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American Tragic (EGR re​-​issue)

by Wax Idols

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  • American Tragic, Limited Edition Alternate Cover
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    Reissue of critically-acclaimed album on limited edition cassette w/ alternate cover.
    Limited to 100 on purple cassette, signed and numbered. Includes Deborah (Peter Remix) and immediate digital download.



    "the record is a perfectly paced blast of dark pop that deftly reflects Fortune’s growing prowess as a songwriter” - Pitchfork

    "a grim, melodic sweet spot between total bummer and feel-good sing-a-long” FADER

    "Post-punk prodigies" - SPIN

    “Dark, twisted new-wave confessions from a goth goddess” - Rolling Stone

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1.
This is an absolute negativity A sudden, irrevocable plunge Into an abyss without memory Oh, your body is young The incense of denial The perfume of the body Is what we fear what we are? There are no squares in nature So don’t create a corner When the pain starts to burn I feel it, a scarlet fever Sitting between two fires If Death is a sacrifice Let’s take our own advice Our desire to annihilate It’s violent Desire It’s violent
2.
I had not longed for you in days, Before this high noon struck me I had not burned for your watery ways, Oh not that full-lipped lusting It was a sorry gilded cage That bound our hearts together Now I just want to push the weight Of you away forever But here I sit On this high hill Wanting for you still Only you Lonely you Love is just a faded dream That I cannot remember What once was always, on its knees Screaming “never, never” But here I sit On this high hill Wanting for you still Only you Lonely you As I exorcise our love’s demise And think my last thoughts of you in blue I recall the sand in the palm of your hand Dust to dust, away with you
3.
This is a wicked world Full of crooks and fools and kings I am a wicked girl American tragic, twisted magic, poison in my rings I am soaked in sin And I am punished for my dreams They wanna lock me in Iced and wrapped in moonlight satin Kept but never seen It was cold as a war The sky went black at four I was hollow-eyed and hopeful, Like a tunnel with its end in sight They couldn’t keep me in I’m not afraid of the light Cuz I’ve got diamonds in my bones I can shine alone in the shadow of your darkest night So I said no I’m not going down Now that my love is gone A hard rain is gonna fall And I guess I got it wrong So I roll with the thunder, Take me under Wait for god to call And it’s still cold in the north But there is a distant shore I can see it flicker Like a picture inside myself I settle in for the night I don’t need no one else Cuz I’ve got diamonds in my bones I can shine alone in the corner of your darkest hell So I’m saying no I’m not going down
4.
Deborah 04:18 video
A chariot in white You came to me on a cloud And like the fading light, Your love only took me down Sinking again in deep blue ether A cruel silence, My only faithful friend By now it comes as no surprise At every beginning I only see the end I can’t wait til I forget you exist And dream of nothing, cuz it feels that way For now you linger, I feel it fading Flowers wilting, axis tilting Deborah in her grave A flash, a blinking eye Was it all just in my head? But I’ve no time for a subtle sigh I’ll exorcise your demon til it’s dead And I can’t wait til I forget you exist And dream of nothing, cuz it feels that way For now you linger, I feel it fading Flowers wilting, axis tilting Deborah in her grave Tell me did you know right from the start That you were going to break my heart Had you pegged for a gay boy but you were just a playboy Started as a fan boy, was it all a plan boy?
5.
Goodbye Baby 05:35
Goodbye baby I’ve had enough I’m sick of dark clouds I’m sick of love Goodbye baby Nail me to the cross I’ll be a martyr For this lost cause Goodbye baby It’s been fun You can call me evil You won’t be the only one Goodbye baby I’m not wasting time I’m taking my heart back I’m taking what’s mine So goodbye baby, Baby, baby bye I won’t let you hang me out to dry Goodbye baby Baby, bye You know I gave it, Gave it all I had I won’t let you turn my good heart bad Goodbye baby Baby, bye It’s not easy But it’s not so hard Your shadow will haunt me Your love will leave a scar But you see I owe me More than I owe you And I’m not a liar I gotta tell the truth I’m telling you the truth
6.
Glisten 03:48
I can glisten I can forget I can listen We never met The way you laugh, it shook me Dying to touch it, out of reach I see you and sigh I see you and I die Well, I don’t wanna know why I can glisten I can pretend I can’t listen I can’t forget Tapped into eternity Four-pointed soldier came to me And sudden as lightening I watched you slip away Well, I don’t wanna know why
7.
You know I want you to hurt me Don’t you tell me that it isn’t right Lay your burning hands upon me I’ll stay on my knees tonight You can be the Marquis tonight I’m begging please tonight Baby, big bad dream He could be mine He could be my god Let’s make it disappear I promise not to make a sound Like some tethered angel Lifted straight from the ground By the fingers in my mouth Baby, big bad dream He could be mine He could be my god Oh baby, stick with me Severely yours I could be your god His unholy love I can’t get enough
8.
My body has its limits These scattered bones Pulled in all directions It takes a toll I tumble down your stairs Like an avalanche without warning Waiting for illumination It never comes Choking on the elevation In my lungs Elation, oh elation How fickle you are in the morning Didn’t I tell you this could die? Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I? Didn’t I say I could walk away at any moment? This unrelenting shadow Is casting doubt It wants to carve me til I’m hollow And snuff me out It’s a damned if do, damned if I don’t Ever-after Your calamity seduced me And kept me near Wrapped in subtle forms of sorrow And laced with fear But I haven’t any room for more than My own disaster Didn’t I tell you this could die? Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I? Didn’t I say I could walk away at any moment? You fool me once, you won’t fool me twice I’m not a virgin on the altar of sacrifice Didn’t I say I could away at any moment?
9.
Seraph 04:10
Light moves through my head I endure burning Shadows will betray you How could they not? I see nine mourners Sockets of silver Pushing up daisies And chasing moths I replenish myself With youthful lusting I replenish myself I’m not nothing I swear I’ll do anything for love But is my heart still here? ‘Cause I can’t tell Parting at the corner, The fire and the ruin Sound moves so slowly Inside the veil The forms they may alter The years will fall away One day, one day Everything will break So I replenish myself With youthful lusting I replenish myself I’m not nothing I swear I’ll do anything for love But is my heart still here? ‘Cause I can’t tell If this is my last song, let it be long I replenish myself With youthful lusting I replenish myself I’m not nothing I swear I’ll do anything for love But is my heart still here? Well is my heart still here? I’m still burning (The candle flares at both ends Light cuts through the darkness That all-consuming, limitless Nothing Beckoning me closer and closer still I tighten my grip on my only defense This flame, this love of love, my will to live I’ve transmuted anger, I’ve outdone myself Spat out the wombs of our mothers We fight our way through existence We fuck ourselves into oblivion We turn and face the night That’s where we find the light)
10.

credits

released January 30, 2017

All songs written & performed by Wax Idols
Recorded at Ruminator Audio in 2015/2015
Produced by Hether Fortune & Monte Vallier
Engineered & Mixed by Monte Vallier
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Remix Mastered by Dan Randall

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