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The cave you fear to enter
holds the treasure you seek
or so it was said by someone who thought
they were being helpful (or clever)
but there’s another perspective
to help you with your journey
to prepare you for the quest
the cave you fear to enter also holds the vampire bat
the angry ghouls the robot zombies
the demon king he’ll be watching you
in the cave you fear to enter
this life is not a game
the cave you fear to enter may very well
hold the treasure that you seek
so be brave on your quest!
but be prepared for anything
be prepared for the robot zombies
be prepared for the demon king
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Let Your Armour Down
05:24
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I don’t want to draw another cat
I don’t want to eat a goblin sandwich
I don’t want to worship a can of beans
or be a lame zebra in a field of angry lions
I'd like to let my armour down
I don’t want to be a wizard who cheats death
but I don’t want to die just yet
I don’t want to find the missing link
between thermodynamics and teleportation
I want to make my ancestors proud
did they ever let their armour down?
let your armour down
let your armour down
everyone needs armour in this world
but sometimes you should let your armour down
I don’t want to drift for my whole life
but its starting to look that way
what the fucking hell if I am?
the roses kiss an empty sky
they have no defence from the pouring rain
so I’ll let this storm bless my naked shoulders
when I let my armour down
let your armour down
let your armour down
everyone needs armour in this world
but sometimes you should let your armour down
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Dragons Of Love
03:57
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May the dragons of love rise and take back this land
may the dragons of fire rise and take back this land
may the dragons of vision rise and take back this land
may the dragons of Venus rise and take back this land
may the dragons of laughter rise and take back this land
may the dragons of foxglove rise and take back this land
may the dragons of ecstasy rise and take back this land
may the dragons of turquoise rise and take back this land
may the dragons of darkness that brings knowledge
take back this land
may the dragons of roses rise and take back this land
may the dragons of beauty and spirit rise up and take back this land
may the dragons of light and holiness and surrender and illumination
rise and take back this land
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Joy and Raven
05:06
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Joy and Raven went to town
one in black the other green
they passed a juggler on a ruby horse
with seven suns and a minotaur
Joy and Raven reached the fair
a herb seller said you must beware
the night will bring a labyrinth
you must hand a scarlet rose
to the faceless keeper of the seventh wave
Joy and Raven got lost in the woods
they met an old man in a ragged hood
he laughed for sorrow and wept for joy
and he gave them two rings
Prophecy and Vision
Joy and Raven climbed up the hill
following clouds that tumbled into wolves
they found a tower but the tower was locked
so they built up a fire and there they saw the scarlet rose
Joy and Raven went to the edge of the cliff
they took off their clothes and they turned into birds
they flew past the dawn and the orchard of bones
the ocean was knocking at the window
of the lighthouse called Death
Joy and Raven swam out to sea
they swam so far as far could be
their love was so deep and their lust was so pure
laughed when they realised there was no shore to the shore
it was a painting of a diamond
collapsing into the void of the crimson rose
Joy and Raven spotted a mast
the captain was the faceless keeper of the seventh wave
and the goddess was holding a scarlet rose
it was a long journey without words
through the blue labyrinth
Joy and Raven woke up and found
they were holding each other and there was no sound
but then came the gallop of a ruby horse
the juggler was smiling he asked what they had seen and heard
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Your Eyes Are Pentagrams
03:34
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Your eyes are pentagrams
you have attractive arms
they are the last known truth
that I cling to at night
your eyes are pentagrams
you have a way with words
you have the second sight
you’re good with animals
I am an animal under your spell
your eyes are pentagrams
here comes the goblin king
he is the jealous kind
he's going to steal you away from me
your eyes are pentagrams
you have attractive arms
they are the last known truth
that I cling to at night
this is my offering
my body is yours to refuse
tie me down to your diamond shape bed
like a horse
don’t say a word in this room there are no laws
your eyes are pentagrams
in the morning I’ll call for a pizza if that’s what you want
all of the neighbours are busy cutting their lawns
but I can't look away
your eyes are pentagrams
your eyes are pentagrams
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Light In The Forest
03:47
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I must invent a new symbolic astral projection
following shape and melody
I must communicate with the aetherial ones
dressed in leather and smelling of strawberries
I must transpose the full moons infinite symphony
of raven winged reverence
I saw a light in the forest
I thought it might be Merlin
but it was a motorway station
Hedgewidge is dancing in my garden
I must build myself another new spaceship from the guitar
I buried under the willow tree
I must write a letter to the priest of the underworld
who wears a mask of eyeless obsidian
I must find balance but it’s very hard
when you’re a paper bag blown in the vortex
I saw a light in the forest
I thought it just might be Lilith
but it was only an empty disco
Hedgewidge is dancing in my garden
inside the skull of the owl hides the cathedral
I’m down on my knees and I’m ready to pray there
I am not keen on loosing my hair
but I admit that the diamond must fade now
I am a soul I am a body
I am a king and a queen
you are a soul you are a body
you are a queen and a king
we’ll find our way to the light in the forest
no matter how long it takes us
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Typewriter allergic to words
flea without a circus
magician without anyone to saw in half
the worms get eaten by the rose
the lighthouse without a desert
my socks have holes in their holes
black holes in the garden
the worms get eaten by the rose
sparrows are always happy
they take a bath in the sunshine
their dirty water looks like fine wine
the worms get eaten by the rose
painter without a naked body
lovers without a lovers shadow to hold
the forest will return to devour the golf course
the worms get eaten by the rose
politicians tyrants fascists you all should know
your road is reaching
its natural conclusion very soon
the worms get eaten by the rose
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Burnt Paw Edinburgh, UK
Musician & artist levitating near Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh
Naked in the Dreaming
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