes. Likes to splatter all the aliens, flatten all the aliens. It’s painful when he’s doing well yet still they creep on back. Creeping back for more. Still he won’t give up, though senators slap him on the back and snap him with their instamatic, automatic, jerkomatic. He’s fanatical but ice-cool as he cannons down his aliens, gotta destroy the aliens. It’s painful when he’s doing well but still they keep on coming back. His score’s just topped a million, he’s killing them. A winner, though he’s getting so much thinner, and beginning to see stars. Starts to mutter, eyelids flutter, on the point of passing out. You gotta destroy the aliens, gotta destroy the aliens. It’s painful when he’s doing well but still they keep on creeping back. The nation sighed, his mother cried: he just expired, still firing, firing high and wide. He tried to beat them till the end. Tried to beat the aliens, tried to beat the aliens. He failed, a failure. A failure.

Oceans of Emotions

Searching in my drawer, I had to find a photograph of you. Were you really quite like I remember? Cold Decembers on a pier, a can of beer between us. We were dreaming on the railing of sailing on our own into the sunset: an orange one with palm trees, dolphins bouncing round the boat. We’d live on coconuts, I’d build a hut in wood and grass. Strong enough to last us through the storm, keep us warm. Why did our dream have to die? Tell me why. You were out there with me. You felt the breeze past through your hair, held a seashell to your ear, fearless, flying higher in a world built just for us. No visitors, nothing there to hurt us. So why did you run away? No explanation, no communication, not a word. Just a square inch in the paper said you took your life – what a waste. Weren’t you just a little hasty? God, what a pitiful waste. Why did our dream have to die? I don’t know why. You could have picked a graceful method: died like Cleopatra, where no scars remain. A tube train just does nothing for your figure. My disfigured princess! Do you watch me through the night? Are you watching now? Well, I’d like to join you, but I haven’t got the courage. But my dream lives on, will never die, never die. On and on forever.

Sacred Anthem
(Instrumental)

Intruder

It’s incorrect, defective, ejected. Leave it with the garbage in the garage. Will you get it out of here? ‘Cos it does me in, it’s sinful, it stinks, inhuman. Incinerate, exterminate, take it, hide it. It offends me with its grin. That evil grin, it scares me: staring, glaring, I swear its laughing — so darkly. It’s dirty, a dud, a dreg, a dreadful mess like that can’t be for real. (Unreal, a box of fitting labels?) Start a crossword with a single clue. But will you save me the trouble: go flush the thing away!

Premonition 2
(Instrumental)

Frosty

He always looked behind him, scared somebody would jump him. Put him on the ground so he’d come around to the sound of people laughing. ‘Cos the whole world loved to mock him. Sun and moon both pointed at him. Kids would crick their necks to get a better view. Well, it really did his mind in, and we wanted to protect him. So we placed his face in a smash-proof case and placed it in the fridge. They giggled in the corners, whispered lies across the borders. They derided him and chided him ’til he carried out their orders. So he dashed into the limelight, played at Hamlet for a fortnight. Waved his arms and screamed demands for some respect. But they just could not excuse him, it was really too amusing. So he packed his sack and scrambled back to safety in the fridge. And I swear I saw his spirit skim the sky with nothing near it. Piled armour-plated roller skates, white feather train to steer it. Scared somebody would look up, gesticulate and throw up. Send him flitting, flitting scarred behind a cloud. But for him, there’s no escaping, no hole big enough to hide in. Best just to stay nicely out the way in safety in the fridge. In the village bells were tolling, in the town the dogs were howling. It was Armageddon, tanks crashed head-on, planet Earth was drowning. Then the Devil sent a shower, Europe died in half an hour. And a demon wind just finished off the rest. But our friend, he took a teabreak, idly munching on a fish-cake. Quite oblivious and ignorant but cozy in the fridge. It’s so cold there, in the fridge. It’s so icy, frosty.

One for the Pearl Moon

I stood here when this city was a cave. Face contorted, angry eyes aflame, spitting vows I couldn’t keep. I’m one for the pearl moon. One for the pearly moon in the sky. I knelt here, caged and weeping in the wind. Cried aloud for those who died for me. Whispered prayers for those who lived. One for the pearl moon. Prayers for the pearl moon. I slept here, as the grass grew around my head. Undisturbed though pilgrims called my name. Unimpressed by children’s cries. They cried for the pearl moon! Cried for the pearly moon in the sky. I rose here, stirred by rituals in the night. Stars and circles scratched out in the dust. Double lines and cups of blood – there’s blood for the pearl moon. I will leave here. I’ll waste your cities, I’ll smash your walls. Got no mercy, though you beg me to stop, ‘cos I’ve wasted much too long.

The Whore of Babylon

Mirror tiles, a mirrored ceiling. She preens, adjusts her hair. She pouts, a wink. The perfume stinks, it’s lovely, like fresh air. Saints are queuing at the door: their haloes on a chain. They’re always after more and more. The whore of Babylon: she turns nobody away. Nobody away. They pay, they play, the …?… fly. It’s never straight – it’s on the floor, it’s in the kitchen. No-one’s ever bored, ‘cos the whore of Babylon knows how to make a man feel like a man. Can you?

The War of Silence

Something wrong? Now tell me what you’re hiding. Deep inside you’re boiling, you’re ready to explode. Let’s avoid it, now fight it, tell me please. Don’t scorch me with a look, or torch me in your mind. I see the signs, ask what’s the problem. You say nothing – meaning everything. That’s my problem: every glance is accusation, every breath a condemnation, isolation, paranoia. Sure I can feel it: three simple words. The war of silence.

