Предварително се извинявам, ако е имало такава тема.
Та нека всеки да напише по нещичко за любимата си група. Може и да са няколко
) Но да е малко по-подробно, че да имам какво интересно да се прочете.
London After Midnight
London After Midnight are:
Sean Brennan - Vocals, Guitar, Songwriting etc
Tamlyn - Keyboards
Michael Areklett - Bass
Eddie Hawkins - Guitar
Joe S. - Drums
Sean Brennan
Tamlyn
Eddie Hawkins
Joe S.
Michael Areklett
London After Midnight was formed in the 1990s by Sean Brennan and has gained a large and loyal following
all over the world, from the USA to Europe to Latin America (where they have toured extensively), and
beyond. The band has headlined and co-headlined concerts and major festivals with bands like The Cure,
Green Day, HIM (HIM has cited LAM a favorite artist), Rammstein, Soft Cell, and many more. LAM has
performed to crowds of over 30,000 people as headliner or co-headliner on major music festivals around
the world. Still, London After Midnight maintains a strong underground and independent "personality"
despite being top sellers (charting in the top 10 European DAC charts with each of 3 CDs released) and a
major draw at music festivals year after year. Songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and founder Sean
Brennan is known for his strong stances in favor of animal rights, pro-environmental and human rights
issues, anti-corporate control of media, and progressive, and liberal politics. Despite these "weighty"
sounding interests, the music Sean Brennan writes can range from the intensely personal, to simply
emotional and romantic, and also touching the much deeper subjects more reflective of society (listen to
the new music!). Whatever the approach or subject matter, the music of London After Midnight is deeply
touching, powerful, socially aware, romantic, emotional, disturbing, haunting, danceable, and
occasionally even morbidly funny in its sarcasm and sardonic humor (listen to "Your Best Nightmare" and
try not to think of an Edward Gorey comic). LAM is all this, while at the same time appealing to a wide
variety of people. There really is no classification that fits London After Midnight (despite the band's
"dark" image) because the music is so varied and the lyrical content (and even LAM's personality and
causes) are unique and uncommon in today's music scene, often breaking boundaries- much to the outrage of
people who live and die by genre labels. LAM shuns all labels (as any artist worth their salt will do)
and the music can really only be classified as "London After Midnight". The live band varies but includes
Sean Brennan (vocals, guitar), Edward Hawkins (guitar), Joe S (drums) and Tamlyn (keyboard).
LAM began performing in Los Angeles in 1990 at the legendary LA club Helter Skelter. LAM immediately
began to draw large crowds and always had elaborate stage settings including several TVs playing bizarre
video clips and stage props that could have come from the Universal Studios' backlot, all made by Sean
Brennan with help from Tamlyn and guitarist Eddie Hawkins. Needless to say the extreme stage settings
(some of which included a huge 30 by 40 foot realistic spiders web hung above the stage made by Brennan
and Hawkins- not pictured) attracted as much attention as the band's music which soon grew in popularity.
So much so that the original 4 song demo cassette tape released in 1991-1992 was the hottest selling item
in Hollywood's trendy Melrose ave indie record stores, even beating out new releases from Duran Duran and
other major bands. For 2 years the most sought after item LA area club kids searched for in record stores
was the LAM cassette tape. Signs hung in record store windows proclaiming "yes we have LAM's tape IN
STOCK". Stores from as far away as Australia ordered repeated shipments of the tape each month to meet
demand.
The band released "Selected Scenes from the End of the World" in 1992, creating as much mania as the
first demo release. The band began to sell out clubs like Helter Skelter and began more frequent
performances at The Whisky a Go Go and Roxy club, where the Sunset strip "rocker" scene saw LAM's success
and sold out concerts, and began to emulate London After Midnight, helping to turn the mostly rock and
glam Sunset scene into a darker more alternative scene. Several bands which a few months earlier were
glam and metal suddenly became LAM clones overnight after seeing LAM's success.
The band began branching out even more and performed concerts in Mexico City and Guadalajara in 1994
where they discovered a huge following and their first concert drew 5,000 dedicated fans. All of whom had
discovered the band in underground magazines and bootlegs of the bands releases. In 1995 "Selected
Scenes..." was pressed to CD by German label Apocalyptic Vision (now Trisol Records). A special version
was also released in Latin America. Soon LAM's strong underground following in Europe became intense as
sales of the CD grew steadily with a few headlining appearances at festivals in the UK and Europe.
