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love
grand science of man
trips and it falls
passes by again
but you've sketched out alternate plans
alchemical doctor
the madness spins in your head
when you sew a few stitches
and pull a few switches
you're bound to raise up the dead

who are you now?
chambers are empty
you let the monster out
to strangle all the loose ends
you've seen these rooms a thousand times
but they've never been so still
the quiet that kills is likely to strike again

maybe she knows?
wounds of a giant
take years to close
seconds to open
with fists as hard as steel
you try to wage a witless war
the bones that you break are yours and yours alone

to your overlooks and parapets
from your spies down on the streets
one by one
a tidy sum crying out
"kill the beast"

it's cause and effect
you start a riot
just to see a wreck
in love with every victim
your eyes are devil's embers
but your heart laughs like a child
the terrors of the wild call the monster home

and your unhealthy obsessions
illusions built for fools
and every coerced confession
plead ignorance of the rules
stop cradling the creature
take hold of your lover
stop tearing your secrets in two
cause the whole town will rise up
and burn down your tower
in aims to kill off the beast in you

love holds you close again
but then you dig in
deeper and deeper and deeper
in your fiery end
and you're staring at those cobbled walls
watching them burn
crumble and fall
she turns and sees right through you
don't ever let her go walk through that door alone
as your tower of soul turns into
a pillar of bone

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from The Funeral of the Siren, released August 15, 2008
Joshua McCormack - vocals, guitar, bass, piano

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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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