Garlands
(Instrumental)

A Lust for Powder

Astrid. Astrid, do you think they know? Spy behind the curtains – see me now! I’m certain that they’ve seen it all. All the ammunition … watched you planting posters on the wall. They hear us on the phone you know. We’re not alone. We’re not alone. We can give them all a show when we make love. The tape is running, guns are trained – I wonder when they’ll fire? I’m losing hope, I’m feeling scared. You feel it too? I’m sure you do! Let’s ignore them – powder our noses. Powder our throats. Today I’ve got a lust for powder – a tower of powder. (If they shoot me now, I couldn’t give a fuck…)

Punishment

Shakespeare’s in his cot; he’s rather old, but he sucks his thumb and fumbles with a lump of sugar. (He needs a diet.) And Hamlet grins and force-feeds him with tins and tins of cold rice pudding; it dribbles down his chin. And Shakespeare’s feeling sick. And Hamlet sticks his gums together. He wants revenge, like all the others. They’re queuing for a punch, queuing for a slap, and Shakespeare’s on his back. He takes it all. He takes it all.

Down from the Country

Down from the country, oh he had such plans – about making some money, about living, being a man. Packed his belongings in a battered old case. Yes that look of fulfillment, well it stretched across his face. Thought about his new life, maybe he’d find himself a girl; share a flat and a mattress. Sure, they’d build that Brave New World. Take a job in an office, start low but proud. He could work all the hours – hours the clock would allow. And he’d reach new horizons, put some money away. Buy a house in the suburbs, maybe have a son on the way. Yes, down in the country: schemes and dreams stretch high, no limitations, they train you right. You take the whole world on a whim. Down in the station with his foot on his case, well he met some new friends, said they’d show him round the place. And they bought him a burger, and they showed him the sights. And he played Space Invaders. Oh he got stoned by the light. Then down to the nightclubs, bought him all of his drinks. And the sweet-smelling ladies, well, they’re looking just at him. Had a glass too many, had nowhere to go. And he tripped on a table, they said: “Time we walked you home.” And they each took a shoulder, brought a grin to his face. Gentle limp through the doorway, gently lifted up his case. Short-cut through the alley, stopped a while for a rest. Fingers rifled his pockets … but no success. And they spread his belongings in the dirt and the rain, and of course they found nothing, as he feebly tried to explain. Now down in the country, sort things out with your fists. And he never had a prayer as the switchblade cut his wrists, his chest, his arms. And the neon gods took him, and they showed him the ropes. Now he hops down the alley – a city ghost.

Premonition 1

(Has “City Ghosts” lyrics throughout background)

Transcribed by Nancy Thuleen

Live ’89

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Cover ImageRelease date and tracklist

1997

NL CD-R Terminal Kaleidoscope TEKA03

  1. Intro
  2. Casting The Runes
  3. Maniac
  4. Black Zone
  5. The Talent Contest
  6. 8 Minutes To Live
  7. Blacklist
  8. Princess Coldheart
  9. Pleasure Palace
  10. Der Schrei
  11. I Dream Of Jeannie

23 February 2014
NL Enhanced MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

  1. Intro / Casting The Runes / Maniac
  2. Black Zone / The Talent Contest / 8 Minutes To Live
  3. Blacklist
  4. Princess Coldheart / Pleasure Palace
  5. Der Schrei
  6. I Dream Of Jeannie

Credits


Notes

Recorded at Kling-Klang in Wilhelmshaven.
Unlimited release available only via mail order directly from the Dots or from Beta-Lactam Ring Records, with copies burned as needed.
The track markings on the disc don’t match with the songs themselves, and vary from copy to copy.
Bootleg copies exist and can be identified by the fact that they have a disc label (the official copies have no label) and covers printed on an inkjet printer (official copies have laser copied covers). In addition, some bootleg copies of this and the LIVE ’85-’88 disc are mislabelled as each other.

From Bandcamp:
1989 was a testing year. The unexpected departure of four band members in the Spring of the year before asked a lot of those left behind. Living in a caravan didn’t help either, but Niels Van Hoorn really was a saviour when a few shows were planned at the end of ’88.

Quite simply he stepped in with his armoury of saxophones and stayed there for the next two decades. It was a seismic change for the Dots (and for Niels ) and in fairness those first shows were shaky..

“Live ’89” has all of this uncertainty on show. To my critical ears it sounds like we were maybe even trying TOO hard. However, as will be noted in a forthcoming “Live ’89 Part 2” release, this uncertainty gave way to an often beautiful freedom when Bob Pistoor joined the band.

The recordings for Live ’89 originated from a German tour, with the wonderful Kling Klang club in Wilhelmshaven being well represented.There is even LPDs’ only song with German text included as part of this set- “Der Schrei”, a collaborative lyrical composition from EK and Elke.

The original “Live ’89” was one of the first three home-made CDR releases from the Dots. They were burned on a prohibitively expensive standalone Marantz cd burner, and the intention was to pay back the cost of the big metal monster inside five years….we just about managed, but technology had advanced somewhat by the time we reached our target.

 

Live ’85 – ’88

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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1997

NL CD-R Terminal Kaleidoscope TEKA02

  1. Regression
  2. True Love
  3. A Strychnine Kiss
  4. Neon Mariners
  5. A Lust For Powder
  6. MMMMMMMMMMMMM
  7. The Gallery
  8. Curious Guy
  9. I’m The Way, The Truth, The Light
  10. Neon Gladiators
  11. Mezhanyne (extract)

Credits


Notes

Compilation of live tracks taken from various performances.
Unlimited release available only via mail order directly from the Dots or from Beta-Lactam Ring Records, with copies burned as needed.
The track markings on the disc don’t match with the songs themselves, and vary from copy to copy.
Bootleg copies exist and can be identified by the fact that they have a disc label (the official copies have no label) and covers printed on an inkjet printer (official copies have laser copied covers). In addition, some bootleg copies of this and the LIVE ’89 disc are mislabelled as each other.

