EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

1995
NL CD Staalplaat STCD090

disc a

1. Lines
2. The Infinity Waltz [MP3]
3. Prelude For A Splash
4. The Price Of Salvation
5. Chyekk 1 [MP3]
6. Lisa’s Christening [MP3]
7. Chyekk 2
8. Beautiful, Naked
9. Klazh, Tristurr
10. Lisa’s Resurrection [MP3]
11. The Power, The Power
12. The Glory, The Glory
13. The Forbidden Zone
14. Colour Me Vexed, Desiree

disc b

1. Aaδzhyd China Doll
2. Flesh Parade
3. The Qa’Spell
4. The Unfortunate Demise Of The Fabulous Puccino Brothers
5. Nuts In May
6. Traitors’ Gate / Blowing Bubbles (Part 3)
7. The Fool
8. The Witchfinder Suite Parts I-V
9. The Witchfinder Suite Part VI

Credits

Edward Ka-Spel – music on A11 & A12, recorded in 1994.
For all other personnel see the credits for the original releases of Chyekk China Doll and Aaδzhyd China Doll.

Notes

Re-issue of the albums Chyekk China Doll from 1985 (disc 1) and AaΔzhyd China Doll from 1987 (disc 2) with bonus material (tracks 1-13, 1-14, 2-8, 2-9).

“Traitor’s Gate” and “Blowing Bubbles (Part 3)” are together on track 6, “The Fool” is track 7, and “The Witchfinder Suite” is split into tracks 8 and 9
The Chinese characters on Chyekk China Doll CD translate to “cooking instructions” while on the Aaδzhyd China Doll translate to “ingredients : flour, salt”

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 recorded at Vision Studio, London in 1985.
Tracks 1-13 to 1-14 recorded at LPD Centraal in 1994.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-7 recorded at Dolls’ House and mixed in Klaverland in 1987.
Tracks 2-8 and 2-9 recorded at Dots House, Nijmegen in 1990/91.

Reviews

Ed’s china dolls conjure an image of children’s toys which are delicate, easily broken, and possibly enchanted by some demented musician-magician. The music on this 2-CD re-release has this same kind of eerie carnival atmosphere, using mostly synthetic instruments to create a simultaneously dreamlike and sinister ambience. Songs like “The Infinity Waltz” combine an innocuous and familiar rhythm with Ed’s unique voice supplying surreal narration…it gives the impression of mad china dolls trapped in an eternal dance. Ed happily sings about “slaves” and “corpses” in an upbeat tempo with his usual elfin charm. Ka-Spel’s usual cast of characters makes their appearances on these albums, particularly “Lisa” who is christened and resurrected in two tracks. Fans of the LPD album “Asylum” would definitely like the music on these albums, which were released originally around the same time as that album (86-87). Anyone who likes the synth sound from Walter Carlos’ “Clockwork Orange” is also pointed to “Chyekk”, which captures that sound and might bring a string of associations with it. “Aaδzhyd” is less of a demonic carnival, less synthesized and returning to the Pink Dots’ “Lovers” for material particularly on the song “Flesh Parade”. Disc two has more of a desolate feel, ranging from underwater whisperings to almost industrial wailing sprees. Apocalyptic nursery rhymes and psychedlic soup in this long-awaited re-release from the chinadoll man. – Sarada

***

Ka-Spel’s next two solo albums, 1986’s Chyekk and 1987’s Aaδzhyd, were released together in a double pack by Dutch Soleilmoon-equivalent Staalplaat in 1995. The artwork for the package is beautiful but when carefully considered, the two albums are thematically different enough to merit individual release. Chyekk is somewhat lightweight, containing a number of brief instrumental interludes and synth-orchestrated waltzes (“The Infinity Waltz,” “Lisa’s Christening”), but overall the album is stripped-down and crystal clear. Slight keyboard melodies like “The Forbidden Zone” and “Lines” are examples of Ka-Spel’s best work. Appending a shapeless sound collage like “Colour Me Vexed, Desiree,” which was also written many years after the bulk of the album, was a good intention gone horribly wrong as it interrupts the proceedings. Aaδzhyd is much denser and darker; whether intended to praise or damn certain psychoactive hallucinogenic drugs, it is easy to see how the album could be the musical equivalent of a bad trip. While arpeggioed pieces like “Flesh Parade” (also on the LPD’s Prayer For Aradia) or simple melodies like “Nuts In May” maintain the minimalism carried over from Chyekk, the stark creepiness of the title track and “The Fool” tend to undo any possible feelings of pleasantness while listening. A lengthy epilogue was tacked onto this album as well, but “The Witchfinder Suite (Parts I-VI)” at least fits the mood of the album it complements. – Rex

