The Haunted Phonograph
by ThouShaltNot
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The Haunted Phonograph
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Oh Invisible (Iris mix)
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One new song and one remix; keep your eyes peeled for a rerelease of the New World EP with some bonus tracks. And coming soon, ThouShaltNot's fifth album, Madness and Extinction.
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released 24 July 2011
ThouShaltNot is Alex Reed, Aaron Fuleki, and Jeremy Long
ThouShaltNot is Alex Reed, Aaron Fuleki, and Jeremy Long
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- Track Name: The Haunted Phonograph
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The Haunted Phonograph
I curse the day I bought that phonograph for you, my dear
For there are times I swear that it's alive
I chase at night the whispering from the music room so clear
But I'm mocked with silent scorn when I arrive
I try to play Caruso but the needle skips the groove
While calypso and Ravel keep coming back
And there beside that damned machine, you lie and never move
I'm cuckolded by metal and shellac
It comes to me in dreams and it declares "I'm Joan of Arc—
You can burn me, but I've power from above!"
But I fear it's not a dream, and you'll be swallowed in its darkness
It will one day speak your words for you, my love
I tried to throw it out but back again the trashmen came
They were ashen white like they'd seen Father Death
And they told me that it cried aloud and spoke to them by name
So they returned it, ran, and prayed under their breath
And every night I long to coax you from that phonograph
But it's drained the appetites I once fulfilled
Its gaping mouth, obscene and wide, turns every tune to laughter
And its arm, it waves commands to have me killed
It comes to me in dreams and it declares "I'm Joan of Arc—
You can burn me, but I've power from above!"
But I fear it's not a dream, and you'll be swallowed in its darkness
It will one day speak your words for you, my love
And now that you've gone deaf to every word that I could say
I'm reaching out the only way you'll hear
I beg into a microphone for you to turn my way
And with my voice on wax, my body disappears!
So play me on your phonograph and swear that I'll be yours
Though your heart and voice can nevermore be one/won
Just drag that needle on me as I spin my loving course
Dreaming only of your kiss
All the charms of yours I miss
As I pop and as I hiss
Spiraling into the abyss
Oh my God, it's come to this
We've been undone!
Put another record on
Play that music all night long
And by the break of dawn
We'll be in love - Track Name: Oh Invisible (Iris mix)
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Oh Invisible
There she goes into the sea
This is aging; this is love; this is free
There she goes, she's airtight
Oh invisible subway; oh invisible lights
Oh invisible tilting heart and mind
Oh invisible, darling, your voice is breaking up
And out pours this night
There she goes into the sea
Where it moves like healing; where is tastes like mercury
But she’ll get used to all the salt
If she's already hooked on the chemicals that call
Oh invisible bride where is your dress?
Oh invisible, darling, your voice is tenderness
And out pours this night
Fast-forward through the coral
Though bones of highways white
Here history is illuminated
Each fragment's like a sunken liner where rust and silver wait for me
And I’m a wave butcher cutting chopping
Here I come into the sea
There you go into the sea
This is losing; this is love; this is me
There you go, it's airtight
Oh invisible ocean, oh invisible sky
Oh invisible swimming heart and mind
Oh invisible, darling, your voice is still with me
And out pours this night
