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At the Devil's Throat

by Hollow Strangers

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1.
Fake Borders 03:56
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Escaping symbols march Drag poor feet Cast memories in line I am not a crime Tall grasses shiver and cry Rain bullets Take out my heart insane Sacrifice my name Chorus: Good gods sit closer to the sun Live with the devil and his gun Fake borders telling me more lies Over and over, over and over Flames burn high Love on fire Lost and forgotten into the night This is not my fight Child of hope Learn to pray Oil in my skin they caress our ground Drill rich til we drown Repeat chorus 2 x
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Undress the Night 03:14
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Her heart enraptured crown of pride They clap you can be free You’ll love forever in a breath So careless in the breeze Your mother’s calling Why did you abandon all your dreams His addiction her addiction Perished in the wind Chorus: Ohhhh undress the night, I go wild The broken light fix it up right Ohhhh undress the night, I go wild The light fix it up right....oh I go wild.... Your daddy says Such a pretty girl, her flame burnt out in his decay Glittered coach and silver shoes Vanished in her fairytale Her heart enraptured crown of pride They clap you can be free You’ll love forever in a breath So careless in the breeze Chorus End: oh I go wild (x3)
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Rebel and Monk 03:41
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Woke up in a monastery Sure won’t find my vices here There’s a halo fighting me A sea of robes, the eyes that show Walks a truth I’ll never know Set alight my path of shame The pagan war was lost it seemed Chemical highs strengthened my belief That there ain’t no god but me Sanctified a little petrified My past has come to rob my grief Not sure who’s gonna lose Chorus: Woohoh take me down To the hollow in the ground I lie crooked please hear my prayers I think this rebel’s gonna bow My karma it ain’t looking good Prostrations of a 1000 miles might save this wretched mind A blessed scarf around my neck Feels like a noose don’t take me yet Let me suffer a few more lives I wanna be pure, I wanna be whole I wanna wear your holy robe I want your wisdom and I want it now Take me to the golden place A promise of divine disgrace There’s no wise in my shameful rise Chorus
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Red Lipstick 04:01
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Trek the long dark road Their pounding fazes out the love she bared Washed away like a ball at sea Where Allah takes her she might be free In the crimson light Her legs they shiver, the ritual wisdom blade Now I’m a woman in mans eyes Wound her pleasure Destined soul Chorus: Take me as I am Lips are red on fire Perfumed roses grace me In my tainted sanctuary Take me as I am Lips are red on fire Oh let the gasping waters Cry for love that burns, that burns ohhh Dust the clock of time look in the mirror Loosen maiden’s chains Her cat like walk A nomads prize Her land of punt may one day shine Chorus
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Mystified 04:58
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Born into the world of glory Sit on mother’s knee for a while til I grow up Knock Knock on the door that opens Takes me deep into the forest I must try to find my way Back into mother’s arms I’m mystified, mystified, mystified..ahhh oh (r) Tempting is the cradle rocks My time has come to taste Another life besides mine The forest comes a crawling at my feet But I ain’t gonna run no more Coz i got to raise what’s now a part of me It’s justified, justified, justified..ahhh oh (r) Thank you for your time (r) Thank you for this life (r) Born into the world of glory Sit on mother’s knee for a while Til I grow up Knock Knock on the door that opens Takes me deep into the forest I must try to find my way Back into mother’s arms I’m mystified, mystified, mystified..ahhh oh (rx4)
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Leopold 03:31
