(Verse 1)
In this world of chaos and greed
Where everyone's chasing what they need
There's a rare treasure that I hold
A precious gem, a heart of gold

(Chorus)
Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

(Verse 2)
Through the storms and darkest days
You're my anchor, my guiding grace
When I'm lost, you help me find
The strength and courage to keep on trying

(Chorus)
Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

(Bridge)
You're the light in the darkness
The warmth in the cold
Forever grateful for your kindness
You are my heart of gold

(Solo)

(Chorus)
Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

Heart of gold, shining bright
In a world that's lost its light
Heart of gold, shining bright
You will be my guiding star

Heart Of Gold

Alongside ‘In the Face Of Tyranny’ and ‘Burn The Warehouse Down’, this is the third song planned for a concept album/EP that thematically deals with the terrorist activities of the Rote Armee Fraktion in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland in the late 60s and 70s.

Days Of Missionary Craze

(Verse 1)
The wind whispers tales of battles won and lost
Of empires crumbled, a heavy cost
But the echoes remain, a haunting sound
Blood on my sword, staining the ground

(Chorus)
Blood on my sword, a crimson stain
A testament to sorrow, a bitter pain
Each drop a life, a soul to bear
A weight I carry, heavy and cold

(Verse 2)
Through fields of carnage, I fought my way
With blade in hand, I wouldn't sway
The screams of the fallen, a symphony of fear
Blood on my sword dries with a tear

(Chorus)
Blood on my sword, a crimson stain
A testament to sorrow, a bitter pain
Each drop a life, a soul to bear
A weight I carry, heavy and cold

(Bridge)
Will this ever end, this endless fight?
Will peace ever dawn, a guiding light?
The blood on my hands, it won't wash away
A constant reminder of the darkest day

(SOLO)

(Chorus)
Blood on my sword, a crimson stain
A testament to sorrow, a bitter pain
Each drop a life, a soul to bear
A weight I carry, heavy and cold

A Crimson Stain

It's the story of a man and a woman separated by the imperial guard of an ancient Celtic kingdom because they didn't want to be enslaved. The man was murdered, the children abducted to be used as slaves, and the woman escaped and was left alone in a dark cave. The spirit of her dead husband remains close to her and he can see her from beyond the grave and is present as a spectre invisible to her eyes, but she feels his presence (he's the one who sings in the song), and he gives her the strength to survive and find their children to continue her life despite the difficulties. The woman has an unsuspected power, the ability to unleash chaos on anything that creates a feeling of deep sadness. But she doesn't master it well, and doesn't know that this power can also kill her. She finds her way back to the kingdom with great difficulty, passing through a great dark forest (‘In the dark I never surrender’ from the song's lyrics) and macabre marshes. And she manages to find the people who took her husband away from her, followed by ten thousands of soldiers.
So she unleashes chaos, demons come out of the darkness and destroy everything in their path, and a storm is unleashed (with the power chord rythms in the last chorus). In the midst of this chaos, she manages to find the children and tries to save herself, but a stone wall that breaks away because of the chaos collapses on her. Soon after, calm returns and the Imperial Guard and its 10,000 soldiers are defeated. The children (a boy and a girl in their teens) manage to get out from under the rubble, and mourn their mother who has disappeared under the rubble. They also realise that she has joined her husband for eternity. Shortly afterwards. The light reappears, giving way to the songs of nature, birds a breath of fresh air and flowers growing on the rubble, bearing witness to a dark past. Life goes on and the children cross paths with a lumberjack who takes them under his wing as their parents look on in the afterlife.

Baby Down

We are three souls who collaborate despite living in different parts of the planet. Pip on vox resides in the Netherlands, Oliver guitar and bass from the UK and Jane who's an Aussie on synth, programming and mixing. Music by Jane and Vocals/Lyrics by Pip.

Paralysed

Paralysed by Blood Shadows

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photo by: d kivi


new endings and old beginnings

Stumbled across a demo from 2023 and decided to expand on it. This is the demo and I decided to release it so everyone can get a feeling of hope. -j

Beverly Relationship - demo

A path to liberation

The Mirror That Argues Back

Shattered Glass by CuddleCat

riptide rider

A power trio from 1990's Melbourne, Australia. ARCANE, with lyrics and music written by bassist and lead vocalist Marianne Permezel and guitarist Jane Cottrill. Lots of gigs in and around Melbourne from 1994 to '98. Big riffs and hard R 'n R and Metal. We kicked arse! 

♠️ WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF ARCANE ♠️

Jane Cottrill - guitars/backing vox
Marianne Permezel - bass/lead vox
Adam Watson  - drums 

-- Noel Tenny - drums some tracks


R.I.P. Marianne Permezel 
07-06-99 

https://arcane5.bandcamp.com/album/cranium

Paralysed by Blood Shadows

ARCANE - Jane