JJ BRINE

Lovers On A Losing Streak

I’m great in bed 
Better in the casket

Live fast, die young
And leave a beautiful corpse 
Please

It only gets hard in the graveyard 
If your flesh is hot, mine is not
Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
The dead do it best
Cemetery sex, the dead do it best

I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I'll dig you up and fuck you
I know you want me to 
I’ll dig you up and fuck you
Your ghost told me to 
Your ghost told me to

I won't let you rest in peace
Until I get a piece 
Of your fetid rotting flesh
The more it rots, the better it tastes

I don't mind the maggots
I don't mind the maggots
They're just an added bonus
Just an added bonus

Time to read the obituaries 
To see who I'm gonna fuck tonight
Gonna fu-fuck tonight
Gonna fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck tonight

I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I know you want me to
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
Your ghost told me to
Your ghost told me to

An orgy at the morgue
I never get bored
I'd fuck you back to life
But then I wouldn't love you
I don't mind the maggots
I don't mind the maggots
I don't mind the maggots
They're just an added bonus

I saw you in your hearse
Your body looked so good and stiff 
I swear I could've died
(I could've died)
I knew I couldn't live without you by my side
(By my side)
Your funeral, our wedding
Your corpse my blushing bride
They said it was a homicide

Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
The dead do it best
Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
The dead do it best

I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I know you want me to
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
Your ghost told me to

Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
The dead do it best
Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
The dead do it best

I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
I know you want me to
I’ll dig you up and fuck you 
Your ghost told me to
Your ghost told me to

Time to read the obituaries 
To see who I'm gonna fuck tonight
Gonna fu-fuck tonight
Gonna fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck tonight

Cemetery sex, the dead do it best
I'll dig you up and fuck you
I know you want me to
I'll dig you up and fuck you
Your ghost told me to
I'll dig you up and fuck you





I'll Dig You Up And Fuck You

I couldn’t talk you out of doing
What you did to me
I tried to prove to you
That the mold could not be cast so easily 
I was thinking that our shelf life
Might just last another day or two
You look your best
When you’re looking almost identical to you

Empathy
I’ve seen more than you want me to 
Empathy
I’ve seen you

I’m letting go of the body
It has to float away
Freedom to the feeling
It needs the living room to grow on its own
We couldn’t live
On the arrogance of innocence alone 

Lacking all the wisdom
They say the coming age will bring 
Exile is a happy happy home
It’s the perfect place to raise a family 
And grow old

Empathy
I’ve seen more than you want me to 
Empathy
I’ve seen you

Playing parts without the script
Parts played to great effect
I let them have their time with you
And I hoped they would enjoy it
You won’t be caught roaming in the spirit world 
The broken lines lead straight to you

Empathy
I’ve seen more than you want me to 
Empathy
I’ve seen you
Empathy
I have got no sympathy for you
No sympathy for you

You don’t ever miss when you lock 
And aim to please
I’ve seen your friendly fire
But I do not miss the taste
Of the LEGIONS who came before and after me 
I won’t be your second best assailant
I’ll hear your screams in my violent dreams 
I’ll hear your screams in my violent dreams

Empathy
I’ve seen more than you want me to 
Empathy
I’ve seen you
Empathy
I have got no sympathy for you
No sympathy for you

Empathy

Hello I am your prophet
Come my flock of lambs
You’re lost I’ll be your shepherd
We’ll walk in the sea
We’ll walk in the sand
I’ll lead you by the hand
And I’ll guide you to the promised land 

I’ll bring you to the blooming garden 
You’ll smell the myrrh and olives
You’ll drink the waters of oasis
My life to give in substance

Then I’ll summon you
To ascend my ritual altar
That’s where I will slaughter you 
In fulfillment of the scriptures That you read in undead tongues
One by one and

Europe’s got her crucifix!
It makes no difference
One two three four five six!
There will be deliverance 
And I’m the only one to give it
One two three four five six!
Summation of the mimesis 
Divinity of madness, my genesis 
One two three four five six!

