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Sacrifice
02:03
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Let me kill you
I'll use the sharpest little knife
and offer up the prettiest little sacrifice
Tie the noose up real, real, real tight
'cause that's a noose the way I like
Let me kill you
I'll use the sharpest little knife
and offer up the prettiest little sacrifice
Tie the noose up real, real, real, real tight, that noose
'cause I don't like my women loose
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Won't you look at me?
Talk to me
Answer, please
Won't you let me know?
Please don't go
Tell me all about my sins
Damn the man who says
that ignorance is bliss
Damn the eyes I have
for showing me this
The company you keep
is a reflection of yourself
but what if they're not real?
You're imagining things
that you want to see
because at heart you have a need
to suffer more than most
I do all of this and more
when the spirits leave me
with an empty cup
I can fill up
And I need it bad
God, this is sad
Shouting madly in the yard
What must the neighbors think?
It's clear he needs a drink
Let's not give him one
'cause watching him's too fun
The memories you leave
with all your friends and family
are difficult at best
May as well give up
Why bother even try
because you clearly want to die?
Just the captain and the ship
need be swallowed by the sea
when the spirits leave me
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3. |
High Ho
02:24
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Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Listen here, my boy, and I will tell a tale
of men who dig inside the walls
and haunt you 'til you hide to no avail
Ya da da da da di di
High ho
Ya da da da da di di
It's off to work we go
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
You'll hear them when you're in your room
when no one's 'round
They raise up quite a din, you see
and you can't help but hear their awful sound
Ya da da da da di di
High ho
Ya da da da da di di
It's off to work we go
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
These men dig just for you,
see, no one else can hear
The devil's digging in the walls
They're raising Cain and bringing on the fear
Ya da da da da di di
High ho
Ya da da da da di di
It's off to work we go
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
Dig, dig, dig, dig
And so, you see, you must behave
and take your pills
or little men will come for you
with picks and axes better for the kill
Ya da da da da di di
High ho
Ya da da da da di di
It's off to work we go
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Goddess of Love
02:53
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Our goddess of love
She wraps around you
Fits like a glove
An angel from above
Our little angel of rape
Our lady of perpetual disgrace
has offered you a taste
Look who it is
Give us a kiss
No you can't resist
I won't ask, I'll insist
Just spread those lips
Our sheriff of lust
Deputizing each of us
to betray a private trust
Our patron saint of hatred
The guilt, the shame, you're naked
Disgraceful, obscene, you're a mess
What have you done?
I hope you had fun
'cause you fucked quite a ton
and quite frankly, I'm stunned
Now would you please come...
What?
...with me?
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A rose is such a pretty thing
Before it's bloomed, before it's spring
It's winter in his heart
My daddy, sinner's king
He's the gardener, I'm the rose
A living poem in nature's prose
His treasure while I'm young
Oh so precious, more than gold
But my daddy still loves me
My daddy still cares
My daddy still loves me
My daddy longlegs is always there
A cave down south, an open mouth
This way in and that way out
"It's wrong" they all say, "for the child"
But it's my daddy's way
His burning love, his burning home
When he's in me I'm not alone
So keep your heaven above
My daddy wants me down below
My daddy still loves me
My daddy still cares
My daddy still loves me
My daddy longlegs is always there
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My baby
My little child
It's been in me
for quite awhile
Look what it's done to me
Look what it's done
It's taken my beauty
Now I have none
The spirit of pregnancy
So just take it off
and lay your clothes down
and take a step back
Now how's that sound?
They don't suit you
Not anymore
No, they don't fit right
They're not for you
You in the nude
You in the nude
They'll see your true face
shining through
So take it off
and take it all off
and show that skin
beneath the soiled cloth
You in the nude
You in the nude
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7. |
There's No Getting Out
03:59
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Picked you out of the crowd
No one will hear you
It's too loud
Take you back to my house
Let's play our own game
of cat and mouse
There's no getting out
Quiet now
or I'll sew up your mouth
You're not exactly the prettiest little thing in town
The shepherd was watching the sheep
so I took the cow
Slipped through the herd and snatched you up
This big, bad wolf's been getting in his cups
There's no getting out
Quiet now
or I'll sew up your mouth
What caught my eye was the dull look in yours
Said, "This one's too dim, dumb to be bored"
No one must have cared about you
'cause this was easy
As easy as a sin in a pew
There's no getting out
Quiet now
or I'll sew up your mouth
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8. |
Those Were the Days
02:27
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Whatever I would say to you
You would follow me to the sand
where we would lay
hand in hand
The waves would lap our feet
as the sea and sky would meet
and the tide would rise
Whatever you would say to me
I would follow you to the sand
where we would lay
hand in hand
The moon was getting dim
So I suggested that we go
and you left
Those were the days
Those were the days
Those were the days
Those were the days
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9. |
Listen Close
08:01
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Lay down
Pass out
Don't wake up
no matter how bad your dreams
They couldn't possibly be
worse than the morning
The sun may rise
but you won't bat an eye
Bones been weary so
down you'll lie
Listen, oh, listen close
I've something to say
For better or for worse or both
This ends today
In your bed
In your room
In your house
All alone
In the dead of night
Beneath the moon
Long before
the sun shone
So what do you have to say now?
What's that? Nothing snide?
You're silent but you've opened your mouth
As though you've nothing to hide
Well, we'll see how you feel about that
tonight
But I'll bet that
you'll stay quiet
So here we are now
Just you and myself
No love lost between
We've got the books
but we've knocked down the shelves
if you know what I mean
And the score is the same that it's been
for odd years
We'll settle this game with blood
blood and tears
Ya da di di da da di
You're a dead man
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Well, all the things I have
and the things that I've done
that I regret
are hard to forget
in the time that I've had
and how much I've got left
Well, you asked
so I spoke up
It's a simple task
I just don't make the cut
No, I don't do it for you
and sure as hell not for me
I guess it's true what they say
that this shit isn't free
Trying to get back on your feet
They're just not on the ground
And the frustrating thing is
Your head's not even in the clouds
But that's okay
Because it can't be that long
If it's true what they say
You just gotta be strong
I guess it's true what they say
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The Twelve Canons Iowa
The Twelve Canons were a gothic folk band formed sometime in 2001 or 2002 in Iowa City by singer/guitarist Jim DuRocher. After three albums with members Sam Gold and Alex Body, the Twelve Canons stripped back to a two-piece with the addition of composer/bassist Justin Norman. In January 2014, frontman and founder Jim Durocher tragically passed away. He left behind a large collection of demos. ... more
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