In 1996 the band released "Psycho Magnet" with Apocalyptic Vision. The album's title is a reflection of
the insanity and jealousy LAM's popularity generated in some LA area club kids, while the subject matter
is personal, went on to become even more popular than the previous releases and led to the band being
booked for several tours which took them all over Europe and the UK, Mexico and select major cities in
the USA performing to tens of thousands of people. The band also headlined major German festivals like
the well known Zillo Magazine Festival which had Siouxsie and the Banshess headlining the previous year.
The band also found themselves in all the major European music magazines, on glossy covers in every
European newsstand with the likes of Nine Inch Nails and Metalica.
LAM continued to play various festivals and in 1998 they co-headlined the Zillo summer festival with The
Cure performing to about 25,000 people. Earlier in the year Sean Brennan signed a licensing deal with
American indie label Metropolis Records , releasing both earlier CDs as well as new CD called "Oddities",
a collection of live and rare songs along with a 30 minute music video titled "Innocence Lost".
Apocalyptic Vision also released "Oddities" and the music video in Europe at the same time. To date the
band has sold well over 150,000 CDs all over the world. All the band's releases rated in the top 10 and
top 20 of the DAC (German Alternative Charts).
More recently LAM performed several sold out dates in the USA, one of which was filmed by E!
Entertainment Television for a special on LA nightlife in 2000. This special which includes an interview
with Sean Brennan aired in late Autumn 2000 in 120 countries all over the world. The special was actually
pretty terrible and only featured about 2 minutes of the band, but die hard fans were happy to see the
band get major media exposure in the USA and a whole new audiance was exposed, briefly, to LAM creating a
surge of new fans.
In the summer of 2001, the band headlined the Wave Festival in Leipzig Germany, playing to nearly 10,000
people, for the 3rd time. They then toured to South America, Mexico and the USA where they played to tens
of thousands of fans and appeared on Via X, the leader of rock music television in South America.
In 2002 LAM co-headlined the M'era Luna Festival with bands like HIM, Omph, and many others, performing
to 25,000 people. In preparation for the brand new LAM CD scheduled for release in 2003, in March 2003
LAM re-released the CDs "Selected Scenes from the End from the World" and "Psycho Magnet" with Trisol
Records in Europe, complete with never before released bonus tracks and new recordings of older songs.
From 2003-2004 LAM headlined and co-healined concerts in Europe and the USA, selling out the Roxy Theater
in Los Angeles three times and performing at the Dour and Zillo festivals in Europe. LAM is currently
preparing the new CD for release in 2005/2006. The tremendous response the new material received when
performed at recent concerts shows the new CD will be warmly welcomed by new and old fans alike LAM has
been known as a band of "firsts." Always trying something different and new, and never content to be just
another band. Often classified by the press as an industrial, deathrock or gothic band, they break all
the "rules" of those scenes and create their own strong identity and sound, and reject any label put upon
them. Songwriter Sean Brennan's influences and musical passions range from big band to T-Rex,Iggy Pop,
the Doors, pre 1980s David Bowie, to trance and Drum & Bass, old NY punk, composers like Bernard Herrmann
and everything in between. He takes pride in the fact that London After Midnight does not fit into any
category, saying "I don't want LAM to be clones of someone else. We shun labeling. We are artists, and
the whole thing about creating is bringing something into existence that was not there before. So when
you create something and put a label on it, it defeats the purpose and takes away the uniqueness of the
art." (Sean Brennan- excerpt from German radio interview) LAM is not goth, they aren't dark wave, they
aren't industrial... they are simply London After Midnight, and that seems enough for their very devoted
fans.
This discography
London After Midnight, 1991 cassette:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band. Self titled debut cassette which morphed from two to six
songs with several different cover designs. If you have one of these, people have offered up to $200 for
an original copy. The six song copies with the songs "October" and the bonus 4 track versions of the
songs "In Amourada" and "Spider and the Fly" are extremely rare. Out of print.
