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Beneath the Rows
Lyrics by Brandon Pybus
Music by Michael Louis
Don’t stand beside me
I can feel your breathing
It’s always easier
when you’re the one that’s leavin’
But now I’m seein’ red
Don’t think I’ll let you
I’m sure in time
Even I can forget you
And as the sun sets in the sky tonight
I’ve picked the place where you will rest
Beneath the rows you will go
We will visit you in time
There I know that you’ll be safe my dear
We will visit you in time
High winds are blowing now
No one can hear us
It’s always easier
When they fear us
I cannot let you leave
Who will protect you?
I know a place where you can go
Where they cannot get you
Before the moonrise shines upon us now
I’ve picked a place for you to rest
Beneath the Rows
Beneath the rows you will go
We will visit you in time
There I know that you’ll be safe my dear
We will visit you in time
As time and dust covers up your tomb
Perhaps, even I will forget you soon
Beneath the rows you will go
We will visit you in time
There I know that you’ll be safe my dear
Beneath the rows you will go
We will visit you in time
Beneath the rows you will go
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Plaything
Lyrics by Marselle Hodges
Music by Michael Louis
Lay down your stones
Before my feet
And pray to my graven idol
And when you sleep
It’s me that watches over you
It’s hard to admit but it’s better this way
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
Sleep in my love
As I take my throne
And do the things that rulers do
So, you can sleep
Knowing that it’s me that watches over you
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’m watching over you, I’m watching over you
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
I’ll keep you tagged under my wing (you’re my favorite plaything)
The sun so low
Makes me ache with hunger
The dark
Is making
Me do what it wants me to
And all I can see
Is your blood washing over you
All I can see is blood washing over you
I’ll keep you tucked under my wing
You’re my favorite plaything
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Down with the Dead
Lyrics by vISION
Music by Michael Louis
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Melancholic chords
Swim through my head in dread
A million nails, for the soon to be corpse
This dusk I hail what will never be yours
Thievery, bodies lost in time
Fetch me the skull of the King of Kings
Then throw it down the well of human history
I sense, I’ll draw the cards and watch them inflict
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Loose lips Sink ships
Loose lips
Burned books before
Toppled the power
Two minutes to midnight
We’ve reached the hour, ha!
Red death, red scare
Sewn to the fabric of disrepair
Strangled, entangled
Caught dead in the safety net
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Don’t let these words leave your loose lips
They, the sink ships
Loose ships, sink ships
Deep in the sea
Down with the dead
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Loose lips, they sink ships
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
Deep in the trench
Down with the dead
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My Ophelia
04:26
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My Ophelia
Lyrics and music by Michael Louis
My Ophelia
Your confusion clouds your mind
Your obsession makes you blind
You never meant that much to me
Psychedelia
Are you off your meds tonight?
Do your wrists bleed in dim light?
I can’t save you every time you fall
It’s my prediction you will fail
If you want to die, you will prevail
My Ophelia, erotomania
Your madness ends tonight
Ideation, your fixation
Your willful suicide
Your intention, for attention
Is taken, taken at any cost
My Ophelia, my Ophelia
Will you drown tonight for me?
This melodrama,
Starring you and I must end
On me, you can’t depend
I never led you on, no no no no
Paranoia
Does the voice inside you lie?
Did the hope inside you die?
What have you told yourself to get on by?
Yes, your conviction wears me down
It’s the same deathwish as the last!
My Ophelia, erotomania
Your madness ends tonight
Ideation, your fixation
Your willful suicide
Your intention, for attention
Is taken, taken at any cost
My Ophelia, my Ophelia
Will you drown tonight for me?
My Ophelia, erotomania
This is madness!
My Ophelia, dark agenda
My Ophelia, will you drown tonight for me?
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Cult of Ishtar
Lyrics by Ariel Maniki
Music by Michael Louis
Her kiss - Her lips like fire
I’ve lost my way under her spell
She holds thousands of corpses
Within her hands and with no regrets
At the gates of the night
Barely touched by her light
I gave up my wings and fall
Anahit, Astarté, Afrodite, Ishtar
She stares with eyes like moonstones
A divine sin rips off my skin
At the edge of the dawn
I can’t pretend that I’m strong
I gave up my heart and soul
Anahit, Astarté, Afrodite, Ishtar...