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

1985
UK LP Torso 33013

side a

1. Lines
2. The Infinity Waltz [MP3]
3. Prelude For A Splash
4. The Price Of Salvation
5. Chyekk 1 [MP3]

side b

1. Lisa’s Christening [MP3]
2. Chyekk 2
3. Beautiful, Naked
4. Klazh, Tristurr
5. Lisa’s Resurrection [MP3]
6. The Power, The Power
7. The Glory, The Glory

***

1988
UK CD Torso CD013

1995
NL 2xCD Staalplaat STCD090- details here

***
2010
US CD Beta-lactam Ring MT115

2012
NL MP3 self-released on EK’s Bandcamp page

30 March 2014
NL Remastered MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

1. Lines
2. The Infinity Waltz [MP3]
3. Prelude For A Splash
4. The Price Of Salvation
5. Chyekk 1 [MP3]
6. Lisa’s Christening [MP3]
7. Chyekk 2
8. Beautiful, Naked
9. Klazh, Tristurr
10. Lisa’s Resurrection [MP3]
11. The Power, The Power
12. The Glory, The Glory
13. The Forbidden Zone*
14. Choke(d)*
15. Film Of The Book (The Forgotten Version)*
16. Colour Me Vexed,Desiree**

*Bonus songs on the Beta-lactam and Bandcamp release only
** Bonus song on the 2014 Bandcamp release only

***
July 21, 2023
NL Remastered MP3 self-released on EK’s Bandcamp

1. Lines
2. The Infinity Waltz [MP3]
3. Prelude For A Splash
4. The Price Of Salvation
5. Chyekk 1 [MP3]
6. Lisa’s Christening [MP3]
7. Chyekk 2
8. Beautiful, Naked
9. Klazh, Tristurr
10. Lisa’s Resurrection [MP3]
11. The Power, The Power
12. The Glory, The Glory
13. The Forbidden Zone

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel – voice, keyboards, electronics, bugle
• Patrick Q. Paganini (Patrick Wright) – violin, keyboards, bass, guitar
• Steven Stapleton – tapes, piano, inspiration
• Lady Sunshine – lady voice
• Produced by Patrick Q. Wright and Edward Ka-Spel

Torso graphics– Nico Arzabach; Cover photography– Ruud Jacobs
Beta-lactam artwork– Jesse Peper; graphics- Chris

Notes

CD:
This release is subtitled “D’Archangel Laughs”.
Comes in a black tray jewel case with a 4-page booklet.

The back of the booklet incorrectly lists two bonus tracks, “When Old Gods Die” and “After the Tower”, that do not appear on the disc. These tracks were later included on the LYVV CHINA DOLL release as “Wenn Alte Gotter Sterben” and “Tower 8”.

Bandcamp:
1985. EK’s first year in Amsterdam and came the day when he found himself actually targeted by TWO record companies in the city. Megadisc had the money but insisted on a long-term contract while Torso had the artistic credibility but less of the greenbacks (or orange backs in The Netherlands).  He opted for the latter label and proposed a collaborative album with fellow Pink Dot Patrick, with a guest spot for Marylou and some sound production advice from old friend Steve Stapleton.
Even so, “Chyekk” is as much Patrick’s album as it is Edward’s. The pair worked in glorious harmony with basic chords and vocal ideas coming from EK while Pat was the master arranger.
The vinyl version was well received and “Chyekk” was even issued as one of the earliest independent cds (although the “bonus” tracks listed on the cover were somehow left off).
A reissue in combination with “Aazhyd China Doll” followed in the 90s, but the truly definitive version with a fabulous interpretation of EK’s original cover concept (thanks to Jesse Peper) appeared in 2010, fabulously remastered by Raymond Steeg.
This Redux version features that 2010 remaster plus the bonus track which was exclusive to the “Aazhyd/Chyekk” edition. -EK

2023 Bandcamp remaster:
A fresh new master of an album that’s well over 30 years old.Chyekk China Doll was EK’s first direct collaboration with violinist, composer and arranger extraordinaire Patrick Q. Wright and his production and engineering skills made this album possible. It was even recorded on his 8-Track home studio in London. Steve Stapleton also features on the tracks “Klazh,Tristurr” and “The Power,The Power.”

