| re: The Coldest Day in Hell - ROUGH VOCAL | |
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Vin 02:20 am UTC 02/21/14 |
| In reply to: | The Coldest Day in Hell - Vin 03:30 am UTC 02/19/14 |
| Thanks to Scaramouche for introducing me to Sound Cloud, here's a link to a (very) rough demo vocal of this song. Recorded in my basement while chasing the cat around. Meouch. http://snd.sc/1mfSrQ3 > I wrote this lyric years ago as a hypothetical sub-title > track to Bat III. This was around 2005 when presumably > Jim and Meat were going to make the album *together*. I > haven't posted it before but it seems appropriate again. > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > and so we both agreed > that it's better this way. > That the skies should split from end to end, > that the seas should wash this world away, > before we let ourselves repeat, > before we dance this twisted dance again. > > You know I cried in the night to the heavens > And I prayed, "let it not be the same." > And I swear I heard a demon shiver > when the stars called back your name. > > And now the temperatures are dropping > and there's frost on Satan's brow, > and if I never needed you before > God knows I need you now! > Yes if I never needed you before, > By the Gods I need you now! > > It's the coldest day in Hell > If it's back to me and you. > And it doesn't really matter now > just who crawls back to who. > There ain't no use in running > when it's Destiny tolling the bell. > But if it's come back 'round to you and me > its surely got to be > the coldest day in Hell. > > Now there's a wicked cold front creeping > across the dark abyss > And it's conjuring dormant memories > of a frigid goodbye kiss. > > Aw, which one of us is the albatross? > And who's the Evil Twin? > Just when I thought Time had broken us clean > We suck me right back in. > Just when I thought we were over and out > it all begins again! > > It's the coldest day in Hell > if it's you and I again, > we're the best of jaded enemies > and the worst of faded friends. > No kicking and screaming can save us, > and I guess that it's just as well, > for if it's us again the Fates decree > then it's surely got to be > the coldest day in Hell. > > Now would you rather crash and burn, > or simply fade away? > Fall fast upon a flaming sword > or whither and die another day? > We can choose to go out in a blaze of glory > or a haze of tedious, ignorant bliss. > Either way there's no happy at the end of our story, > but as sure as you're breathing I can tell you this: > whatever it costs to close this book, > there's gonna be Hell to pay! > > A fiendish snow is falling now, > as I reach out for your hand. > And I know that I can't keep away, > as a chill blows through the damned. > > It's the coldest day in Hell > if it's back to me and you, > and it doesn't really matter now, > just who crawls back to who. > There ain't no use in running > when it's Destiny tolling the bell, > but if it's come back 'round to you and me > then it's surely got to be > the coldest day in Hell! > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > > Nothing ends well > (the coldest day in Hell) > Nothing ends well > (the coldest day in Hell) > Nothing ends well... > > ...or else nothing would end. > > | |
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