Have you seen the gorgeous youths? 
They’re joining my eternal choir
In rows they hover, clutching psalms 
I stitched their mouths with wire

Europe’s got her crucifix!
It makes no difference
One two three four five six!
There will be deliverance 
And I’m the only one to give it
One two three four five six!
Summation of the mimesis 
Divinity of madness, my genesis 
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX!


Mimesis

I’m controlling your society 
And I control your feeble minds

I’m writing your new history
It begins and ends with my famous ideology 
My monopoly of force
Will set you free to serve me

In this referendum
I’m the only candidate
And mine’s the only vote
If there’s an objection
Start an opposition bloc
Watch how quickly I smash it apart

I am the Hegemon
I am the Hegemon
Defy me at your peril
I am the strong arm
I am the strong arm
Now turn the other cheek
I am your church
I am your minister
I am regime
I am supremacy
I am truth
And I am, I am, I am 
Power absolute
(Power absolute, that’s me)

I’m realigning the borders
Of your standards and your morals 
What you call your culture
Is the study of my pleasures
I watch you as you roam the streets
In a total state of trance
At night you watch the news
All of which I’ve tastefully programmed
I’ll keep you safe from harm
I’ll rock you in my military cradle 

Take shelter from your enemies
In my heavy infantry
If you need a lullaby
Sing, sing, sing, sing my anthem 
Until you fall into a dreamless sleep

I am the Hegemon
I am the Hegemon
Defy me at your peril
I am the strong arm
I am the strong arm
Now turn the other cheek
I am your church
I am your minister
I am regime
I am supremacy
I am truth
And I am, I am, I am Power absolute
(Power absolute, that’s me)


Hegemon

BELIAL boasts of all his powers 
He’s burning votive offerings 
To appease my rising anger
Mankind reclines on the comforts 
Of an Etruscan bed
Sleep, sleep, sleep
Until your dreams have bled 
Through your hollow eyes!

I’ve got no need for plans
I just improvise with the times
I will show no mercy
With the slightest gesture
Of my gracious hand
In but a blink of my eternal eye

I’m ending the universe I’m ending the universe
I hope you’re not surprised 
I’m ending the universe I’m ending the universe 
Kiss the cosmos
Say your sad goodbyes

Your seas of green will turn to lava 
Your earthen lands will swallow you 
And spit what’s left into the arctic winds 
That I invented with my glacial sighs 
This game is mine to terminate
There’s no card left for you to play 
Today, today, today is doomsday 
Doomsday

I’m ending the universe 
I’m ending the universe
I hope you’re not surprised 
I’m ending the universe 
I’m ending the universe 
Kiss the cosmos
Say your sad goodbyes

I’m ending the universe 
I’m ending the universe 
Hope you’re not surprised
I’m ending the universe

I'm Ending The Universe

You practice your religion like a fashion victim 
Your ancient sect is like a discotheque
In the red light district of another dimension
Your clan marches like a high school band 
Waving flags and chanting about their muscles
They’re carrying their guns to a red carpet premiere 
Rubble on the streets and French boutiques
It’s really quite chic to visit your humble home
There’s a rainforest in your bombed out neighborhood

Oh, please
There’s no need there’s none
I’ll have you all laid out on the deck 
Before the day is done

I especially enjoyed the escargot
At that bistro in the refugee camp
Where you took me out to dance the night we met
Your expensive tastes, they won’t go to waste 
When war breaks out in the summer
And everybody looks their best
Suspending disbelief for mutual relief
Let me remind you of the covenant you signed

Oh, please
There’s no need there’s none
I’ll have you all laid out on the deck 
Before the day is done
Oh, please
There’s no need there’s none
I’ll have you all laid out on the deck 
Before the day is done

Lebanon

Lebanon

The boy buries his fists deep inside his pockets 
His body trembles with alien rage
They said he’d have a better life
They said he’d have it made
Now he’s dancing with revenge 
Inside a golden cage

He’s penning a notice of eviction 
Attention to the voices
That serenade his divided mind

He wants to go where they won’t find him 
He won’t be a tourist on the other side

Opening 
Journey over 
Open wide
Opening 
Journey over 
Open wide
Opening 
Open wide