Press Release (BLRR)

With two added bonus tracks. “With the help of Nurse With Wound mainman Steven Stapleton on “tapes, piano, and inspiration,” Ka-Spel collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wright on Chyekk China Doll, a worthy entry in Ka-Spel’s lengthy, involved series of solo works. As with most of his solo work, the artist moves sideways from the collapsing, queasy anarchy of the Legendary Pink Dots for a quieter but no less freaky combination. Wright plays a core role throughout, cowriting nearly all the songs and adding his haunting, heavily echoed violin work to many songs, further rendering the playfully cartoon music-in-hell compositions even more curious. The aura of fragile chamber music and oddly elegant ballroom dancing on the brief “Chyekk 1” and “Chyekk 2” and the downright captivating start to “The Glory, the Glory” are some of his standout moments. “Lisa’s Christening,” meanwhile, really does sound like a religious ceremony of some sort, though not exactly one which might be called a traditional Christian rite. Stapleton’s ear for jarring, sudden cuts and random samples further spikes the brew at points — check the brief “Klazh, Tristurr” or the echoing rumble of “The Power, the Power” for a headspinning listen — all making a just disorienting enough combination for Ka-Spel to play in. Sometimes he submerges his vocals in the mix, but, at points, as on the very appropriately titled “The Infinity Waltz,” it goes front and center, his gently declamatory style suiting the results. Ka-Spel’s wiggy sense of humor helps in some of the arrangements as well — who else would whip up a jazzy, ’20s-style strut like “Beautiful Naked” while still making it sound like an invocation to the beyond?”

Lyrics

Lines

I’d steal your kingdom for a horse. I’d sell your grandma for a buzz. I’ll pick your pick your pocket on the bus. I’ll rip your locket off its chain and hawk it in the market if I can walk straight… In line. Like the lines on my arms. Like the line at the clinic where they’ll pump me dry and turn me loose to cynically steal your kingdoms once again.

The Infinty Waltz

Fanning the flames with a feather. He leapt from the the 10 o’clock train to oblivion. Maimed, but the ceiling was falling, the siren was calling. He threw off his chains and he joined The Infinity Waltz. Gallantly screaming we fashioned a cross with the legs of a leper who cried in his cot. And the ringmaster wrestled the Lamb singing sweetly “The Lord is my shepherd” He died on the spot. Madonna was waving, she cut herself shaving; we fell on our knees as she led The Infinity Waltz. Soldiers of fortune were torturing slaves, tipping corpses in graves – slipping mandrax and hairspray to godfearing matrons who wept into aprons and gaped as the ghosts fled to join The Infinity Waltz.

The Price of Salvation

Candles, cathedrals and handfuls of change in the great white plate for the great white man with the smile that saves and the hands that heal. Make a deal, he’ll make a miracle… The walls collapse, the steeple snaps and turns into a rocket. He’ll fly you off to Mars… Just line his pocket. He’ll turn your Mother into Marzipan. He can! And he will with those holy fingers. Double glazing, quite amazing coma toes. Ask the lady in the 13th row. She was Monroe for a day but she paid. How she paid! The price of salvation is high.

Lisa’s Christening

The temple swayed from side to side. We waited at the door. Reading bibles, snorting coke and looking rather bored. The priestess passed the holy water and we drank it… Asked for more. At Lisa’s Christening. And through the dark clouds round the steeple, sun and stars appeared. We reached for our protective helmets – it was raining chandeliers. And farmer caught a melting shell and pressed it to his ear. At Lisa’s Christening. Priestess held the silver mirror, winked and combed her hair. She whistled twice and snapped her fingers – we knelt and said a prayer. Raised the baton. Shouted “Louder” – threw Lisa in the air. But she survived…

Beautiful, Naked

He loved her beautiful, naked… Caged with grapes on a plate and a couch to recline on. Go on a page… She was Venus. He ordered a slave just to break off her arms and her scream was a song that he’d heard in his dreams. He sang along as they walked in the woods… with his hand on her stump. He felt her warm blood pump out a cure. Made him pure. Made him beautiful, naked, caged! She said, “Jeez, I had this weirdo-wild look in his eyes. Well I done hand jobs, band jobs, gland jobs – none of them used chisles. He whistled as he chipped. And he’d chip away all day. I’d lie back and pout. He’d shout – but he wouldn’t take his tie off. He said I looked just like De Milo – I said ‘Don’t you break my arms!’ but he was harmless and he paid. How he paid!”

