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Ghost Story

by Phideaux

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Alrihkh
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Alrihkh It seems Phideaux is channeling the Beatles or Bowie in A Curse of Miracles. Kiteman reminds me of Al Stewart. The melodic pop/rock sensibilities Phideaux has make this very accessible & pleasant to listen to. The seemingly spontaneous subject matter of the lyrics is refreshingly creative and interesting. Wonderful diversity in song structures capture a wide ambient spectrum. I consider this a gem in my collection. Picking a fave is rather difficult here. Thx, Phideaux! 8.5/10. Favorite track: A Curse of Miracles.
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Avionix One of Phideaux's finest works. It's always a great time listening to this album. It's songs may not be as long and ambitious as his later, more prog influenced pieces, but they're just as well written and are always stuck in my head. Favorite track: A Curse of Miracles.
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1.
Everynight 05:14
EVERYNIGHT Every night when I come home A ghost stares at the phone And the dust greets me from above The sediment of what I have become Every night I watch you all Every day I know Every night when I come home Shadows start to grow And the sun that stings from the west Silhouettes you My hungry eyes retract Afraid the shadow's true Afrid of fading too Every night hear a rusty hinge Make a sound of the dead below Every night when my mind kicks in The hands of time are ticking, won't let go And like the dream in the silhouette When the masquerading cabbage said, "Well look at you, won't you look at you Just 'cuz you have a head you think you're always set to know..." [Stop] Every night try to walk away But hands of time just pull me back again Every night at the appointed time The calling mind won't go Every day in the same old way It's the sound of winding down My starving ears react to the unrelenting howl Every night come crawling in on your hands From where I don't know Every night with the monster lens Steal a photograph of my soul Every night with the six-inch heels Strut strug right into my room Every night feel the hands of time Turn me back to the naked gloom Oh I don't know, oh I don't know...
2.
FEEL THE RADIATION When I was only just a sweet tired young thing You were like the warmest fire I sat on your shoulder I sat by your side And I said, "Oh, no, hear the radiation Coming closer from all five sides No, no, feel the situation I don't ever wanna kiss you goodbye" goodbye... You were merely just a saviour Seemed to me like the grooviest guy It was only very much later I caught a look at your secret side And I said, "No, no, I won't see the radiation It can't be such a dangerous high No, no, reject the situation I don't ever wanna kiss you goodbye" goodbye... When I was only just a sweet tired young thing You took the dew from my eyes I sat on your shoulder I silently prayed you wouldn't leave me behind Oh, no, feel the radiation Coming at you from all five sides No, no, erase the information I don't ever wanna kiss you goodbye Oh, no, feel the radiation It can't be such a dangerous high No, no, reject the situation I don't wanna have to kiss you goodbye goodbye...
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A CURSE OF MIRACLES In the streets, yeah I was drifting through the lanes In the streets, baby Everybody looked away In the streets I felt tension and afraid In the back of my head I feel terribly dead Friday afternoon Came a rustling from the room I was strangely terrified By the things I heard inside Then a voice so strong and loud Said, "It could be yours by now" Saturday at 4 I snuck back to the corridor And slipped into the room Now I'm quiet as a tomb And there written on the ground In dust, "It should be yours by now" And t's so strange 'Cuz in the back of my head I still feel terribly dead So just go away Leave me chained to the wall Just like you've done it before Everyone knows that it's my regular show Is my deliverance near? I don't see it, I don't hear Where's the trumpets blowing fire And the angel-hosted choir? I keep waiting for the sound 'Cuz it should be here by now It should be here by now But there's no change In the back of my head The monster wants to be fed And I can't get away 'Cuz when you've done it before What's it matter once more Everyone knows that it's your regular show... Once upon a time In the blinking of an eye The oracle was mine Like the sage had prophesied It was whispered through the clouds Said, "It will be yours right now"
4.
Kiteman 04:30
KITEMAN I know a boy who ached to touch the sky All his life he tried to rise And through the years he made a solemn vow To reach the light and bring it down Oh the kiteman fly his kite so high Far up in the sky at night... With string and dreams he sent his message high, "If only I could likewise fly I'd pass above the very stratosphere Without a tear or care inside." Oh the kiteman fly his kite so high Far up in the sky at night Oh the kiteman fly his kite so high High up in the sky, goodnight And the wind and the kite In the moonlight he rides, he rides [There he goes] I know a boy who couldn't stand the ground And always he was skyward bound The saddest thing is he's up there now, But all he says is he wants to come down "I want to come down now" Oh the kiteman fly, the kiteman fly Far up in the sky at night Oh the kiteman fly his kite so high Way up in the sky... Far up in the sky And the wind and the kite In the moonlight he rides, he rides He cries, "Please, I want to come down now Please, mother, I want to come down now Please, I want to come down now..."
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Wily Creilly 05:24