The girl implores her lord and savior 
To drive her hatred away
They told her she was someone else 
They told her what to say
She needs the kindness of a stranger
So she looks into the mirror and smiles, smiles, smiles Smiles

The voyage hits the ceiling
And infinity must be touched ungloved

Opening 
Journey over 
Open wide
Opening 
Journey over 
Open wide
Opening 
Open wide

Opening
Journey over 
Open wide
Opening 
Open wide

Opening

Have you seen the elusive serpent of the seven seas? 
She’s looking for you
She needs something to eat

Her appetite is her compass on her voyage
Through the oceans blue
There are no waters deep enough to shelter you 
You’re swimming in her fishing tank
And it’s time for her to feed

LEVIATHAN

Have you seen her resplendent eyes? 
Like pairs of dawning sunrise
Burning down the skies
Shining shining shining by the gilded gates 
Of all that is divine
Her seventh head will wink at you
As she rises from the surf
To smile upon her moving target
With her razor teeth of oyster pearl and coral
She’ll arch and pound and drag you down to her lair

LEVIATHAN

No sword but Mine could pierce her majestic armor 
No flesh but yours could fill her BEHEMOTH appetites
Did you think for a second she would spare you?
Did you pray to evade your appointed fate?
The ocean will be filled with the storm clouds of your blood 
As she rips you apart, piece by piece by piece

LEVIATHAN

Leviathan

Narcissus had his prized reflection 
We have our shadows
If immortal lines to time won’t grow 
Then we must walk in rows
Beat the drums with opposing thumbs 
We are the voice of another kind
The greatest pleasures must be paid for 
With the blood of strangers
With my sleight of hand
I’ll kill the Wiseman by the manger

If you lose your mind
You can have my heart
Melt it down and pour it on the soil 
Of mother earth

Take me to the end of time
Where everything is mine
I’m learning how to crack the code 
I feel the meanings behind the signs

I’m checking out of the galaxy I’m checking out of line 
Visions of eternity
Come fleetingly today
The feeling lasts much longer 
But the moments won’t remain

I’m stealing an indulgence
One heaven made for you
An inferno just for me
I must last forever until it finally ends 
If only we could lose
We wouldn’t have to win
The holy books won’t be forgotten 
We’ll always know how to sin

The angels in the crying room
Are calling out with fervor
They want the world to be in touch 
With the pulse of another time 
They’re crusading for the cause
Of men who’ve long since died
I forbid their names to you to speak 
Their heroes kiss our holy feet

Take me to the end of time
Where everything is mine
I’m learning how to crack the code 
I feel the meanings behind the signs

Signs

Pack your bags
We’re going home
The Pope’s on his way, back from Rome 
We’re going out and about
We’re gonna celebrate the morning light 
The blackest night
The world’s going up in smoke again 
The world’s about to end again

Did you pack your bags? 
Don’t forget your toothbrush 
Sorry we have to rush
But we’re all going to Hell 
All going to Hell

Did you pack your bags? 
Don’t forget your toothbrush 
Sorry we have to rush
But we’re all going to Hell 
All going to Hell
All going to Hell

Let’s not keep the Devil waiting 
Let’s go burn like we should be 
It lasts forever

Did you pack your bags? 
Don’t forget your toothbrush 
Sorry we have to rush
But we’re all going to Hell 
All going to Hell
All going to Hell

We’re all going to Hell 
We’re all going to Hell
All going to Hell

We're All Going To Hell

Cross the bay and steal the seas
Tears stream salt down wounded knees 
In and out for daily bread
Here and there our feelings tread
Have a cupcake, peel these carrots
Tell me how to see your merits
Count them up, call them equal
One grows good, the other evil

None apart from that the other 
Yourself to make, you are your brother 
And I am his keeper
I am his keeper

Lucky little, precious few
All in time, all for you
All in time, all for you
I know what you’re going through 
All in time, all for you
I know what you’re going through

Drop thy cross, it hath been carried 
To it thou art happily married 
Unstitch thy scarlet letter written 
With it thou art dearly smitten

When you were roaming old Damascus 
You felt the globe spin off its axis 
Harkened by a faint dimension
Time took note of its suspension
All the moments of your life
Became as one, your beloved wife
To have and to hold, for better or worse 
You lawfully wedded your own curse

