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| Coil – S Is for Sleep Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Circle of animals= zodiac, see TG - Mission Of Dead Souls.
"Exhaustion is the signal" may be a description of the effects of Austin Osman Spare's "Death posture" |
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| Coil – Queens of the Circulating Library Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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See the short stories The Circular Ruins and The Library Of Babel, which come one after the other in the short story collection Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges. Mix liberally with enviromental concerns. |
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| Coil – Tiny Golden Books Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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"Dark They Were and Golden Eyed " was the name of a well known Sci-Fi/Fantasy bookshop. Long gone.
The way this verse is read, specifically the tone of the vocoder always makes me think it's a direct reference to a Blue Oyster Cult song from Cultosaurus Erectus, you know the one. |
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| Coil – Amethyst Deceivers Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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First line is by Austin Osman Spare, and an "amethyst deciever" is a very distinctive looking mushroom.
http://www.davidosbornphotography.co.uk/USERIMAGES/01.Amethyst%20Deciever.jpg |
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| Coil – Teenage Lightning Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The title comes from a picture by Surrealist artist Max Ernst. This one :
http://www.oakton.edu/museum/ernstbug.jpg |
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