 

 

Ancient Daze

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Cover ImageRelease date and tracklist

1997
NL CD-R Terminal Kaleidoscope TEKA01

2007
US CD Beta-Lactam Ring MT120a (alternate cover image)

  1. Violence – [MD01]
  2. Thursday Night Fever – [MD01]
  3. O(ri)fice – [MD01]
  4. The Chemical Playschool – [MD01]
  5. Voices – [MD01]
  6. Break Day – [MD01]
  7. Only Dreaming – [MD01]
  8. It Rots Your Liver – [MD01]
  9. Black Highway – [MD01]
  10. Phallus Dei – [MD01]
  11. Game – [MD01]
  12. Guess The Politician – [MD01]
  13. Dolls’ House – [MD02-03]
  14. Louder After 6 – [MD02-03]
  15. Spaced Out
  16. Amphitheatre – [MD02-03]

 

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Cover Image2007
US LPx2 Beta-Lactam Ring MT120b

side a

  1. Violence – [MD01]
  2. Thursday Night Fever – [MD01]
  3. O(ri)fice – [MD01]
  4. The Chemical Playschool – [MD01]
  5. Voices – [MD01]

side b

  1. Break Day – [MD01]
  2. Only Dreaming – [MD01]
  3. It Rots Your Liver – [MD01]
  4. Black Highway – [MD01]
  5. Phallus Dei – [MD01]
  6. Game – [MD01]
  7. Guess The Politician – [MD01]

side c

  1. Dolls’ House – [MD02-03]
  2. Louder After 6 – [MD02-03]
  3. Spaced Out

side d

  1. Amphitheatre – [MD02-03]
  2. Candlelight Or Fullbeam
  3. West Side Story (Forgotten Version)
  4. Odd

 

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06 June 2013
NL MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

  1. Violence 06:04
  2. Thursday Night Fever 04:46
  3. O(ri)fice 02:36
  4. Voices 03:29
  5. The Chemical Playschool 02:57
  6. Break Day 03:04
  7. Only Dreaming 01:16
  8. It Rots Your Liver 03:11
  9. Black Highway 04:33
  10. Game 00:48
  11. Phallus Dei 03:14
  12. Guess The Politician 03:38
  13. Louder After 6 04:21
  14. Dolls’ House 06:55
  15. Spaced Out 04:27
  16. Candlelight Or Fullbeam? 02:10
  17. Odd 06:16
  18. West Side Story (The Forgotten Version) 06:00
  19. Amphitheatre 05:00

Credits

Rolls Anotherone – bass
Rik Chevrolet – guitar
April Iliffe – vocals, piano
Edward Ka-Spel – vocals, keyboards
Phil Harmonix – synthesizer
Mick Marshall
Raymond Steeg – vinyl mastering (2007)
Doug Krebs – sound restoration (2007)


Notes

2007 edition LP: Edition of 200 hand-numbered copies in a hand printed gatefold sleeve and 220 gram vinyl.  This edition is remastered and some of the tracks have been edited. Indexing problems with the original version have been corrected.

Tracks 1-12 taken from the cassette album “Only Dreaming” released in 1981.
Tracks 13, 14 and 16 taken from the double cassette album Chemical Playschool 1+2 released in 1981.
Track 15 previously unreleased until the 1997 CDR edition of Ancient Daze.
Tracks 17-19 are previously unreleased.


Description

A collection of some of the earliest material recorded by the Legendary Pink Dots including three unreleased tracks. In 1980, the formation of The Legendary Pink Dots with Phil Knight & Edward Ka-Spel (together they have been the only immutable core of the band throughout its many lineup shifts) burst onto the British underground scene with a handful of private cassette releases appearing in their first couple years. Even early on it was clear that LPD’s electro-psychedelia, though in step with the zeitgeist of the era, was never fully in phase with any given trend or genre.  EKS’ spare, somewhat mournful vocal delivery, paired with surreal, poignant lyrics, rich with imagery, driven home by a band that frequently sounded like acid on mushrooms, made LPD a truly acquired taste.

 

Stained Glass Soma Fountains

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Cover ImageRelease date and tracklist

July 7, 1997
US CDx2 Soleilmoon SOL46

disc a

  1. A Pale Green Introduction – Love On A Pale Green Postage Stamp
  2. Premonition 12
  3. MMMMMMMMMMMM… (First Version)
  4. The Lifesucker
  5. The Divorce
  6. Jungle (First Version)
  7. The Haunted Supermarket
  8. No Bell No Prize
  9. Plague 2
  10. Find The Lady
  11. Judith A Hum – Praum Naizh – A Pale Green Sequel
  12. Suicide Pact

disc b

  1. Waiting For The Call – You ‘n’ Me
  2. April’s Song
  3. Frosty
  4. Defeated
  5. A Message From Our Sponsor (First Version)
  6. Ice Baby Cometh
  7. Hanging Gardens (Flowmotion Version)
  8. Jack – Thursday Night Fever #1 – Die With Your Eyes On – Opus Dei
  9. Premonition 18 (Part One)
  10. Premonition 18 (Part Two)

Credits


Notes

A collection of tracks from early cassette releases, compilation appearances, and other material.
These tracks were originally planned to be included on the Soleilmoon CD editions of the first four albums but had to be left off for “contractual reasons.”
A1 is from a compilation which will remain nameless
A2 is from the compilationQED
B2 is the oldest surviving recording of The Legendary Pink Dots. The band was still named “One Day…” at the time. The name change occured one month later
B7 is from the compilation Flowmotion
the rest is unreleased


Statement

In a hollow stone beneath a mossy log, somewhere in a deep green forest far far away, dwells a race of tiny people who call themselves “the ancient ones.” Their history goes back so far that not one of them remembers exactly where they originally came from, or how they arrived here. It’s safe to say that they’ve been around longer than us “tall folk”. Their best friends are mushrooms, and they claim to know who built the pyramids in Egypt, but they’re not telling anyone. Not yet anyway.

