Circus For Silence
All You Thought Would Never Come
Tracklist
All lyrics by: Andrew Abraido
Written and recorded August 2007
Andrew's first solo effort, the concept album All You Thought Would Never Come recorded under the pseudonym Circus For Silence, probably contains the most baffling (and that's putting it nicely) lyrics that Andrew has penned to date.
To be fair, this album was written early on in Andrew's musical career and he was experimenting with word groupings, imagery, and the lot. Though not nearly on par with lyrical masterworks such as American Beauty Syndrome, The Psychotic Letter X or II. Into the End of Time, some items on this album have the ability to stand proudly on their own (most notably the first half of "Mirror, Darkly" [which pays direct homage to Ingmar Bergman's gem Through a Glass Darkly] and the poem at the end of "Strawberries and Lullabies" [whose abrupt ending pays direct reverence to another Bergman classic and Andrew's personal favorite: Wild Strawberries]).
Carnivàle
There are no words.
Decadence
Now
Time has come
Start the show
With open eyes
Just notice the expressions of the crowd
Sit and stare
Hypnotize
You all to
Think using your own grey mind
Oh, what a trick
And to think
To speak
To live out of your own supple skin
Oh, what a treat
And to see
To understand
To comprehend all of the...
You sit
Hands in lap
Different shades of red and white
Shadows creep as blood runs thin
Welcoming you to the night
Now
Time has come
Start the show
With open eyes
Just mimic the expressions of the crowd
Sit and stare
Hypnotize
You all to
Think using your own grey mind
Oh, what a trick
And to think
To speak
To live out of your own supple skin
Oh, what a treat
And to see
To understand
To comprehend all of the lies
On a plate
And escape
To disappear from decadence.
Ink & Blood
You've got nothing to say
Even less left to do
A ton of nerve not to stay
Yet not enough to consume
You burn your bridge to display
Your kerosene costume
I think we should make it
Seem like it's winter
Burn, burn like a sinner
They say now that it's natural
I got the lick in the womb
I got the beast in control
I got the venomous lip
I got your ass in the hole
I got the eye in the glass
I got the lock in the key
I got the sick in the skin
You got the ink and the blood
Watch a little bit closer
Careful now not to fall behind
Keep your lens on the witches
You ain't crawling to borrow time
Staple a mouth over stitches
Refusing words like a crime
I think we should make it
Seem like it's winter
Burn, burn like a sinner
They say now that it's natural
I got the lick in the womb
I got the beast in control
I got the venomous lip
I got your ass in the hole
I got the eye in the glass
I got the lock in the key
I got the sick in the skin
You got the ink and the blood
I got the right and the wrong
I got the legs open wide
I got the violent tail
I got the itch in reprieve
I got the warmth in the touch
I got the vilest tongue
Still got the sick in the skin
Still got the ink and the blood.
Mirror, Darkly
Fear
It spreads
Its wings
To overwhelm
And sends
The ocean
To pull me ashore
A life
That's spent here
Spent here in dimes
Afraid
And waiting for the
Waiting for the
Rise
And fall
Divine
And void to the prayer
To silk
I once saw
Spun from above
The heads
Of sheep
Waiting for a sign
To weep
To cherish
All that's come before
All that's come before
All that's come before
Is gone
Distorted
Shards on the floor
Now run
And vow
Never to return
Now pass
The trees
And feel the haunting breeze
Before
You stop
To catch your
Breath
It's cold
Descend
From your throne
So I
Can have
A place to be alone
Besides
My head's
Blustering sea
Now please
Just swear
To keep this in between
Please
Please do not tell
Please
Don't
The butterflies are gone.
Marionette
Round and round
Clocks with wings
Fill the air
Pull my strings
Like a fox
Forced to play
Seamless now
Except for strings
Carousel
Snake-like skin
Tell a tale
Fake a grin
Follow through
Crown the king
Silhouette
Bound to string
Stop the ride
Don't know how
Snip the string
Quiet now
Stop.
Silencio
Forget
The past
You used
To write
Upon
The stars
Upon
The scars
I sit
Behind
The bars
A cage
To hold
The flesh
The teeth
The scabs
That keep
The wind
I feel
Is turning
To say
Silence is to leave alone
Silence is to come back home
Silent now and silent then
Silence undermines again
Forget
To take
A breath
For all
To bring
The peace
To bring
The fall
The floor
Is cold
The light
Is dim
I hear
A breeze
I hear
A call
"Survive"
If you
Need me
To live
To die
Silence is to leave alone
Silence is to come back home
Silent now and silent then
Silence undermines again
And change.
The Elephant Man
RINGLEADER: Ladies and gentlemen:
What you are about to witness may shock you
It may horrify you
It may very well make the skin melt off your very bones
This is not for the squeamish
Nor the faint of heart
This is not a trick
This is not an illusion
This is
By far
The most sinister
Convoluted
Grotesque attraction you will ever witness
I present to you
A man!
Yet again
Here we are
Mindless flock
Set to gawk
At the lives
Of the wolves
From afar
Cannot bear
Who we are
Made of straw
Keep the crows
In their nest
One more time
Before I break
Iron gate
That's costing me my whole damn life
Come now
It's what you all paid to see
Now
It's what you paid me to me
Now
Circus is almost complete
And now you gotta hear me....
Strawberries and Lullabies
Sick again as I
Count the sheep while I
Take the train ride and
Fall asleep
You try to tell me to
Be a man but I
Cannot help that I'm
Still a creature
With a mind that I'm
Forced to from
Ugly world again
So nice to meet you
Cannot be myself
Cannot see myself
Can I free myself
Wait...
Go now
Drop the eyes down
For a dream now
Fall asleep now
Already gone down
To the earth found
Little lamb bound
To the tube now
So let me go now
Drop my eyes down
For my dream now
Feel complete now
Shatter the pace now
Let the fear drown
Vanishing now
Lullabies, red
Feel the hollowing
Begin to weep
Disease my head I know
Now running deeper
A letter to myself
They won't defeat you
A hole in the ground instead
Now obsolete
Stuck in flesh and bone
But with a reaper
Gonna take what's mine and then
Make you fall asleep
Will you be yourself
Will you see yourself
Will you free yourself
Wait...
Go now
Drop the eyes down
For a dream now
Fall asleep now
Already gone down
To the earth found
Little lamb bound
To the tube now
So let me go now
Drop my eyes down
For my dream now
Feel complete now
Shatter the pace now
Let the fear drown
Vanishing now
Lullabies, red
Time has come to jump the ship
Icy waters of the sea
Cleanse me of my sins for now
And all I swore I'd ever be
So close your eyes and plant a seed
Dots will walk beside the train
And all you thought would never come
Is just another dime away.
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