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Circus Maximus Lyrics

Will you be entertained by beast and knives?
Vital mentalisms will blow your minds!
Cthulu's red headed step child, quite the precocious babe.
We like to keep it on the D.L. because our clientele prefers it that way

The seven legged sow will see you to the after-show.
Don't you think the candelabra gives a pleasant glow?

Now may I present to you the basilisk?
Please don your goggles if you wish to resist.
From the fiery depths of the planet's core
The never-sleeping-for-want-of-eating unholy stench of the manticore.

Please produce your access pass, no photographs please.
Some of our guests areâ?¦how shall I say? Hyperbolic V.I.P.
There is a velvet room for the discriminating pack.
Celebrities and tentacles regard the beast with two backs.

The seven legged sow will see you to the after-show.
Don't you think the candelabra gives a pleasant glow?

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And just when you thought it could get no stranger,
May I present the semblance of a Scandanavian doppelganger.
From the frozen depths of a forgotten fjord,
The never-sleeping-for-want-of-eating unholy stench of the manticore,
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Cover art for Circus Maximus lyrics by Clutch

Hahaha! This song is like, the best one on the album, as far as lyrics go. Only "10001110101" comes close.

Cover art for Circus Maximus lyrics by Clutch

hahaha! It's a tour through a freakshow that contains mutated animals and monsters from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual.

He even adds to the Freakshow mood by imitating the sales pitch type voice of the Freakshow announcer.

Neil draws from Dungeons and Dragons a lot in his songwriting, and Clutch even has an awesome song about D&D '24 Earth Years' which sadly is not on any of their albums...

Every creature listed in this song was already a myth LONG before Gygax ever came along.

 
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