There’s a thousand names to call her
Kneel down before your goddess
Anahit, Astarté, Afrodite, Ishtar
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Release the Ravens
Lyrics by Ken Magerman
Music by Michael Louis
Hide these devil’s eyes
I pull the moon inside, and I sing
I am one with the wolf
Gnashing teeth and violent looks
Running at the man who holds the strings
Take a drag on my cigarette
I try to call you, but I can’t connect
I know you’re out there somewhere
I can’t see, but I still feel your heartbeat
And I release the ravens
They carry all my hopes and dreams
And I release the ravens
They carry all my hopes and dreams
Bite my tongue to feel something
Everything I taste is mine
Sweet as regret, false as a diamond
Hold onto me
I need to take my time
Hide these devil’s eyes
I pull the moon inside, and I sing
I am one with the wolf
Gnashing teeth and violent looks
Running at the man who holds the strings
Take a drag on my cigarette
I try to call you, but I can’t connect
I know you’re out there somewhere
I cannot see, but I still feel your heartbeat
And I release the ravens
They carry all my hopes and dreams
And I release the ravens
They carry all my hopes and dreams
And I release the ravens
They carry all my hopes and dreams
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Green Fairie
Lyrics by Nino Sable
Music by Michael Louis
Absinthe
Oh my green fairie
In your sweet seduction I swear eternally
Absinthe
Oh my green fairie
Your kiss is so sweet, your love devine
Absinthe
Oh my green fairie
In your arms I’ll fly to your lucid sky
Eternally
Absinthe
Oh my green fairie
Take me to the fountain where raindrops fill my eyes
Just one more drug
To unite us, to unite us
Yes, one last drug
Will reunite us, eternally
Absinthe
On liquid mountains
Your green stands for hope
For hope and eternity
Just one more drug
To unite us, to unite us
Yes, one last drug
Will reunite us, eternally
I heat up the sweet poison knock offs on silver spoons
And I raise the fire with the gift of the holy fountain
I am at the gates behind me
The green sky, and its’ pale moon
Oh my green fairie
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Dr. Dealer
04:54
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Dr. Dealer
Lyrics and music by Michael Louis
I sleepwalk through the day
Burned out my receptors, but I’m not numb
Can’t end a life, that’s already dead
No hope to be clean, or paint over the scum
Motion sucks up my vitality
All talking leads to banality
Somewhere between failure and hope
I cast myself into this web of dope
Doctor Dealer
If only you could see,
How this exhaustion cripples me
You gave your word
But it was veiled and vague
Just how you planned to ease my plague, Dr. Dealer
I want to quit, but I need more!
Can you help me, Dr. Dealer?
Doctor Dealer
Nourish me please,
Enrich my life, until I’m on my knees
Doctor Dealer
Did you take free reign?
To damage me worse, and use my anguish in vein
I’m paralyzed, yet rabid
A rat in a cage
Did you put me here, to advance your wage?
You said these pills would dull my tragedy
But would you put in you, what you’ve put in me, Dr. Dealer?
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Lost Places, Forgotten Faces
Lyrics by Andrey Agapitov
Music by Michael Louis
We don't know fear
We don't know pain
Our fingers are thick, we clawed the boat
We have no sense
We have no passion
Our thoughts are pure, we will never return
We will never return
Lost places, forgotten faces
Lost places, forgotten faces
There is no faith, there is no hope, there is no light!
Lost places, forgotten faces
They have no love, they have no trust, they have no life!
We can't remember the warm
We can't remember the sun
Our scream cannot be heard, we clawed the sail
We have no couth
We have no morals
Our thoughts alone, we will never return
We will never return
Lost places, forgotten faces
Lost places, forgotten faces
There is no faith, there is no hope, there is no light!
Lost places, forgotten faces
They have no love, they have no trust, they have no life!
Searching for someone
Anybody possessed?
I don't believe you!
Lost places, forgotten faces
There is no faith, there is no hope, there is no light!
Lost places, forgotten faces
They have no love, they have no trust, they have no life!
No life!
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Woman Torn
Lyrics by Rod Hanna
Music by Michael Louis
Still Night
How far to travel
Hear me
Listen to know her
Listen to know her
Woman scorned, woman torn, woman scorned
Journey into the unknown
Tells me of the ghastly truth
Bitterness, despondency
Reputation over love
Over love
Listen to know her
Listen to know her
Agony her mental crux
She will have him back one day
Little knowing death would come
Lose her son eternally, they’ll pay, they will pay
They will pay, they must pay, pay, they will pay the price
Listen to know her
Listen to know her
Know her
Vengeance true, vengeance pure
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Shadow Assembly Nashville, Tennessee
Gothic Rock recording collective consisting of Michael Louis (Chronic Twilight), and several guest vocalists in the global,
Gothic /Darkwave scene.
The sophomore album, Arcane Fusion, features Rod Hanna, Marselle Hodges, Andrey Agapitov, Ken Magerman, Nino Sable, Brandon Pybus, Ariel Maniki, and vISION.
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