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All powerful warrior leaves fire in his wake Neither left nor right Hang up all the threats Sent down from the heavens adorns wall after wall Kleptocratic legacy Stealing in a nice way Chorus Statue crumble statue burn Eagle flies high in a leopard skin hat Carry her home to the palace of Gods Oh Leopold Leopold Ego armies of metal Play the heat of the coltan mines Muzungu blinded by the aliens on TV screens Genocidaire brothers Lets bathe together in a mineral bath World vibrations hammered senseless By enslaved hands Shadowed blankets of eyes Hide tainted bodies in sanctuary Shoot their sacred flowers Watch the garden of Eden die Lay her down on forest floor Take a turn with your weapon of war Oh father oh husband Take me back You know I’m not to blame
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Flaming Violins 03:44
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Rearrange our faces let the violins play Are we past concern don’t claim that I’m insane Let us bathe entwined under the moon Rhyming eyes captured too soon Judgement day is calling me from lover’s bed Oh I like the playful mermaids floating through my head Won’t you dance with me to forget Til I’m home, help me find my feet Chorus: Stroke my conscious Whirl wind kisses burn Flaming violins they seize to yearn For tonight bring out the firelight Oh bring out the firelight
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Paint Among the Ghosts 04:29
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Paint a pretty picture, lie inside my frame Can’t tread all over me Sail into the sunset on a lovers boat I paint it to believe Walk bereft on dazzled plains Contemplate those giddy days Set it up in wonderland Love’s holiday won’t slam you in the face Trapped inside a mind Consoling patterns shapes Cocooned in muffled fate Can you whisper in my ear Whisper in my ear a dream Chorus: Loves theatre closes down Receding heart beats silent in me Hush tones of ecstasy aches Don’t turn around, don’t turn around A reverie of love ablaze Can’t find me now, can’t find me now I paint among the ghosts Paint a pretty picture, lie inside my frame Can’t tread all over me Sail into the sunset on a lovers boat I paint it to believe Can you whisper in my ear Whisper in my ear a dream Repeat Chorus Can you whisper in my ear, whisper in my ear a dream (Rx3)
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Drunk Love 03:41
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You were sent away on the last train to cleanse your soul Those bible boys they gonna break you to make you whole Torn up pictures bin your past half the man you used to be All you own strapped to your back Live dangerous for the crack Chorus: I don’t understand it (r) Fly fly fly highhhhh You can’t love me with a million flowers in one hand And in the other the finest ruby a girl could dream to have Empty handed eyes that hide Streets beckon for another night ride Eyes mad hungry on drunk love Can’t be tamed behind the bars Repeat Chorus Wonder aimless where is home, remain so blameless as you roam Because you think that only love can save you Where you roam now let me go, can’t take all that I own Don’t wanna dream about it (r) I want to look up at the diamonds in the sky Not know there’s people so outta their minds Outta their minds (rx4 or more)
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Do You Really Want Me? 03:00
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Do you really want me? Oh Oh stagger on a heartbeat Oh Oh I think it’s gonna take some time ( r) Rapture when we tumble Oh Oh Shrewd in curiosity Oh Oh Your gonna turn me inside out ( r) Chorus: There are times you have to stay I ain’t gonna look the other way Turn your back on careless days I ain’t gonna look the other way Do you really love me? Oh Oh Imposters in a fantasy Oh Oh I think we’re for another life ( r) Mercy at our doorstep Oh Oh Run from troubled skeptics Oh Oh I think we’ll hold on tight tonight ( r)

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released May 25, 2012

Music by Hollow Strangers
Lyrics by Claire Baker

Hollow Strangers are
Claire Baker - Vocals
Diego Lopez Arias - Guitar
Craig Wardle - Drums
Don Brent - Bass / Vocals

Recorded at Aurora Studios in Vancouver, BC
Produced by Jeremiah Johnson, Darren Lee and Hollow Strangers
Mastering by Johnny "Wildkat" Savella
Additional Vocals by Shauna Meloche
Graphic Design and Cover Art by Marcus Wild
Logo Design by Frank Belardo
Photography by Craig Wardle and Vanessa Fukuyama

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HOLLOW STRANGERS are a female-fronted post punk indie band formed in Vancouver with musicians from England, Spain and Canada. They have developed an experimental edgy sound with influences ranging from PJ Harvey, Blondie, Muse, The National, Nick Cave and Tom Waits. ... more

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