Track listing: Claire's Horrors, Sacrifice, Your Best Nightmare, October.
Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1992 cassette:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band. Re-mastered cassette released in 1995.
Track listing: Claire's Horrors, Sacrifice, Your Best Nightmare, Revenge, Spider and the Fly, This
Paradise, The Black Cat.
Ruins, 1994 cassette:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band. Two song single. Out of print.
Track listing: Carry On Screaming, Perversion.
Ruins, 1994 video:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band. Two song video in NTSC and PAL formats. Re-edited in
1996.
Track listing: Psycho Magnet, Carry On Screaming.
In Goth Daze, 1995 CD:
Cleopatra Records U.S.A. compilation release with the London After Midnight song "Revenge".
Gothic Rock 2, 1995 CD:
Jungle Records UK compilation with the song "Revenge".
What Sweet Music They Make, 1995 CD:
Independent English CD compilation with the song "Spider and the Fly".
Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1995 CD:
Mastered and re-released to CD by Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany in 1995 with all new art (Metropolis
Records USA version release in November 1998 with different art).
Track listing: Claire's Horrors, Sacrifice, Your Best Nightmare, Revenge, Spider and the Fly, This
Paradise, The Black Cat, Nightmare.
Psycho Magnet demo, 1995 cassette:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band's fanzine The Gashlycrumb. VERY rare promo (only a few
hundred pressed) given away at concerts in 1995 as a preview of forthcoming Psycho Magnet CD. Contains
the demo versions of the songs "HATE!" and "Psycho Magnet". Out of print.
Kiss single, 1995 CD:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany. Four song CD digipack limited pressing of only 5,000 with exclusive
tracks. Also very rare. Pressed in Europe.
Track listing: Kiss, Demon, Shatter (All My Dead Friends), Untitled.
Psycho Magnet, 1996 CD:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany (Metropolis Records USA version release in September 1998 with
different art). Pressed in Europe. New artwork released in May 1998.
Track listing: Psycho Magnet, Shatter (All My Dead Friends), HATE!, Where Good Girls go to Die (plus
alternate-mix), The Bondage Song, A Letter to God, Carry On Screaming, Theme from the film Love and
Affliction, Kiss (Ra-Mix).
Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1996 CD:
Released by GP/Opcion Sonica. Contains bonus track "Untitled" from the "Kiss" single and edit version of
the song "Sacrifice". Pressed in Latin America.
Track listing: Claire's Horrors, Sacrifice, Your Best Nightmare, Revenge, Spider and the Fly, This
Paradise, Black Cat, Nightmare, plus bonus track Untitled and edit version of Sacrifice.
12" Picture disks, 1996, vinyl:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany. Very rare (only 500 of each titled pressed) picture disks of
"Selected Scenes from the End of the World" (with edit-mix of the song "Sacrifice"), "Kiss" and "Psycho
Magnet". Pressed in Europe.
Various Compilations, 1996-1998:
This is a partial list of compilations that were released in Europe by EFA distribution and various
magazines.
Life Is Too Short For Boring Music Vol. 8- Contains the song "Nightmare"
Life Is Too Short For boring Music Vol. 9- Contains the song "Shatter"
Zillo Dark Progressive Soundsampler Vol. 1- Contains the song "Kiss"
Zillo Club Hits Vol. 1 - Contains the song "Hate!"
Zillo Mystic Sound Sampler Vol. 7- Contains the song "Spider and The Fly (Trapped In The Web Mix)"
Out Of The Dark- Contains the song "Kiss"
Call On The Dark Vol. 1- Contains the song "Demon"
Call On The Dark Vol. 2- Contains the song "The Bondage Song (Tiamat Remix)"
Orkus Compilation- Contains the song "Untitled"
Black Book Compilation- Contains the song "Shatter"
Innocence Lost limited pressing, 1997 video:
Pressed in the U.S.A. and released by the band. Very limited pre-pressing of the Apocalyptic Vision
pressing. One song video in NTSC format.
Track listing: Kiss, behind the scenes footage.
Oddities, 1998 CD:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany and Metropolis Records USA. Contains live, rare and unreleased studio
tracks. Limited pressing (10,000) digi-pack with exclusive poster and art and normal jewel case printing.