The Legendary Pink Dots found these small apparitions one summer day when their bus overheated and broke down at the edge of that far away forest. It was a happy accident that led them to meet each other, for the “ancient folk” were in search of a new source of peppermint, from which they liked to brew their favorite drink. The Legendary Pink Dots happened to be carrying several bags of peppermint tea, the delicious aroma of which could be smelled by the little people, even though they were on the other side of the mountain. Flying on the backs of dragonflies they went directly to shiny pink bus parked by the side of the road, where they found the Dots practicing their music and waiting for the motor to cool down. They introduced themselves.

Within moments The Legendary Pink Dots had overcome their shock at meeting such strange folk, and soon a deal was struck to exchange a modest amount of peppermint tea for a magical spell that would give whosoever learned it the ability to write the most beautiful songs ever heard in the world. The power of this spell was such that the songs composed by The Legendary Pink Dots after this encounter travelled to every corner of the planet, inspiring mass outbreaks of vegetarianism and other gestures of love and optimism.

This collection of songs brings together tracks from numerous rare cassettes, compilations and unreleased recordings, including the oldest surviving recording of the LPDs, made when the band was still called One Day. It should very much be considered a companion to Under Triple Moons, released recently by ROIR. Both CDs present the band’s earliest works, many of which have been impossible to obtain until now.


Lyrics

A Pale Green Introduction/Love On A Pale Green Postage Stamp

The lights went down in Lemon Town and the peeler shed her snake. I dived inside her birthday cake, then watched them diving blind though exits leading nowhere. Yes, we caught their screams on tape. I watched as they fell into the abyss… (if God had meant us to sin, he would have given us horns!)

Premonition 12

Little Winston waded across the pond. He stroked his swan, which spat and said “I’ll break your leg. Tread carefully.” He did. He reached for his waterwings, he tried to swim, but he scraped his abdomen and howled. While mummy growled and grabbed a towel. Now now. There there. A tear is worse, a tear will fall, but nothing more. They huddled in the sun. They pointed at an object in the sky which hovered, spraying gentle rain. They fainted. Then they melted. Not a hint of pain, all that remained was just a chair. A pile of clothes. A radio disclosing “One of our satelites is leaking” Stereo “One of our satelites is leaking. Keep inside, keep inside. One of our satelites is leaking!”

MMMmmmm……

Pig sucked on a cigarette and mucked the stable. Draped a cable `round the farmers neck and pulled and called the vet who galloped `round. Pronounced him dead. They laid the table. Turned the spit and baby kitten chewed a finger, lingered on a leg and licked his paws. It’s neat to be a carnivor! Passed the plate with farmer’s head on. Sheepy shook a fist and said he looked like John the Baptist. Piggy did the twist said `Try me – I’m salami’. Threw the garlic salt and waltzed across the floor. They stuck their forks in. They ate him raw. It’s neat to be a carnivor!

The Lifesucker

A talon stretches east, and a claw’s extending west. Spider’s crawling ’round his eyes. Eagle tattooed on his chest, he looks a mess. Skin and bone. Too many nights alone. He’s staring at the phone, it never rings. And he lights candles, red and orange. Calls her name, she ‘s there. He’s there, he’s flying. Swear I heard her wicked laugh. He snapped a photograph. Her fingers clutched around his heart. And squeezing , Teasing triumph in her eyes. What a way to die. Another sucker for the life sucker.

The Divorce

Time slips by in lines, and [parades] are slowing down, the flowing gown. Now thread bare. Locked up in the cupboard with the yellow photographs, she hasn’t seen for years. Mirrors lie. The ring has blackened round her little finger. She’d like to cut it off and float back to the summer when she still believed in love, still believed in love. Still believed in love.

Jungle (First Version)

Parcels for the kids, the parcel bombs were left in bins… They were singing hymns and rattling tins. A hand stretched out and caught him, knocked him through a window. And they were fingering his coat, looking for the price tag. Took his fags. Shook his wallet. Stripped him of his shoes. Left him naked – like a mannequin that’s bleeding. A weeping doll without a string to pull. A shop assistant hauled him to the dump with all the others. Struck a match and up they went! Only brave men make it in the jungle!

The Haunted Supermarket (Instrumental)

No Bell No Prize

transcribed by diogon

Someday we took these silver coin, She pushed them down went spinning round and round, and rattle clean away, she didn’t mind ’cause Sylvie loves to play. Little bells don’t ring. Hold hands and freeze just tease, say it, try again. No change. Takes change in handfuls, pulls the handle the story stayed the same. She kicked and she choked and she had a stroke. They stretchered Sylvie away=2E And down she rolled to Hell was Hell like bells. Two little signs say sold and I’ve locked on hold, but still she plays, yes Sylvie loves to play, she’ll play all day. Play all day. Sylvie loves to play all day, loves to play. Love all day.

Plague 2

Everybody, do the plague, do the funky plague. Bubonic Plague, you call it plague. Rolling in the gutter, riding in the butter. They’re burning down the church, and you’ve got the plague. I see the rivers, the rivers of blood. Rivers running, rivers running. Rivers running, scarlet rivers. The bells are ringing, the bells are ringing. The bells are ringing for me and my girl and she’s got the plague, I’ve got the plague. We’ve all the plague! We’re all gonna die. (Laughter as only Ka-spel can do it…) [conscious cats] Bring out your dead. They’re all in the barrel. The angel streets, the kids are playing, knock down ginger fingers on the helm, they run away. The Under God says go to hell. A yellow cross up on the door, yellow splashes on the floor. A smell of [juice and dinner]. And the (?) isn’t sure. Know the rats are biting, the city’s men are fighting. Cracks collapse the wall away. “Ring a ring of roses, ring a ring of roses. Ring a ring of roses,” sing the ghosts. “A ring a ring of roses a pocket full of posies a tissue, a tissue, all fall down. Ring a ring of roses a pocket full of posies a tissue, a tissue, all fall down. Ring a ring of roses a pocket full of posies, a tissue, a tissue, all fall down.”

