How to Rent a Room (Silver Jews Cover)

Maintaining the Machine

GLOK featuring Sinead O'Brien - Maintaining the Machine

the dark is rising on the skyline
shadow hunger light devoured
through the cracks along the timelines
leaking backwards from the towers

another shade comes calling
feel it when you stand still
breathing need embodied sucking blindly
on faint and fading will
it breeds you to follow always

all of the way you go always
sense set to sea there's no warning
oh
all this and you're still alone

all this life in a different world
you're so damn set now to watch this one burn
the wild eyed jacks sit on fictitious thrones
all this ends in hollow shells of home

two steps sideways four steps back
all we are now is attack attack attack
fuck all reason, fuck all control
irrationally the newest goal

all this strife of our own device
baring teeth at the slightest of slights
distorted visions of glorious untruths
insanity rules in the hearts of fools

two steps sideways four steps back
all we are now is attack attack attack
fuck all reason, fuck all control
irrationally the newest goal

fight

One of my favorite Bauhaus songs.
Had to go for it.
May have some phasing issues, open for opinions.

As I was recording this, I thought, "It's true.  The passion for lovers is death.  It could be viewed that the ultimate goal for lovers is to die, while still passionately in love.  Maybe that's why Romeo and Juliet has that certain charge with us, the desperate roller coaster, the powerful feeling of new love, and to have it end in the throes of newness, well that's just tragic.  But yet, that must still be the goal.  In wedding vows, it's been said 'till death do us part.'  Then that must also be a goal.  So the old, Goth Muslim is right, again.  The Passion of Lovers is Death.  But as for the rest of these lyrics, 'She had nut painted arms that were hers to keep', etc.?  Well, I'm not sure what he means there, but it's all about the chorus, really isn't it.  As Dave Grohl smartly shared, 'Don't bore us, get to the chorus.'  Right you are Mr. Grohl.  And right you are, Mr. Murphy.  You fellas may be on to something."  That's what I thought, anyway....

Passion Of Lovers- Bauhaus Cover

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