Note: digi pack pressing available only from Apocalyptic Vision.
Track listing: The Christmas Song, Let Me Break You, Splinter (live), Nightmare (live- acoustic/remix),
Shatter (live- acoustic), Claire's Horrors (live- acoustic/remix), Atmosphere (live), A Letter to God
(live), Sacrifice (live), Sally's Song, Demon, Untitled, Spider and the Fly (tangled Web Mix- acoustic),
Ice.
Innocence Lost, 1998 Video:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany and Metropolis Records USA, all video formats. Contains music videos
and live footage including the out of print "Ruins" video.
Track listing: Kiss, Carry On Screaming, Psycho Magnet, behind the scenes footage.
Oddities12" Picture disks, August 1998, vinyl:
Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany. Very rare (only 500 pressed) picture disks of "Oddities". Pressed in
Europe.
Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 2003 CD:
Re-mastered and re-released to CD by Trisol Records Germany with all new art, unreleased bonus tracks,
tracks from the CD "Oddities" ("Oddities" is out of print in Europe) and re-recordings of older songs.
Track listing: This Paradise (03 mix), Inamourada, Revenge, Trick or Treat, Your Best Nightmare
(8-track), Spider and the Fly, Claire's Horrors, Sacrifice, The Black Cat (03 mix), Let Me Break You,
Nightmare (live), Demon, Claire's Horrors (live), Spider (acoustic), Sacrifice (live)
Psycho Magnet, 2003 CD:
Re-mastered and re-released to CD by Trisol Records Germany with all new art, unreleased bonus tracks,
tracks from the CD "Oddities" ("Oddities" is out of print in Europe) and re-recordings of older songs.
Track listing: The Bondage Song (Unchained Mix), Kiss (Club Mix), Where Good Girls go to Die, Psycho
Magnet, Shatter, A Letter to God, Carry On Screaming, Hate!, Blessing, The Christmas Song, Shatter
(live), Atmosphere (live), A Letter to God (live), Untitled, Innocence Lost, Kiss, 99
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT LYRICS
Selected Scenes From The End Of The World (1995)
1. Claire's Horrors
2. Sacrifice
3. Your Best Nightmare
4. Revenge
5. Spider And The Fly
6. This Paradise
7. The Black Cat
8. Nightmare
1. Claire's Horrors
Spirits seem to drift up through a darkened sky
drifting through dead branches in the night
while in the moonlight we
go down upon our knees
entwined together only we can see their beauty
Beneath the stars a bell begins to toll
for reasons which we really shouldn't know
so take a walk with me down to the cemetery
wrap me in darkness, Claire make love to me
I am thunder
I am rain
I am pleasure
I am pain
Only in darkness can there be light
tell me angel have you prayed tonight?
In the dark I know you all so well
beauty from Heaven wrapped 'round souls from Hell
so take a drink from me
my sacrifice to thee
damned fallen angels,
always blessed with me.
2. Sacrifice
...and here we go again
we've taken it to the end
with every waking moment
we face this silent torment
I'd sacrifice,
sacrifice myself to you-
right here tonight
because you know that I love you-
Darkness is all I want to see
I could never put in to words
what it is you mean to me
The candle is burning low
at the window to my soul
the reaper is at my door now
he's come to take me home...
I'd sacrifice,
sacrifice myself to you-
right here tonight
because you know that I love you
3. Your Best Nightmare
Long after midnight, on a night like this
I'd sit by my blacklight and dream of your kiss
pulsating music filled my room and my head
and I dreamed what it'd be like to have you in my bed
I'm your best nightmare
And then it happened, you were in my arms
your lips on my throat- your hands on my, on my...
two bodies together the intimate sin
the pain and the pleasure could do mortals in
how could you know what I'm thinking of
to me lust can be as beautiful as love
here tonight, your pure heart and soul
untainted passion should have no control
She asked me if I...
I told her the truth
I said "I'm sorry it takes me longer than you"
she smiled and blushed and continued to grind
and promised to make me go out of my mind
returning her promise she came to a halt
licking my lips I tasted her salt
then she sat up and gasped and clutched at her breast
I thought she was coming- I'd never have guessed that
as she grew pale, as white as a flower
she collapsed to the floor and was dead in an hour.