Find the Lady

Dominoes and poison darts piled in a cart. Your lucky day! you choose your game, you pick a card, you find the lady, chase the ace. It’s double spades. She’s staring straight at you and you know she knows something you’re not aware of, sees the shadow blocking out the sun. The column in the paper. In memorium. In your name. Sees you sliding in the pit as the preacher spits, as the rats run in the crypt. The congregation getting smaller – crosses stretch for miles. A consecrated camp, the marble zoo and she begs to joins the queue, It’s Judgement Day=2E Anne Boleyn is shouting Boo! (Because a ghost cannot applaud). She throws confetti from the stalls, from the stalls. [reaches] for the bell, helps you slide into hell. Smell of burning tar. The Devil turning cards. It’s Double Spades, crown your Lady. Double spades you crowned your Lady. Alone again. Alone again. Alone again. Find the Lady. Slide the other way.

Judith A Hum/Praum Naizh/ A Pale Green Sequel

(Instrumental)(Besides some strange vocal sounds, the only sentence I can understand in the song is “Don’t leave me” This is otherwise a song full of typical Pink Dottiness).

Suicide Pact

Pick a straw, or spin the bottle. Spin the barrel. Draw. You’re quicker from the hip. And the trigger never sticks. But will you take it further? Taste the metal, squeeze again, complete the bargain. Hold my hand, as cities burn away. And children turn to ash in charcoal gardens… will you pardon my concern? I think I’ll catch the bullet in my teeth, join the circus with the freaks. The bearded ladies, the babies with a dozen heads, the jelly legs and the green albinos. They’re queuing at the door. So many more to choose from since the world went up in flames. Forget the names, we’re only faces in the fire…

Waiting for the call – You ‘n’ Me (September 1980)

Shuffling through the ciggy packs, the broken bottles, plastic bags. Sprinkling crumbs in corners for the vermin. There’s a feast in the old rat-hole tonight. Little lady fair and rats from miles around will come to fight for their rat’s full share. It’s a pity that the party will be ruined by a guest armed with a spray. Spraying murder. Playing plagues. It’s early, I should be in bed. They’re bombing Brixton in my head. But still I slink in silence to the station. A busker in the subway hums a tune apathetically, while showing me the windows in his shoes for some sympathy. The sun turned to a nova as he stroked his beard, swiveled dim blue eyes. Gave him nothing. He sold me knives. You and me alone together, you in suede, me in leather. Laughing on our island blowing bubbles at the world. Free from business complications, sleeping pills, bitching nations, hemorrhoids and constipation. What a thrill! Heaven indeed, sad he’s only dreaming. It’s time that I accepted things the way they really are. You, me, me, your supporting cast of thousands, squash into a chute, we’re sending maydays out for air. If you smashed the other cheek I wouldn’t feel it. Stand on me, stamp on me, stamp out my existence. I’ve got this dread disease, you’d better throw me out of town. Don’t you recognise the eyes of a loser? String me up, cut me down, bury me in concrete. Don’t waste a slab of marble on an alien like me. It might make it that much harder to forget me. You, me, alone together, us in leather, lovely leather. The whole world, dressed in leather, lovely leather. In lovely weather. What a dream. It suits me, does it suit you? Old man tried to make a dash. He’s blind, he just ran out of cash. Inspector smirked and smashed him in the ribcage. Told him “Wait, you’re not going anywhere. You’re in custody. I’m bored, got a headache, couldn’t care about your poverty. How old you are, how poor you are – don’t matter, everybody’s gotta pay. Pay the money. Pay the man.” Deities in uniform spout up from unseen barriers. Fingers tapping “Chopsticks” on their holsters. It’s your time or your money, perhaps your shirt, little lady fair. Slip a hand inside your raincoat, you’re a cert for intensive care. For your local laughing policeman’s only happy when you’re writhing in a heap. Learned our lessons. We keep in line.

April’s Song (August 1980)

Always tell a woman what a woman wants to hear, with words that say she’s lovely, and songs that draw her near. The world is full of sorrow, make people happy where you can. As it’s best to be dishonest. [can’t I reget in your poem] you say don’t be so crazy, you’ve got to be cruel to be kind. So fly, ’til you come back there. To love me time after time. You say don’t wait for me, girl. And don’t you waste your life for me. Don’t you know I’ll refind us and love you all the time. Time! All the time. (x2)

Frosty (September 1980)

He always looked behind him, scared somebody would jump him. Put him on the ground so he’d come around to the sound of people laughing. ‘Cos the whole world loved to mock him. Sun and moon both pointed at him. Kids would crick their necks to get a better view. Well, it really did his mind in, and we wanted to protect him. So we placed his face in a smash-proof case and placed it in the fridge. They giggled in the corners, whispered lies across the borders. They derided him and chided him ’til he carried out their orders. But he dashed into the limelight, played at Hamlet for a fortnight. Waved his arms and screamed demands for some respect. But they just could not excuse him, it was really too amusing. So he packed his sack and scrambled back to safety in the fridge. And I swear I saw his spirit skim the sky with nothing near it. Piled armour-plated roller skates, white feather train to steer it. Scared somebody would look up, gesticulate and throw up. Send him flitting, flitting scarred behind a cloud. But for him, there’s no escaping, no hole big enough to hide in. Best just to stay nicely out the way in safety in the fridge. In the village bells were tolling, in the town the dogs were howling. It was Armageddon, tanks crashed head-on, planet Earth was drowning. Then the Devil sent a shower, Europe died in half an hour. And a demon wind just finished off the rest. But our friend, he took a teabreak, idly munching on a fish-cake. Quite oblivious and ignorant but cosy in the fridge. It’s so cold there, in the fridge. It’s so icy, frosty. So cold in the fridge.

