Two Skeletons Having a Scrap (James Ensor)

from Sweeping Tendrils by Superintendent Idle Tiger

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lyrics

I exist
I’m mad
I’m simpleminded
I’m incapable
I’m a creampuff gone rotten.

Disparagement beats down on me like hail
Disparagement beats down on me
Down on me like hail.

They like the thrill or adrenaline they get
They like to identify with the victims
They like to see something that they would never see in real life
Above all that, people are malicious.

Police are sweeping up the street tonight
They’re bringing in the bodies for their medical exams

With a playful spirit I document your family.
A head in a presentation case, a finger on a table,
The filthy remnants of a strange container

The woman in a corset holds a palm across the sick man’s mouth

And above all that, people are ridiculous.

Hairy masks
And red-lipped masks
And bird-head masks
And silken masks
And cacked up masks
And perfumed masks
And greasepaint masks
And boneface masks

Behind the mask there is a skull you surely recognise
Pulling out the Pierrot’s guts, the strings behind his eyes

We should not keep this clown around no more
He’s always creeping through the cloth
He’s always peeking through the walls
He hasn’t contributed much at all
The other night he nearly died when Sarah smothered him between her thighs
But O, the courage of the clown
But O, the courage of the clown
But O, the courage of the clown
But O, the courage of the clown
And after all you’ve got to laugh

He became a lion-tamer
Then he became a laundress
Then he became nothing

And the sailors keep building their bodies

Take off your face, reveal your mask tonight –
The mask is going to unmask you
So thank you and goodnight.

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight I’m feeling rubbish

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from Sweeping Tendrils, released July 29, 2019
Voice: Lieke van der Voort

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