I'm your best nightmare
4. Revenge
Deep in this blackened void,
the space that used to be my soul
no ray of light no hope has shown
there in the darkened cold.
In time memories and pain
will fade and disappear they must,
but not until this mortal being
has turned to scattered dust
You cannot judge what you don't understand
take the blade from the child's hand
all the petty lies and the jealous whores
matter little and leave me bored
Repent, Remorse, Revenge
why don't you just crucify me,
nail me to a cross
and bite and scratch and make me scream
if that will get you off
You say a fall from grace would suit me well,
well you can crawl straight back to Hell,
fear not to lie, it will seem a sharper hit
nor to blaspheme it will pass for wit
Repent, Remorse, Revenge.
5. Spider And The Fly
Empty hearts I can hear them talking
I close my eyes and I keep on stalking
my love
my love
no one's aware of the hunger I feel
it's something you or time cannot heal
I need someone to help me rise above
Eternal bliss is something I can show you
spread your arms and let my wings enfold you
my love
In the darkness shades of crimson rapture
the world is ours alone to capture
my love
Come over here and let me tell you something
nothing ever comes of nothing
we pay a price for all our choices made
come along now and take my hand
I'll lead you to a promised land
the morning after may never be the same,
it may never come again...
6. This Paradise
I could take your breath away,
I could make this feel so right
out of the blackest shadows
into your burning light
your touch would enthrall my heart,
my touch could release your soul
lying warm and dark in your arms,
come close to me now and take control
riding through endless nights,
bury the nameless dead
the stars will rain down in the night
cast out of Heaven by jealous angels of death
together we'll rule our world
together we'll rule theirs too
lightning and thunder collide
at the edge of the world for me and you
In this Paradise you'll find just what your looking for,
beauty right before you eyes,
how could you ask for more?
Here behind these eyes,
here inside my soul
hear the screams of a crucifixion ring through the dark,
ring through the cold
reach up and pull me down
into your hallowed ground
I'll lead you into temptation,
buried in passion I'll lead you down...
7. The Black Cat
Oh Little girl
don't go away
just come to bed
and there we'll stay,
oh little girl, lie close to me
just close your eyes
what do you see?
Black Cat
entrance me,
devour me
The storm outside is raging still
there's no escape,
the one that kills
oh little girl,
the time has come
we think and move
exist as one
Black Cat
entrance me,
devour me.
8. Nightmare
[Same lyrics as Your Best Nightmare]
Psycho Magnet (1996)
1. Psycho Magnet
2. Shatter (All My Dead Friends)
3. Hate!
4. Where Good Girls Go To Die
5. The Bondage Song
6. A Letter To God
7. Carry On Screaming (Ruins)
8. Theme From The Film Love And Affliction
9. Kiss
1. Psycho Magnet
Such a wretched waste of time
such a fool to be so blind
serpents hide behind your eyes
and I'm their prey tonight
Can we end this mind fuck please, your treachery's beyond belief
must you bring us to our knees with your psychopathic tendencies?
Please be gone and rest assured I see you as you are, perverse
with all your lies and empty words- I fear for you there is no cure.
Here we go another game
designed to butcher someone's brain
is that emotion I see feigned?
all reason's lost on the insane
Can we end this mind fuck please, your treachery's beyond belief
must you bring us to our knees with your psychopathic tendencies?
Please be gone and rest assured I see you as you are, perverse
with all your lies and empty words- I fear for you there is no cure.
Sincerity has not been found
beneath your self appointed crown
these bitter tears in which I drown
will soon be yours to drag you down
Can we end this mind fuck please, your treachery's beyond belief
must you bring us to our knees with your psychopathic tendencies?
Please be gone and rest assured I see you as you are, perverse
with all your lies and empty words- I fear for you there is no cure.
2. Shatter (All My Dead Friends)
You're telling me
that I'm the most important thing to you,
but can't you see?
you're killing me with all the things you do,
and I really want to believe it's impossible
I really want to believe it's all a dream,
but I just can't seem to wake up,
I just can't seem to turn on the light,
one step off the edge
and the world will seem all right
You did it again,
yes you in the mirror,
you put your faith in a cruel world,
All my dead friends come to haunt, harm and hinder, never letting go,
here to drag me down to Hell,
just say goodbye...