Defeated (Spetember 1980)

Crazy Garry pulled the blinds + fed the lions + read the lines that skipped the page + made her dizzy, dozzy. Does she care? Does he? The answer’s ‘NO!’ It’s always ‘NO’. There’s no escape, no secret doors. There’s nowhere you can hide. No way. You’re finished, fated, defeated. She stumbled through the cafe doors down on all fours to loud applause – ordered a meat mandrax + a belladonna squash to quosh the pain. There’s a difference at madonna’s that can carry you away. It made her day, they pumped her dry; they wiped her eyes. She just survived + she can prove it with her bracelet. At least the money wasn’t wasted. But she’s defeated (nowhere to hide). Still defeated.

A Message From Our Sponsor (Version 1)

I will not desert you, I just stepped back a little. Kept a low profile. Smiled as you kissed the ground I walked on. But I made the occasional suprise visit. I like your temples. Those festivals you hold in my honor. I’m flattered, really. And you abused me at first, but I grew, well, fond of you. Though somebody fought over me. And some cursed me. And some thought I died and some thought I never existed. It’s OK. I don’t interfere. I’d never interefere, no matter what you do. Take care now, hear? [How funny, huh?]

Ice Baby Cometh

Bunny wails, the cradle’s waiting. Dad stares at his shoes. While doctor probes the apature. But inside, nothing moves. No answer. Man the knitted mittens. Grandpa boards a tank. But lo his only daughter’s pushing, he’s only firing blanks. No answer. Daddy kisses his lucky penny. Nurse hums a nursery rhyme. While mommy’s screaming for the morphine. Baby wants more time. Still no answer.

Hanging Gardens (Flowmotion Version)

Jack/Thursday Night Fever #1/Die With Your Eyes On/Opus Dei

If a look could kill, if a touch caused a seizure. You’d be dead as that rock. No room in the freezer. Squeeze you with my fingers, tease you, ’til you rattle, like an engine, that’s collapsing, gasping out for oil. You nervous? Well you should be. You know how jealous I get. I’m jealous boy. As for your new friend. He’ll lend his days down an alley, shall he call the law. I doubt it. Curtains closing, faster, faster, tense young lovers. Two statistics. Nervous? Well he should be. You can see how jealous I am. Your jealous boy. Want you home alone. Ignore the phone, except when you’re convinced it’s me, inquiring about your welfare. I care about your paintings. I care about your poems. Love’s like that. Caring, sharing on our own together. And you’ll be there when I’m back from work. Those jerks who bark their orders, smoulder, leer. Patronize. It’s insincere. But you’ll be there. Comfort me. Make my tea, make me king again. The pain will go away and we’ll make plans about our cottage. Miles away, no interruptions. Us together, never seeing anyone. And if you want to dance, we’ll fit the lounge up with a disco. The stereo, we’ll boogie on our own. (alone) Way it’s meant to be. Let’s boogie down. You’re coming home with me tonight, leave him. (My girl) I need you more than he does. To him you’re just a game. Just a game. You’re my girl. I own you.

Premonition 18 (Part One)

(Spanish) Instrumental

Premonition 18 (Part Two)

(Instrumental)

compiled/transcribed by Jason Fergus

Hallway of the Gods

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS

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Cover ImageRelease date and tracklist

August 11, 1997
US CD Soleilmoon SOL50
NL CD Terminal Kaleidoscope TEKA555
PL CD/CS SPV TK04

  1. On High – [MP3]
  2. Mekkanikk – [MP3]
  3. Sterre – [MP3]
  4. Spike – [MP3]
  5. All Sides – [MP3]
  6. Harvest Babies – [MP3]
  7. Lucifer Landed – [MP3]
  8. The Hanged Man – [MP3]
  9. The Saucers Are Coming – [MP3]
  10. Destined To Repeat – [MP3]
  11. Hallway – [MP3]

09 July 2012
NL Remastered MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

  1. On High – [MP3]
  2. Mekkanikk – [MP3]
  3. Sterre – [MP3]
  4. Spike – [MP3]
  5. All Sides – [MP3]
  6. Harvest Babies – [MP3]
  7. Lucifer Landed – [MP3]
  8. The Hanged Man – [MP3]
  9. The Saucers Are Coming – [MP3]
  10. Destined To Repeat – [MP3] / Hallway – [MP3]
  11. 9 Shades Houston Parts 1 & 2
  12. Spike (psychomix)
  13. The Elephant’s Graveyard
  14. Sterre (Instrumental Mix)

 

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Cover ImageJuly 28, 1997

US LPx2 Soleilmoon SOL50

side a

  1. On High – [MP3]
  2. Mekkanikk – [MP3]
  3. Sterre – [MP3]
  4. Spike – [MP3]
  5. All Sides – [MP3]

side b

  1. Harvest Babies – [MP3]
  2. Lucifer Landed – [MP3]
  3. The Hanged Man – [MP3]
  4. The Saucers Are Coming – [MP3]

side c

  1. Destined To Repeat – [MP3]
  2. Hallway – [MP3]

side d

  1. 9 Shades (Live in Houston) Parts 1 & 2

Credits

Qa’Sepel – voice, keyboards, destroyed lyre
Silverman – keyboards
Niels van Hoornblower – horns, flute, electric horns
Ryan Moore – acoustic & electric guitar, bass, drums, theremin
Atwyn – electric guitar, squeltch bass
Frank Verschuuren – sound devices
Nienke – lady voice
Calyxx – little voice


Notes

Vinyl edition is limited to 1200 copies.