Lucky little, precious few
All in time, all for you
All in time, all for you
I know what you’re going through 
All in time, all for you
I know what you’re going through

If fields of clover overtake 
The lilies in thy garden 
Deracinate the common weed 
And raise the dirt to pardon

I know what you’re going through 
All in time, all for you

Keep your pants, lest they fall 
Hide your heart, you’re getting tall 
Taller than the tallest tale
Taller still, if hopes prevail
Your shadow cast
Your soul to capture
Walk in grace
Await the rapture
Day of rest, night of dance 
Draw us out, you’re in a trance

I know what you’re going through
I I I I know what you’re going through 
I know I know I know I know
I know what you’re going through
All in time, all for you
All in time, all for you
All in time, all for you
I know what you’re going through
I know what you’re going through
All in time, all for you

All in Time, All for You

I’m looking for the gilded gates 
To serendipity
I’m gazing at the moon
And thinking of the sea
The fabric of my dreams
Was ripped apart at the seams 
But I am feeling fine
It happens all the time
These are the days that I can’t escape 
They draw me out to sudden waste 
Wanting more, needing less
There’s nothing left to yearn for or lament 
Everything was sold or cavalierly spent

In the distance 
Can you see it? 
A portrait of ruin 
A family portrait 
A portrait of ruin 
A family portrait

Listen to the wind
It’s blowing through my skin 
Moments giving ponder
To a cultured sense of shame 
I shiver in the sun
And bask in the rain

Buy and sell my tragedy
I’m banking on my misery
Keeping company with strangers
And sleeping on their un-mowed lawns

In the distance 
Can you see it? 
A portrait of ruin 
A portrait of ruin 
A portrait of ruin 
A family portrait 
A portrait of ruin

Mothers of the children chosen to lead charmed lives 
With unfamiliar hands to feed their hungry minds 
Can’t tell lies and don’t incite surprise
Tears won’t come to gouged out eyes
They never blink but they don’t see the light of day 
Sinking into the black lagoon
The moments of serenity no effect

The rest of them cannot begin to tell their stories
A portrait of ruin 
A portrait of ruin 
A family portrait 
A portrait of ruin 
A family portrait

A Portrait Of Ruin

A vision best unseen
Appears before me in a vivid dream
A hooded man without a face
Tells me he'll take mine
And he'll look divine
He will look divine

He signals for the blessing
Of his invisible companions
Receiving their permission
A hot wave curves between us
As the hell-bells start to chime
The silence sings in harmonies
That call me out to die
They call me out to die
They call me out to die

[[[Oh darling, there comes a sense of wild wonder
When breathless passion becomes a sigh
As the spirit rejects the body
And embraces the night]]]

Procession chants can't do it justice
Sanctuaries all look alike
A tomb untaken in my breast
Shows me where I'll get my rest
On my bed of dirt and vines
Bed of dirt and vines

A hot wave curved between us
As the hell bells started to chime
The silence sang in harmonies 
That called me out to die
They called me out to die
Dear, on my bed of dirt and vines

Bed of dirt and vines
Bed of dirt and vines
Bed of dirt and vines

Bed of Dirt and Vines

Dracula † Crackula

Lion's Den

Review by Lord Baphomet 
http://lordbaphomet.tumblr.com/

CodeCracker by CodeCracker (2010)

Bizarre, obscure, classic EBM. Manic, iconoclastic, biblical future pop.  

Of interest to fans of VNV Nation, Front 242, Skinny Puppy, Aesthetic Perfection, Nitzer Ebb, Combichrist, And One, Der Plan, Joy Division, Depeche Mode…  (Vocals like David Gahan or what.)  

The band’s frontman, Icelandic singer/visual artist JJ Brine, now makes a totally different style of music which he calls “ESM” or “Electronic Spirit Music” and has found a broader audience with his 2012 release, President of Mozambique (2012) and even more so now, amazingly, with The LaBiancas, a “Charles Manson concept band.”

I think that this will be more widely appreciation as its odd, disproportionate influence is recognized.  Excellent workout music.

codecracker

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