Lisa’s Resurrection

The priest was wearing crimson, blessed the brimstone. Called the Devil ‘sir’. As fires burned and candles flickered. Revellers were rolling in the dirt, flicking wax. Having sex beneath the eiderdown. Zip the clown was playing sax – a hellhound played the bugle. Handel blew ‘Messiah’ on Kazoo! “It’s simply super!” said the naked taxman. Sucking on a bone, attacking lonely widows, stroking zones and charging V.A.T. A Lady felt the earth move (Oh! He’s in the groove). And thunder clapped, the mountains whistled – Lisa shook a fist. She said “I’m flattered!” – scattered ashes on the devil’s head and elegantly strolled into the sunset! Born again!

The Glory, The Glory

Marble halls and city walls… He lined them all with figures tall who called to passers-by and cast their eyes with scorn on forms imperfect – spread across the lawns… and born to wonder just why they coughed and cursed and died cos statues never die. They keep their beauty, hardly worn though storms have tried to break them. And bombs dropped at their feet. They’re still standing, naked, but they’re warm. They’re waiting for their turn to rule a world where nothing speaks and nothing’s small – nothing’s ever worshipped. Where they’re gods themsleves. A ‘perfect’ world.

Forbidden Zone (Bonus track, transcribed by Mike Ni-Hill)

You chose the lonely road,
led me blindfold to the river.
You danced beneath the dripping blood-red moon.
And me … I shivered meekly in the mist,
afraid to rip this mask off,
afraid to take a step,
snatch your hand and join the secret celebration.
Perhaps I should have simply stayed in bed,
chained to that rock inside my head,
trapped inside these ever-empty dreams.

As night slowly falls, these four stone walls
move a little closer, and I find it hard to breathe.
But still I believe there’s room for you and me,
outside … in the forbidden zone.

Still I believe there’s room for you and me,

Outside … in the forbidden zone

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

1985
BE LP Scarface FACE13
UK LP Penguin 30005

side a

1. Mirror Soul [MP3]
2. Avengelist [MP3]
3. God In A Cupboard [MP3]
4. Blowing Bubbles (Part 2) [MP3]
5. Six Cats On A Dead Man’s Chest [MP3]

side b

1. “Joey” – The Video [MP3]
2. The Char Char [MP3]
3. Intermezzo [MP3]
4. Hotel Blanc [MP3]

***
2005
US CD Beta-Lactam Ring MT114

01 April 2014
NL MP3 self-released on Bandcamp*

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

Oct 31, 2014 (pre-order availability)
Jan 15, 2015 (official)
US CD  Beta-lactam Ring Records mt268
US CD + CD/record  Beta-lactam Ring Records mt268bonus

1. Limburgia
2. Red Highway
3. The Border of Beyond
4. Night Terrors
5. Victoria
6. Shine + Bones
7. I’ll Come to you / Continuo
8. Conclusion

Bonus CD/record: A Victorian Odyssey (image)

Apr 14, 2015
NL MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

August 1, 2024
UK/NL remastered MP3 self-released on EK’s Bandcamp

1. Limburgia
2. Red Highway
3. The Border of Beyond
4. Night Terrors
5. Victoria
6. Shine + Bones
7. I’ll Come to you / Continuo
8. Conclusion
9. A Victorian Odyssey
10. Farewell Good Queen Vic

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel

Artwork by Jesse Peper

Notes

CD + CD/record:
Special hyper-limited 2 disc format.  Packaged in a bookbound gatefold case and numbered insert with a bonus duel format CD-Record* “A Victorian Odyssey” Only available from BLRR or Edward’s mail order.

*20 minutes of audio for your cd player and 3 minutes of audio playable on your record player issued as an edition of 60 120 copies

Edward Ka-spel: “The special Victoria edition was expanded to 120 (ie 2 runs of the special cd) as it quickly became obvious that 60 was never going to be enough.Originally we thought that it would be…”

Press Release

D’Archangel rises. And yawns. Wiping the crust from his eyes, he stumbles from his cryogenic coffin and makes his way to the head, the dull thrum of machinery his only companion. Disturbed by the cracked and worn face staring back at him from above the washbasin, he wonders if something went wrong in stasis. Surely there shouldn’t be stubble! No matter, it’ll be good to be back home. Making his way to the cockpit, he spins the dial on the subspace radio, flipping past caterwauling clockwork orchestras ticking off by-the-numbers covers of White Noise and The Incredible String Band. Oldies again! As he fumbles through his 8-track collection, he catches a glimpse of the vast world hovering in the inky blackness beyond the cockpit window, it’s landscape pitted and scorched. A knot forms in his stomach as he punches in his descent pattern. That’s the trouble with these long business trips – you never know what nightmares await you upon your return.”