WILY CREILLY Wily Creilly was inside me Painting pictures, telling stories All about the world outside All about the things he might have been If he had bones and skin Wily Creilly cried inside me, "Please don't hide me, just unbind me Let me have just one small day To operate your body Let me play And I will be okay" The stars are out tonight The birds in sacred flight And here am I Leashed and restrained Not even walked I'm in pain, I'm in pain... Wily Creilly cried inside me, "Please don't hide me, just untie me Let me have just one small day To occupy your body Don't Delay I promise I'll behave" Wily Creilly, you surprise me Did you think I was so easy? What's to stop you running away? No, I think it's better You should stay In the box I made "I despise you, I will destroy you And I will always be inside you You can never get away I will have you rue this very day I'll make you pay."
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BEYOND THE SHADOW OF DOUBT [Look what we've done We've raised the stakes The serpent has come Oh, I feel it now As surely as the shadow Of an owl] Stole the raven into my sweet dreams Like a cloud coming down Disturbed my slumber like some kind of fiend Rising up from the ground And the signs will lead us in time Will lead us in time... Don't leave us behind Just lead is in time In time Angels stormed through my mind like a swarm Rushing in from the rain A chorus calling, the voice so appalling Predicts a great change And in time the omens divine Emerge from behind To burst from the mind Reveal the design To lead us in time, lead us in time Towards the sublime Just lead us in time In time [10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1] And the signs will lead us In time lead us And time will lead us In time lead us... Look What we've done We've raised the stakes The Serpent has come There Can't you see? The cards reflect it most emphatically Oh, I feel it now As surely as the shadow of an owl What can we do? Imperilled is the paradise to doom Oh, so many trees Like lovers' lips locked eternally But wait Beware the saws They're scratching out the forest with their claws Time will lead us in time...
7.
Ghostforest 05:45
GHOSTFOREST [No one moves, the rain won't come now...] Panic, kerosene By the side, gasoline And the story goes They left you here And we'll never knkow Why they disappeared Smoking Oh forest You are choking There's a rope around you There's a sinking sense of knowing that you're going There's a crater down where Deep inside there's nowhere [No one moves the rain won't come now] The rain won't save you There's a can of kerosene From this legendary ghostly scene It will always be there While the trees are moving violently Slaughter in the corner of my mind's dream We are choking Look to the sun... There is a memory of you Look to the sun... There isn't much that you can do Look to the sun Owls burning Fire swirling crown Squirrels try to reach the ground Walking in twos What could they do? Smoking The trees are moving violently Echoes of the footsteps of the arsonies They will always be there Is it lonely forest Is it only for us walking now Is it lonely forest Is it only that we wake you From the slumber of your deep misery Look to the sun... There is a restless forest Look to the sun... Isn't it wild, isn't it fun When you've begun to look to the sun There isn't much that you can do Look to the sun...
8.
Universally 05:45
UNIVERSALLY [Now is the time I choose to go It is my time I know For a voyage like a dream From the days spent you and me] Yes I have, yes I heard, yes I know You must go Yes I love you, yes I'll always be your friend Through the grave So I take you out to sea, ashes for the universe Universally... Now you are free Where am I now? Baby a rain came tonight And it seemed you'd returned Down the river's way Baby I'm running from the room I get right inside the garden Try to find you, try to find you I wander to the ground, to the ground My soil, it is you Our garden stems from you, from you My soil, you are true I garner strength to carry on from you My soil, my bloom From sea you flew To mist from sky Your kiss arrived And so The awareness of you In the darkness Gets me high My heart In the darkness Gets me through In the darkness Gets me high In the darkness...
9.
COME OUT TONIGHT It's all the same, we're all alone in our heads We're all the same when we're lying in our graves Maybe I see no questions Search for the wrong answer now Maybe goodbye, maybe good night Wondering why Maybe I ask by asking Maybe I see the task before me Looking inside, everyone's right Opening wide Maybe I ask the questions now Search for a long long answer how Giving good vibe, giving good night Opening out, opening wide Maybe I see the questions Maybe I see the answers Maybe I look for something more Watching the waves roll Watching the garden springs Looking for fireflies Maybe they're fluttering Looking inside for reasons that there may never be Maybe it's quite enough to be Just looking for you as you look for me Look for me... Looking inside... Maybe the stars are opening wide Looking inside... Stars come out, opening wide Looking inside... There are locks yet to try Looking inside... There's a crater through your eyes Looking inside... There's a star wandering wide Wandering light, wandering white Under the black, under the night Come out tonight... Looking inside... The stars come out tonight Come out tonight The stars go out tonight Go out tonight The stars, they're moving Moving out tonight The stars, they're moving Come out tonight

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released March 2, 2004

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Rich Hutchins: Drums, Gongs, Electric Drums

Gabriel Moffat: Drum Distressments, Textures, Decay, Lead Guitar Cut & Paste, Ambient Loops, Noise Pollution

Mark Sherkus: Minimoog, Guitars (Solo on 3), Organ, Piano, "Grrrrrr,"Synthesizer

Phideaux Xavier: Vocals, Guitars (Acoustic, Volume, Lead, Fuzz), Bass

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Sam Fenster: Bass (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)

Naomi Uman: Maniacal Laff (7)

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