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No Hands To Guide Us

by Unextraordinary Gentlemen

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1.
All You Want 03:28
All You Want (As sung by a Filth Pilgrim) A clock with no face has no hands No hands to guide it To guide it through the night A clock with no face has no sense No sense of direction No sense of direction Nonsense! Nonsense! Are you a broken child? Do you have direction? Do you? Hmm? Do you have a hand To guide you through the night? Do you? Do you? Do you ride the carousel? Would you like to see the show? Would you like to get away from bittersweet Bittersweet Smashing out the stained glass we could be all you want Smashing out the spyglass we could be all you want all you want Are you a broken clock? Do you want a full revival? Do you want some kind of guarantee of your survival? Do you want a cigarette? We can take all that we see So much more than bottled beer and dirty magazines Are you a broken child? Do you have direction? Do you have a hand A hand to guide you through To guide you through the night Would you like to be taken in, my friend? Right this way to the egress, regret and loss of innocence Smashing out the stained glass we could be all you want Smashing out the spyglass (don’t look too closely) we could be all you want all you want ©2007 Malcom Schreeck
2.
Dirty Old Silver (As sung by Clive the Barker) Molly She has a switch and a blade She got it made in the shadow of doorways She gets under your skin She’s a daughter A daughter of sin This terrible frame oh the sound of dirty old silver With a gun in her gowns, she stares you down Cold, this terrible turn, turn, turn Olivier He got one thing on his mind these days A dream of monies what come and stay Family, oh how he misses them He’s a seventh son A victim of circumstance He won’t last in this terrible place Whoa, no! This terrible frame oh the sound of dirty old silver With a gun in her gowns, she stares you down Cold, this terrible place Ha-ha-ha Now old Master James He got one foot in the grave these days A slave to danger love and laudanum Mistress Molly, oh how she kisses him She plays mother She milks him to the last No discipline too strict in this terrible thorn This terrible frame oh the pound of dirty old strange With a gun in her gowns she stares you down Cold, this terrible turn, this terrible frame, this terrible place, this terrible thorn, this terrible lie, these terrible streets, this terrible night, this terrible life, this TERRIBLE…! ©2007 Malcom Schreeck
3.
Frozen Mood 05:21
Frozen Mood (As sung by Captain Nobody) Below and making the most of my time inside with my fever dream I’m all alone in my frozen mood taking in the half-light pulse Adrift and holding the past in my mind diving down below it all Like the shark I cannot stop or I may never swim again Trying to keep going Trying to keep from running down Trying to keep my Grand Work moving Trying to stay my course Trying to keep my demons down Trying to keep my Grand Work running Then she proceeds to interrupt my stream Rage exudes the indelicate signal Afar and taking account of mankind outside with their war machines All alone in my frozen mood I take to bed my fear and loathing Awake and willing the stone-faced captain I have no name I have no home no Turn to surface once again and take the world back down with me I am trying to stop steering Trying to keep the pressure down Trying to keep my Grand Work moving Trying to stay my hunger Trying to keep my demons down Trying to keep my Grand Work running Then she proceeds to interrupt my stream Wrath ensues with indelicate signals ©2007 Malcom Schreeck
4.
Chaser 03:51
Chaser (As sung by The Spirits of the Old No. 9) Stranger pick your poison no we do not carry wine We are glad to know you we already know your kind Stranger why the hurry here is something to imbibe A dark and dirty drink called Waiting To Die It is a lovely eve for a high-strung soul Through the decay into the watering hole Change our blood to alcohol and wait for the last call We raise our cracking glasses to another day in hell This oasis is the very place the angels fell What are you afraid of Stranger? Come on down the bitter brine Another drink another song and then its closing time It is a lurvy eve for a vodka soul Through the wreckage into the watering hole Change our blood to alcohol and wait for the last call Stranger wet your whistle with us dregs and ne’er too wells We are glad for your company I know it’s hard to tell Stranger where’s the fire? This round is on the house A shot of Nice to Know You From the below the bar it pours and pours It’s a lurvy eve for drunken show Through the dismay into the watering hole Change our blood to alcohol and wait for the last call Wait for the last call ©2007 Malcom Schreeck
5.
Ever After 03:45
Ever After (As sung by Elwood Lovekraken) It started ugly Savagery and broken sky It was the time of maybe never After all Lonely and miserable Tragedy to see you You were so beautiful Like broken dolls can be After all the venom taken We were told was Sauvignon This is what our progress got us After all it’s all in fun After heaven has gone dark After all our time has gone This is how the music ended After all has come undone Lovely when stars were falling Glimmering like tears Only a breath from the finish After all I wonder how I still am standing Was there a ghost within this shell Or is this the place of ever after After all After all the worlds colliding After all the drama fades Dust to dust, ashes to ashes After all it’s all for show After heaven has gone dark After all our time has gone This is how the play has ended After all has come undone After all the venom taken We were told was Sauvignon This is what our progress got us After all it’s all in fun After heaven has gone dark After all our time is gone This is how the music ended After all has come undone After last chances are let go After we are next in line This is how the curtain closes After all that’s all for now ©2007 Malcom Schreeck

about

Approach! Approach with gibbering delight and glimpse attractions most satisfactory! Time is running out and there are NO HANDS TO GUIDE US into safety so let us dance the last dance - while we still can!

You WILL shiver and shudder as a self-proclaimed Pilgrim of Filth attempts to sully your delicate mental state with oily promises of "All You Want".

Or perhaps gambling is your bent, hmm? Perhaps the tender affections of some young spoiled dove, you say? Well, look no further than that infamous settlement called God-Only-Knows to let loose your baser instincts and, of course, your "Dirty Old Silver".

Next up we submerge ourselves under the deep Arctic waters of the Ocean Atlantica for an eerie voyage with the brooding, enigmatic Captain Nobody. Shush! Do not dare disturb his "Frozen Mood"!

Out of the dark green sea and far across the desert landscape of the Tamarisk Plains we go ON from there. There Is time for one last drink and a phantasmagoric "Chaser" before the end of the world so why not cozy up to the bar and have a shot of Nice To Know You with the ghostly denizens at the End Of The Line saloon?

Ah yes! The end is near. I can hear the metal stomp of those goliath machines in the distance. Now is the time! Climb aboard and see the sights - WHILE YOU CAN!

Come one and all and let us drink and make merry for tomorrow - well - tomorrow may the fires miss us. Tomorrow may the machines that at this very moment are devastating all the world around us with mechanical, unfeeling precision stop in their tracks and cease to move. May tomorrow come, my friends!

Lift your glasses and toast with me!

“May the dragons be vanquished. May Beauty and Truth prevail. May there be, oh god, please let there be a happily “Ever After”!”

Are you coming or not?

credits

released October 1, 2008

Lyrics by Eric Schreeck
Music by Richard Pilawski & Jennifer Pomerantz

Produced by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
Recorded & Mixed at Funeral Home Studios in Valley Village, CA
Engineered by Gator McMurder
Mixed by Gator McMurder with Unextraordinary Gentlemen

Mastered by Michael Hateley
Executive Produced by Darren “Penance” Spinelli

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