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

1987
US CS Audiofile Tapes AT 34
DE CS Staubgold/P.E. Distribution PE-D 21

side a

1. Flesh Parade
2. Aaδzhyd China Doll
3. The Qa’Spell
4. Suicide Pact
5. Lilith’s Daughter

side b

1. Avengelist
2. God In A Cupboard
3. Black Zone
4. Love In A Plain Brown Envelope
5. Interview

March 14, 2016
NL MP3 self-released on Bandcamp

• Flesh Parade / aazhyd China Doll / The  Qa’Spell
• Suicide Pact / Lilith’s Daughter
• Avengelist / God In A Cupboard / Black Zone / Love In A Plain Brown Envelope
• Coffee With Carl

Credits

• Edward Ka-Spel – voice, synthesizer [Roland Juno-1]
• Dave Ogilvie – mix

Cover Photo – Eileen Arnow

Notes

inside image with notes

This document profiles the complete set of Edward Ka-Spel on tour with Skinny Puppy in NYC and Boston, USA, on May 23-24, 1987. Ka-Spel plays a Roland Juno-1 furnished by Cevin Key. Genius live mixes both nights by Dave Ogilvie. NYC date is an audience recording; Boston is a soundboard recording as broadcast on WZBC-FM by Dave Prescott. All music © 1987 by Edward Ka-Spel. This is an artist-approved non-bootleg release.
Track B5 was added to this release at a later date and was not included on initial copies.

Big Thanx: Jim Levine, Cheryl Payne, Steve Montgomery, Terry McBride, Tiffany Chesler, and Ka-Spel fans for applauding.

The interview is not listed on the cover, but does appear on all editions.

EDWARD KA-SPEL

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Release date and tracklist

1987
NL LP Torso 33028
GR LP Penguin 30023

side a

1. AaΔzhyd China Doll
2. Flesh Parade
3. The Qa’Spell
4. The Unfortunate Demise Of The Fabulous Puccino Brothers

side b

1. Nuts In May
2. Traitors’ Gate
3. Blowing Bubbles (Part 3)
4. The Fool

***
1991
UK CD Torso CD187

1995
NL 2xCD Staalplaat STCD090- details here

30 June 2013
NL Remastered MP3 self-released on Bandcamp*

1. AaΔzhyd China Doll
2. Flesh Parade
3. The Qa’Spell
4. The Unfortunate Demise Of The Fabulous Puccino Brothers
5. Nuts In May
6. Traitors’ Gate
7. Blowing Bubbles (Part 3)
8. The Fool
9. The Witchfinder Suite Parts I-VI

* Traitors’ Gate and Blowing Bubbles are combined into one track on the Bandcamp release.

Credits

• The Prophet Qa’Sepel – voice, keyboards, samples and loops
• Majest – guitars, drums
• Lady Sunshine – lady vox
• Hanz Myer – elektronixx, enhancement

Processed by Qa’Sepel/Majest/Myer

Notes

LP:
According to the liner notes, “This is merely part one of the AaΔzhyd trilogy”.
There was a CD edition of this album retitled THE RITUAL announced on Megaton Records, but it never took place (possibly a bootleg?).
This album was reissued along with CHYEKK CHINA DOLL as a 2xCD set in 1995.

CD:
The cover of the CD release incorrectly lists two bonus tracks, “When Old Gods Die” and “After the Tower”, that do not actually appear on the disc. These tracks were later included on the Lyvv China Doll release as “Wenn Alte Gotter Sterben” and “Tower 8”.
LYRIEX ESCRID

from Bandcamp:
Steve Stapleton planted the idea….”You simply have to make ACID China Doll…”

Living in my tiny little room in an Amsterdam squat, living out of the local snack bar on Tuesdays and Thursdays, living on crumbs of human kindness during the rest of the week, the challenge seemed huge. How to live up to a title like that.

I’d spent the last of my money on an 8-track recorder, a mixing desk and an Akai sampler. Getting from the door to the bed by the wall involved climbing very carefully. Engineering was done laying down as there was no room for a chair. Still Barry managed to set up his amp and play some inspired guitar parts on what was meant to become the ultimate album in the China Doll series.

