Good new NP thread

[La Rocque]

Wow, I'm sick of doubt
Live in the light of certain
South
Cruel bindings.
The servants have the power
dog-men and their mean women
pulling poor blankets over
our sailors

I'm sick of dour faces
Staring at me from the TV
Tower, I want roses in
my garden bower; dig?
Royal babies, rubies
must now replace aborted
Strangers in the mud
These mutants, blood-meal
for the plant that's plowed.

They are waiting to take us into
the severed garden
Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful
comes death on a strange hour
unannounced, unplanned for
like a scaring over-friendly guest you've
brought to bed
Death makes angels of us all
and gives us wings
where we had shoulders
smooth as raven's
claws

No more money, no more fancy dress
This other kingdom seems by far the best
until it's other jaw reveals incest
and loose obedience to a vegetable law.

I will not go
Prefer a Feast of Friends
To the Giant Family.

 

[Hitori]

am i the only one who thinks the doors suck?

 

[Ethereal Sage]

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[wildfyr]

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[Ethereal Sage]

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[wildfyr]

BÖC - Secret Treaties

 

[Ethereal Sage]

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[wildfyr]

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SYL - Alien

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

The day you die is the day I smile
Salvation lies in the nuclear fire

Cheesy, and really damn good.

 

[Ethereal Sage]

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[hyena]

moving.

Maureen's out on the street again
Didn't get the job 'cause she missed her appointment
She don't know if the kids are fed
They've got holes in their shoes and the cold's coming quick now
The power's off the bills ain't paid gotta jump the box from the neighbor's apartment
Space heaters and welfare checks are as good as it gets in this land of hard lessons

Don't talk to me if you ain't got the answers I need
Yeah I've got problems
Can't you see I'm trying to solve them?

Broke it off with the man in her life finally got the courage to pack up and leave now
She keeps saying she'll be all right but in her mind does she really believe it
Long lines on Piedmont Street but if you hang around you might get a bed there
Turn around and don't look back you've got a piece of your life so take it and run now

The sun is shining on you
Maureen may all your dreams come true
Broke it off with the man in her life you know she ain't got nothing better
Yeah you know she don't but she keeps on believing
The sun is shining on you
Maureen may all your dreams come true

 

[La Rocque]

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

 

[Ethereal Sage]

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[marduk1507]

So fucking lovecraftian! And this one keeps the rhythm, hehe!

 

[Malaclypse]

 

[marduk1507]

^ that one rocks, too!

 

[rahvin]

best cover song ever. amazing lyrics, which is not surprising for a nick cave tune (also covered by johnny cash ).

it began when they came and took me from my home
and put me on dead row
of which i'm nearly wholly innocent, you know
and i'll say it again:
i am not afraid to die

i began to warm and chill
to objects and their fields
a ragged cup, a twisted mop
the face of jesus in my soup
those sinister dinner meals
the meal trolley's wicked wheels
a hooked bone rising from my food
all things either good or ungood

and the mercy seat is waiting
and i think my head is burning
and in a way i'm yearning
to be done with all this measuring of truth
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
and anyway i told the truth
and i'm not afraid to die

interpret signs and catalogue
a blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
the walls are bad, black, bottom-kind
they are the sick breath at my hind
they are the sick breath at my hind
they are the sick breath at my hind
they are the sick breath gathered at my hind

i hear stories from the chamber
how christ was born into a manger
and like some ragged stranger
died upon the cross, and might i say
it seems so fitting in its way
he was a carpenter by trade
or at least that's what i'm told

like my good hand
i tattooed e.v.i.l. across its brother's fist
that filthy five
they did nothing to challenge or resist

in heaven his throne is made of gold
the ark of his testament is stowed
a throne from which i'm told
all history does unfold
down here it's made of wood and wire
and my body is on fire
and god is never far away

into the mercy seat i climb
my head is shaved, my head is wired
and like a moth that tries
to enter the bright eye
i go shuffling out of life
just to hide in death awhile
and anyway i never lied

my kill hand is called e.v.i.l.
wears a wedding band that's g.o.o.d.
'tis a long-suffering shackle
collaring all that rebel blood

and the mercy seat is waiting
and i think my head is burning
and in a way i'm yearning
to be done with all this measuring of truth
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
and anyway i told the truth
and i'm not afraid to die

and the mercy seat is burning
and i think my head is glowing
and in a way i'm hoping
to be done with all this weighing up of truth
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
and i've got nothing left to lose
and i'm not afraid to die

and the mercy seat is glowing
and i think my head is smoking
and in a way i'm hoping
to be done with all these looks of disbelief
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
and anyway there was no proof
and nor a motive why

and the mercy seat is smoking
and i think my head is melting
and in a way i'm helping
to be done with all this twisting of the truth
a lie for a lie and a truth for a truth
and i've got nothing left to lose
and i'm not afraid to die

and the mercy seat is melting
and i think my blood is boiling
and in a way i'm spoiling
all the fun with all this truth and consequence
an eye for an eye and a truth for a truth
and anyway i told the truth
and i'm not afraid to die

and the mercy seat is waiting
and i think my head is burning
and in a way i'm yearning
to be done with all this measuring of proof
a life for a life and a truth for a truth
and anyway there was no proof
but i'm not afraid to lie

and the mercy seat is waiting
and i think my head is burning
and in a way i'm yearning
to be done with all this measuring of truth
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
but anyway i told the truth
but i'm not afraid to lie

and the mercy seat is waiting
and i think my head is burning
and in a way i'm yearning
to be done with all this measuring of truth
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
but anyway i told the truth
but i'm afraid i told a lie

 

[Incendiare]

I have to agree about the Solefald.

 

[marduk1507]

@rahvin: holy fuck, I didnt know ANYONE covered that! Whoaa, its one of my most favourite songs from NC! Thanks for the recommendation.

Edit: now wait a second: was the change in the font in johny cash intended to mean something like.... what? Did you say johny cash? Isnt it Nick Caves song from Tender Prey with a bit changed lyrics?

 

[rahvin]

@rahvin: holy fuck, I didnt know ANYONE covered that! Whoaa, its one of my most favourite songs from NC! Thanks for the recommendation.

Edit: now wait a second: was the change in the font in johny cash intended to mean something like.... what? Did you say johny cash? Isnt it Nick Caves song from Tender Prey with a bit changed lyrics?

i was unaware of the existence of this song until i heard the stromkern version (which is industrial/electronic body music, in case you're interested). i did some research, and it turns out nick cave's the original, which johnny cash covered. my apologies. i'll correct the original post.