Just answer me,
what was the point of all that treachery,
and soon we'll see
the truth behind all of your blasphemy,
No never again
I'll never trust no one again,
I'd sooner slit my wrists and risk discovery of Hell,
than stay another moment here where certain Devils dwell...
3. Hate!
Oh the witching time,
like a blackened pearl.
Oh how useless seem
the offers of this world.
A shroud is wrapped and bound,
to Gallows led away
though innocence is mine.
The dog will have his day.
All the Love turned to Hate,
the blade is in too deep and your repentance comes too late.
Oh wits misery,
the madness of your stay.
The best revenge,
a price which you must pay.
The children hide behind,
behind their little masks.
They are, at their games,
the only ones who laugh.
All the Love turned to Hate,
the blade is in too deep and your repentance comes too late.
So did I deserve,
your lies and treachery.
The curtain closes now.
The bell, it tolls for thee.
All your lies, all your shame.
And it drives you even madder that you've got yourself to blame.
4. Where Good Girls Go To Die
Step into this picture
release all your light
I think God has gone mad... here tonight
You can't believe your eyes,
control is so hard to keep
obsession can be hell
from which you'll never be free
It's all for the taking, here tonight
Where good girls go to die
that's where I'll be
Waiting for my love with my heart on my sleeve
Forget about the future
forget about the past.
My heart beats so,
my hands are cold
please God make this moment last
You seek to fill me
with virtues I lack
I'll turn your pure white wings to pure black.
You've pushed too far and now
you've lost control can't you see?
You thought you were the master
but you're down on your knees.
It's all for the taking, here tonight
Where good girls go to die
that's where I'll be,
remembering our love as if it were a disease.
Forget about the future
it wasn't meant to last
My heart beats slow my hands are cold
Oh God it's the end at last.
5. The Bondage Song
Innocent child,
how you thought you knew me,
understood my ways,
my dark needs,
the hunt is not the thrill I'm after,
I want the kill, the conquest,
to be your master,
wrap your arms around my pale skin,
it's too late to back out you're in,
on your knees and praise your new lord,
deeper now, and here's your reward,
take me to bed and rip me apart...
6. A Letter To God
Is this life this degradation
this pointless game, humiliation
Born to die, we're born to lose
and not one choice we make we choose
And when this life is at an end
we find that Death's our only friend
Must we suffer through your games, oh Lord?
Can God really be so bored?
We waste our lives destroying, hating,
while beneath our flesh a skull lies waiting
Blind to beauty blind to love,
we fear of our loving Lord above
Some live their lives to play their games,
some live as victims, the insane
Your experiment oh Lord has failed
and I trust that when we meet you will forgive us
It's futile so I'll end this note
and find a knife and slit my throat
and come to track you down oh Lord
you better watch your back,
be sure that when we meet you'll be surprised
no loving praise, no glee filled cries
Just pain and hate and tear filled sighs
and the question in the end is "Why?"
7. Carry On Screaming (Ruins)
I've knelt at your alter
I've cut out my heart
I've lived in your Ruins
my pain is your art
my wrists are bound tight so as not to bleed
my eyes were so dark so as not to see
the memories of the past
are fading like a bad dream
I've never been so alone than with you,
I've never been scared to dream until now,
I can't close my eyes,
I'll carry on, screaming
your words are like ice,
they melt in the heat
the cold and the pain
which you seem to breed
have become what you are
and left your ruins empty...
8. Theme From The Film Love And Affliction
[Instrumental]
9. Kiss
You'll never understand,
the meaning in the end,
we're standing at the gate,
you'll meet the darker fate,
your purity and rage,
your passion and your hate,
you promised more than bliss,
with your God and with your kiss,
I'm on my knees,
I beg your mercy,
my soul is my loss,
I'm well hung from your cross.
Take me,
take me in your arms my love and rape me,
don't hide behind your rage
I know you love me,
and always will,
you're my possession,
of that my love there really is no question,
don't hide behind your rage
I know you love me
and always will,
my better half it's true
has seen the darker side of you,
innocence stripped away,
at least I've the brighter fate...
