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Marie in the Lunette

from The Phantom King by Joshua McCormack

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you team up with all-stars
but we bought your trademark
with bottomless billfolds
and fistfuls of power

crown the new welfare queen
sharpen the guillotine
when your dying legs dangle
you move like no other

she's draining your wishing well
do you still believe in magic
and where is sweet marie?
getting dressed for the party

she dances in the tuileries
says everything you have belongs to me
all the robin armies
always trying to co-opt her chemistry
she poisons the reservoirs
before eating her breakfast in style
a figment of your fantasies
just laugh at her jokes while she slits your throat

in a world of war
I want to be uncivilized
there's nothing like good old-fashioned war
to make you realize

her fingers point at lies
the truth was in the crime
boogeymen in ballroom towers
sniping the peasants

marie, like a glass doll
knocked from my fingertips
catapults through the air
and waits for collision

she creeps in the alleyways
makes love to the imbeciles and paperweights
she looks up to see the guns are being drawn
on the front lawns of a world of war
I want to be un-civilized
there's nothing like good old-fashioned war
to make you realize

step into our secret world
whole-hearted boys and girls
marie thinks so much of you
take off your hats and your shoes

no one noticed the mad hatter's tea party
till madness fell into fashion
so have a cigarette marie
cause you know where they lead
they don't care what you believe

hide in our exclusive club
like butterflies in paper cups
until the match is struck

barricades are caving in
untouchables chewing your skin
multitudes mangle your holy spire
why are you smiling while your hair is on fire?

in a world of war
I want to be uncivilized

ain’t no three, four, five ways about it
we’re gonna get to the end of the novel
these pages burn and your fingers are guilty
see history when it’s in syndication

I thought you’d won the war, Marie
premature effigies
collapsing stars looking sweet
sucking the lights out

your lips spill their shapes marie
your showboat eyes fade, Marie
the basket meets the blade, Marie

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from The Phantom King, released April 3, 2012

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Joshua McCormack Tucson, Arizona

From the odd acoustic pop of Joshua Mccormack Presents Holiday Girl , to the electronic-tinged rock of The Phantom King , to the collection of sonic oddities on The Dunce Cap, he’s been restless for years.

His recent album Lights Out 4 Baby Grand, shows a more personal side, while The World, Just For You is a collection of cover songs he recorded to survive the dystopian ambivalence of 2020.
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