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Moonstone

by Sandcastle

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1.
What have I done to you, darling of mine? What have I become in the full moon light? I once was a daisy in the braid of an angel, Now I gone crazy, I dwell on a hillside of hell. So, is there still a rose in your garden for me? If I pray hard enough can this all be a dream? I still believe there's an angel for me, I still believe there's an angel for me, I still believe there's an angel for me, I still believe there's an angel for me.
2.
When the day's too much for me, I draw the shades around me like a gown. I close my eyes and think of you, Sit upon my carpet in the darkness. O Moon, you are my only friend-- I beg you to reveal yourself to me. O Moon, you are the only light, To guide me through this nightshade-scented night. I'll just close my eyes, Your whispers fill my mind, Your whispers fill my mind, Your whispers fill my mind, I'll just close my eyes... When you return to midnight, Won't you return to me now? When you return to midnight. O Moon, you're what resides inside, I've felt this way about you all my life. You drew the dagger from my mind, Inscribed upon my heart your silver smile, When I was a child, When I was a child, When I was a child, Your whispers filled my mind. I'll just close my eyes, Your whispers fill my mind, Your whispers fill my mind, Your whispers fill my mind, I'll just close my eyes... When you return to midnight, Won't you return to me now? Return to midnight, Return to me now, Return to midnight, Return to me now, Return to midnight.
3.
The bodies started showing up in June, Corpses painted silver by the moon, A virgin girl with hazel eyes, A businessman out cheating on his wife. The cops called in the FBI, Now nobody's allowed out after nine. I tell myself that this is all a dream, That none of this is happening to me. Mom and dad--they think me mad, So I don't share my secrets anymore, Of the curious girl with empty eyes, Who led me from my bedroom to the graveyard. Is it a nightmare, or a dream? All I recall is screaming... Stay away from me, my lover, my friend, Stay away from me forever, and ever, And again. I heard they found your body in July, You'd been picking roses in the moonlight, A frightened breath, a perfumed death, Adorn'd thee as a gown of shadow spun, No longer me, but O, so free! Until the morning--lord, what have I done? Is it a nightmare or a dream when the monster is me? Is it a nightmare or a dream when the monster is me? Is it a nightmare or a dream when the monster is me? Is it a nightmare or a dream when the monster is me? Stay away from me, my lover, my friend, Stay away from me forever, and ever, And again.
4.
Why do you say I do? I am only a monster in the form of a man. Why do you say I do? I ain't nothing but a beast who keep a nine-to-five. Why do you say I do? The full moon arising tomorrow, Light up the night like a white rose, Farewell, sorrow... Why do you say I do? I am only a monster in the form of a man. Why do you say I do? I ain't nothing but a beast who keep a nine-to-five. Why do you say I do? The moon like a mermaid, she calls me, Burning my blood with such longing, Feel myself falling... When I fall, I fall to a place that no one knows. But when she falls, she falls somewhere I may not follow. When I fall, I fall to a place that no one knows. But when she falls, she falls somewhere I may not follow... The full moon arising tomorrow, Light up the night like a white rose, Farewell, sorrow... Why do you say I do? I am only a monster in the form of a man. Why do you say I do? I ain't nothing but a beast who keep a nine-to-five.
5.
O my love, I'll be back in a jiffy, I'll be back in a jiffy, my love, O my love, I'll be back in a jiffy, I'll be back in a jiffy, my love. I won't be long, I'll be back in an hour, I'll be back in an hour or two, I won't be long, I'll be back in an hour, I'll be back in an hour for you... By the light of a nightshade moon, I shall return to you. By the light of a Nightshade Moon I, Return to you, Return to you, Return to you, All that I can do is, Return to you, Return to you, Return to you... Lock your door when I have gone, when I have gone, my love, Lock your door when I have gone, until the sun comes up. Lock your door when I have gone, until the dawn, my love, For if I come on a midnight run--don't you open up! In the silence of your room, I shall knock for you. Crawling from my tomb, I shall return to you... By the light of a Nightshade Moon I, Return to you, Return to you, Return to you, All that I can do is, Return to you, Return to you, Return to you... You are the Nightshade Moon, You are the Nightshade Moon, You are the Nightshade Moon, You are the Nightshade Moon. O my love, I'll be back in a jiffy...

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"Lycanthropia, which Avicenna calls Cucubuth others Lupinam insaniam or Wolf-madness, when men run howling about graves and fields in the night, and will not be persuaded but that they are wolves...They lie hid most part of the day, and go abroad in the night, barking, howling, at graves and deserts; they usually have hollow eyes..."
--Robert Burton in 'Anatomy of Melancholy'

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released June 27, 2018

Dan Angel--drums
Sam Kassel- guitar, vocals, songs
Recorded and mixed by Dan Angel and Sam Kassel in the basement.
Mastered by Dan Angel

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