Oddities (1998)
1. The Christmas Song
2. Let Me Break You
3. Splinter (Live)
4. Nightmare (Live-Acoustic/Remix)
5. Shatter (Live-Acoustic)
6. Claire's Horrors (Live-Acoustic/Remix)
7. Atmosphere (Live)
8. A Letter To God (Live)
9. Sacrifice (Live)
10. Sally's Song
11. Demon
12. Untitled
13. Spider And The Fly (Acoustic Tangle Web Mix)
14. Ice
1. The Christmas Song
In this world of snow and cold I'll hide
in this world of ice I've built with pride
of all things that I'd most like to receive
there's just one thing I really want this Christmas Eve
I believe, I believe it's you
I know youre out there waiting in the cold
all shimmering and blue and warm to hold
but if I try and really do believe
I'll get just what I'm waiting for this Christmas Eve
I believe, I believe it's you
Nothing can compare
nothing can come close to you
nothing can compare
nothing else will ever do
buried in the snow I'll wait for you
and keep on wishing 'till my dreams come true
I feel your touch, it melts the world away
and we'll be together in the light of Christmas Day
far away, far away with you.
2. Let Me Break You
What on earth went wrong
just tell me what went wrong
can't understand just how you feel
I know the end is near
but I no longer fear
that what we had was so unreal
why can't you feel it?
you had to know
how could you steal it?
let me break you
you made it all so mad
love or control gone bad
it seems to me you don't play fair
I've come to know your kind
through innocence then blind
believed in something that was never there...
3. Splinter (Live)
[Instrumental]
4. Nightmare (Live-Acoustic/Remix)
5. Shatter (Live-Acoustic)
6. Claire's Horrors (Live-Acoustic/Remix)
7. Atmosphere (Live)
Pale and Dark and Tortured Blue,
behind a veil you find serenity.
I guess that's something we share,
violently fading into nothing to find peace,
or escape it.
Curious, majestic black strands cover you entirely,
yet I may there.
Always being tested,
an eternal game that must leave your soul in shreds,
as it does mine.
You have my sympathy,
but forget about everything just for tonight
for this moment in life,
this moment in time
could be your first,
or your last.
You abandoned hope long ago,
you abandoned love,
or it abandoned you,
but now is the time for beauty,
violent beauty so pure it's scary,
the past is over,
this is something new,
altogether alien, exotic, and welcome,
erasing what came before,
with a blink of her amazing eyes...
8. A Letter To God (Live)
9. Sacrifice (Live)
10. Sally's Song
I sense there's something in the wind
that feels like tragedy's at hand,
and though I'd like to stand by you,
can't shake this feeling that I know
the worst is just around the bend.
And does she notice
my feeling for her?
And can she see
how much she means to me?
I think it's not to be.
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
in their enthusiastic cloud,
try as I may it doesn't last.
And will we ever
end up together?
No, I think not.
It's never to become
for I am not the one...
11. Demon
Through darkened streets and blackened gloom
the candles dim in your bedroom
rain reflecting shadows in the night
the moon is full and through the mist
I hear your voice I feel your kiss
the line grows thin between what's wrong and right.
Burning flesh, pale as the stars
no one knows just who you are
drive the knife in deeper to my soul
velvet touch your mouth on mine
drunk on lust like drunk on wine
the world will end we'll hear the thunder roll.
Don't even say it
don't even look away
haunted by
haunted by
black winged angel come to me
release my soul from this misery.
In the candle light you'll see
just what all this means to me
the line grows thin between what's wrong and right.
12. Untitled
Twilight... the leaves fall,
The ground... is oh so cold.
Sing about God,
sing on his death!
Sing about love
and sing about sex.
Your great mystery's a lie,
hypocrisy's the rule. Sing on.
The. Death... of God!
Of darkness and light,
of heaven and hell,
Of sinful delights.
Beneath our feet lie shattered wings,
Our screams bring the awakening of God...
So say goodbye to torture and lies,
And if there's a God pray he opens his eyes.
His angels aren't the master race,
We'll tell him when we're face to face with God.
13. Spider And The Fly (Acoustic Tangle Web Mix)
14. Ice
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