From Bandcamp:
1997.  A big change again for the Dots as Martijn and Raymond had left while Edwin van Wanrooij (Atwyn) and Frank Verschuuren joined.
For sure the Dots went extremely spacey for “Hallway” and it remains a big favourite among band members to this day. This is the Redux version with the exclusive vinyl bonus side and songs from the Sterre cd single added.


Press Release

Hallway of the Gods is the name of the brilliant new studio album by The Legendary Pink Dots, their first in two years. Recorded over the last 12 months in Nijmegen and Vancouver, this album presents the Dots at the pinnacle of their creativity. Psychedelic electronics are perfectly mated to Edward Ka-spel’s distinctive vocal style, producing a transcendent musical experience. Hallway of the Gods will initially be available as a limited edition double album, complete with different artwork and a bonus track, 9 Shades (Houston) Parts 1 & 2 that will not be available on the compact disc.

A spokesperson from the Dots’ camp issued this cryptic statement regarding the new album: 

So you are sitting in a plane a few thousand feet above the Atlantic Ocean innocently gazing out of the window, when it suddenly becomes clear that all is not as it should be.

For a start, your sick bag is humming a somewhat atonal version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in your right ear, just loud enough to irritate you and the cigar smoking geranium in the seat next to you.

Taking your eyes away from the window for a second, you note that your legs have disappeared, and in their place is a formless wobbling substance that resembled gelatin. Being a strict vegetarian you naturally find this disturbing, but your attempts to cry out for assistance end up sounding like small ‘feeeeeping’ sounds. A three headed eagle with bad breath squats on the seat in front of you screaming inaccurate quotes from the Koran in an obviously fake Irish accent.

It’s time for a nervous breakdown, but the eagle mutates into a balloon faced sergeant-major who bellows “This is NO time for a nervous breakdown, asshole – we gotta go hunting ventriloquists!” And the plane turns into a bottle o’beer, bottle o’beer… and the earth turns into a peanut butter sandwich which is in turn eaten by a crocodile and spat out again because it tastes like nothing and the whole goddamn universe melts into a green blob, grows an enormous leg, tap-dances on Fred Astaire’s skull and mutates into EVERYTHING again.

Time twists backwards, and you are sitting on a plane innocently gazing out of the window eating a piece of dried banana.

We are but playthings my friends. We are yours to disrespect, my large looming friend up there…

Welcome to the Hallway, the exits are lies. -EKS

STERREKRAZHNALIVSHIJAR-H ALHEMNIS


 Lyrics

On High

That’s Greenland down below… Think of igloos, snow… Thirty plus varieties to throw, to eat, to smother you… Take cover as you fly cocooned across this fragile globe, because you can never rise above it. You’d better pay the earth your mute respect because you never learned to love it or to have, to cherish, to hold… Until death when we provide the great provider… I hope they’ll never hide me in a brick, unnumbered, neatly fixed (Press HERE for pearls of wisdom…) Every day this stone rotates so be content, I’m listening. I’m etched upon a plate… it’s disinfected so don’t you look away. You’re really unprotected and I sense the train of hot hyenas licking at your heels. I see the flock of hungry hawks close in around this plane. There is no sanctuary and everyone around you is insane.

Mekkanikk

My robotic afterlife was tainted with rejection. I’d gaze at my reflection and see rust. Let’s form a club for all the clones that never made it. Techno lepers, cyber chumps, prosthetic paupers plunging pliers in your pocket… And if I dance when you are feeling bored… And if I serve you when you’re lazy, lying limp across the floor, will you inject a little joy into my stick? Will you respect me in the morning?

Sterre

She was so sad. No word of comfort really registered. No friendly hand could steady her. There was no contact, no consideration, penetration or hope. We stood here watching form our observation post. Now here’s a finger, here’s little line – we’ll take you in we’ll guide you home… But with two enormous wings she left us standing, reaching for a ghost. And on this melancholy night there is a star that stands alone. Far beyond the constellations, far removed from highest heaven; cast aside and still we only watch but, my oh my, she’s beautiful tonight.

Spike

H with a capital Hate, out catching souls and drilling holes and it can make you feel like Jesus ’til that Sword gets driven in. Stepped over on the homeless night, they sprayed the wall my desperate friend had tried to climb in vain. They felt his pulse, they swept him clean away. Oh you fucking fool – you left us carrying your useless pain and now we’re trapped here until we die. Remains. The residue. (Is it you???)

All Sides

Somewhere in the distance there’s a figure standing proudly. Arms raised toward the heavens, she’s commanding space and time to crack. It’s raining. It’s alarming. I see mountains on their backs. The blood red river rises. Armies on all sides assailing all that creeps. Should I stand here like a sheep and dye a target on the space between my eyes? Should I run? Should I sleep? Should I mumble words to she who sees me naked from all sides? Is it all a little late to start believing? Oh I believe all sides… Oh anything…

Harvest Babies

First he shivers, then he burns and waves his arms for our attention. We drop our vague pretensions, form a circle and applaud. And praise the Lord, we’re throwing tokens ’til the fire hits the sky. We fall in fits upon the woodpile and we shall scrape there until we die. Until we are reborn in light, glowing amber – a knowing look across our eyes. Yet as wet as new born babies. We have nothing left to hide. Take me as I am! Take us as we are! Take things as they came! Take it all!