In the end I was proud of the uneven beast that emerged, but not proud enough to call it “Acid China doll”. Consequently I changed the spelling.

The record company didn’t seem to like it and worse they released it in my absence (I was on tour). One whole channel dropped out on one of the tracks as no-one checked the test pressing.

I broke down in their office, pleading for a re-press. Somebody suggested that they released records by people like Edward Ka-Spel as an act of “charity.” This was a relationship that seemed doomed from that moment although they DID put a lot of things right with a cd reissue a few years later- something I still appreciate.

I love “AaΔzhyd China Doll”…just wish I’d made the record that didn’t require a change in the spelling. -EKS

Lyrics

AaΔzhyd China Doll

AaΔzhyd! It creeps and I fall and I’m peeled from the lips to the hips and my inside’s outside. Hide me in your bed God. You can spread me on your bread, God. Or throw me in the cell… You call it “Hell”, I call it warm! A fizz. Apokacidilipsmakk. I crack. I crawl. (So get those fucking horsemen off my lawn!).

Flesh Parade

Up before the Flesh Parade… The pretty faces… The bedroom eyes… The pouting lips. The longing thighs say “Come in for a night, you won’t regret it – but don’t make any plans”. She likes a man, but a hand is just as effective. A mutual need. No need to talk. No moonlit walks, no sun-drenched beaches. Just a bed and just an alarm clock, says your time is up. Go find another body (boy, girl) in the Flesh Parade.The line-up never changes. And, sure, nobody’s perfect. Just good at Perfect crimes. We have the standard phrases; ask the time. How about the weather? Don’t care about the spots. My only interest is your mind.(Got the time for a grind in the Flesh Parade?)

The Qa’Spell

Kissing frogs is fine when you’re single, when you’ve time to spare. You hold the mirror, comb your hair, the manna drops down from heaven. But spare a thought for me; light a candle. Place me in the flame…Handle me with care, I’ll maybe melt away. If you do believe in me; yes if you are convinced – I’ll be your prince now and forever. No more wincing as you kiss a frog, and no more waiting…

The Unfortunate Demise of the Fabulous Puccino Brothers

The host of heaven welcomed seven ghosts. He gave them coffee, showed them’round but the catastrophe had left them speechless.They’d tried to teach us kids how human beings could be pyramids when Gideon went sliding on a banana skin. The stage caved in. They hit the cellar. Hit the deck. Stone dead and seeing red when gates were golden[….?….] Peter told them how they’d like it there… make tightropes,tiptoe gently through the clouds. And if they fell, just ring a bell. Anet would catch them, stop them dropping headfirst into hell!

Nuts in May

Nuts in May go firing guns while Nuts in June write speeches.They find a box to preach on while the kiddies screech in prams. And mum sucks on a choc-ice, mumbles how the weather’s nice. It’s like a desert island; the cannibals run twice around the pot and pop you in and pick you out all red and chewy. Then turn you into superglue for kids to sniff on… makes them nuts in May with guns and Nuts in June who write those speeches.

Traitor’s Gate

The river’s wide, the river’s deep. I know I scraped the bottom with
a rock chained to my feet – the fishes feed on my mascara…
You were smiling when you met me… Yes, you promised me the world.
You said that you’d protect me…
You were smiling as they threw me from the viaduct.

Blowing Bubbles (Part III)

Sometimes you criticise me, analyse me, dice me in eight equal slices; I’m cut down to size. It’s alright – I love you! It’s a long drop, I’ve been there far too many times. But you always caught me and fed me and warmed me. (I’m flying too high!)
I love you.

The Fool

You call me up. They cool me down. They drown me with a syphon spewing ice-knives, nail me to my shadow, case me in a plaster-cast and cast me down the mine. I’ll dig until my fingers shine and blood runs down the wall. They wanted coal but I’ll keep scraping until I’m striking gold.It’s fool’s gold, but I’m just a fool – be sure, it’s real enough for me! I’ll make a crown. I’ll take my princess to the holy ground, we’ll waltz around the stones. So fast, we’ll twist into another time. Another home! Just you and me; a few well-chosen friends because we need them. It’s so lonely caged in eden eating apples only cause we’re so damn bored.

A DREAM IS A DREAM, NO MATTER NO MEANING
A DREAM IS A DREAM – BUT IT’S REAL AT THE TIME!