Lucifer Landed

“Dance for me!” he calls out from the fence but we just shake a little. “Fall for me!” We fall and make amends with holy Marys. I can’t look you in the eye because your heel is pressing hard upon my head. You terrify me truly – you petrify me half to death. You’re telling me that you feel mysterious today. Walk with me… or may I walk with you? What does it take? Be with me… I can still remember bring weightless, feeling free. I could dance without a hundred fingers pointing, where the laughs were never mean. And I know there’s something out there. And I know I’m going to get there… Please don’t be mysterious today…

The Saucers are Coming (transcribed by “S. Richmond”)

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a cool spring evening. I’m standing at the sink washing dishes and gazing through the window at a rolling red sky. It’s all a part of the daily ritual. Once in awhile my attention wanders as the voice on the radio gives me new information. Crisis’ and wonders and unequaled ???. Some of it sinks in and some of it just sort of floats by…in one ear out the other. A normal spring evening. The sort of evening where you’re just happy to be alive. Just happy to be standing here washing dishes. THIS IS A NEWS FLASH. REPORTS ARE REACHING US THAT A FORMATION OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN FLYING SAUCERS CAN BE SEEN IN THE SKY OVER ST. IVES CORNWALL. THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE HAS CONFIRMED IT CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED WHERE THEY COME FROM AND THAT THEY DEFINITELY ARE NOT WEATHER BALLOONS. AS SOON AS WE KNOW MORE WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

The saucers are coming.

ThE eYEs OF tHe WOrLd aRE uPon YOu. THe hOPeS aNd PrAYErs oF LibERty LOviNg PeOPLe eVERywHEre mArch WiTH yoU.

(this is Edward speaking as two different news reporters at the same time)
IT’S 6:35 ON A CLEAR SPRING EVENING (it’s 6:35 on a cool spring evening)

AND I’M STANDING IN A FIELD JUST OUTSIDE JAMESTOWN. (and i’m standing in a field just outside ?japan?) IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. IMAGINE THE SKY IS LITERALLY COVERED BY FOUR GREEN AND SILVER DISCS. (it’s unbelievable. the sky is covered by four green and silver discs.) THERE ARE PEOPLE CRYING IN DROVES (some are reflecting orange in the sun that’s setting) THERE ARE OTHERS AROUND CAMPFIRES (there are people crying in droves) KEEPING WARM. AND THERE ARE CROWDS BEHIND ROPED OFF AREAS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS. (some people are sitting in tents and around campfires in some self-styled welcome committee) SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN SET UP SOME SORT OF SELF-STYLED WELCOMING COMMITTEE AND BANNERS BEARING MANDELBROT SYMBOLS. (there are crowds behind roped off areas taking photographs.) IT’S INCREDIBLE. AND AS I SPEAK THE FIRST TANKS ARE ARRIVING. (…self- styled welcoming committee and banners bearing the ?mantlecross?. and as i speak the first tanks are arriving. AND NOW AS THE SUN TURNS ORANGE IN THE WESTERN SKY EACH OF THE SILVER DISCS IS CHANGING COLOR. THERE ARE NOW HUNDREDS OF SETTING SUNS IN THE SKY.

(a lot of static and low voices)
…with green…
…photos being taken…
…now…

What else can I say? Their green? They haven’t showed their faces yet Haven’t heard their voices yet. They’re there but they’re inside. ??? ??? ??? comprehend ??? ??? ???

WiTh LiBErty aND ?cHAOs?, ?hELLo LOndOn?. GOOdnIGHt TO YoU aLL.

Come to me. I’ve been waiting so long. I don’t know who you are or what you are. Whether you’re our past or our future. But I need you because I’ve waited long enough. And the saucers fly through the open window. They glide through my fingers. They land on my chest. They make knots in my hair. And I’m open and expecting on my makeshift alter. Prepared for what ever the new people will deliver. I trust. Because what else should I do but trust. What else should we do but trust. THEY SHOULD TAKE THE TAX BACK. This is bigger than all of us so we may as well lay down and trust. There is no moon tonight, but the stars are whispering our names. There is no moon tonight, but the stars are whispering our names.

…??? ??? OUTSIDE OF OUR COMPREHENSION…(completely outside their comprehension.)…TRYING TO ??? ???. TRYING TO ???. ??? ??? EVERYWHERE ??? BUT SITTING ON TOP THEIR ??? (i think they’re just sitting on the job. i think they are playing with our minds.) ??? ??? I DON’T THINK THEY EVEN CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. [There is no moon tonight, but the stars are whispering our names.] (i don’t think they care about what the people think.) WE MUST TRUST THEM. YOU MUST TRUST OUR JUDGMENT. (Everywhere road to the west country is blocked with traffic.) (how do we trust their judgment?) (People are coming from all over the country.) (but i don’t think they’ve got anything under control.) BUT WE’LL GET THERE. WE’LL GET THERE. (yeah…they just don’t get it.) WE’LL GET THERE. Oh thank christ.

Destined to Repeat

Your face seems so familiar. I’m sure we’ve met some place before. It could be we were lovers, maybe eye to eye in some… war. With pulling faces, screaming like two imbeciles. Two racing bayonets. We connect, it’s unmistakable. So don’t look you look the other way. Don’t lie back and pretend that you are sleeping. This is something we’re too deep in. We’re destined to repeat. Come to me my lover. Speak to me my enemy. You cannot run away from me – we’re destined to repeat. Look this way my lover. Speak to me my enemy – we’re driftwood on an endless sea…

Hallway

Here in this passage with the mist up to my knees – a frightened savage pounding panels, I beat on every door I see but I get no answer. Yet I know I’m not alone cos I hear laughter and I know it’s all for me. And I know there’s no returning because the gods must be appeased, and, of the millions, they nominated me. And I’ll walk ’til they forget as we’d forget. I’m all theirs to disrespect and I plea guilty. Call it ‘murder by exclusion’. Call it criminal neglect… Just how many false confessions will it take me? Must I climb the mountain? Must I cry against a wall? Am I doomed to stay marooned here in this hall. Shipwrecked in this gaping hole in time. In this lost museum that’s forever closed inside. A place where nothing dies, it only crumbles. The statues turn their backs and just collapse in piles of ashes, fragments, remnants, ruins, trash… They torched this temple years ago but they left the ghosts to moan on glowing coals, in a hall that leads to a hall that leads to a hall that leads to a hall…