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The Company of Wolves

from Christmas Wishes by Silence and Secrecy

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Maybe the oldest track here compositionally speaking, with its roots in the rehearsals for the (Untitled Track) concert at the Elkins Estate. It is my perverse sonic love letter to the perfumed erotic grotesqueries of the late Angela Carter, with particular attention paid to the story of the same name and "The Tiger's Bride".

The tuning here is 15-EDO, which sounds better in practice than in theory, which is nice. The fact that all of the fifths are low-grade "wolves" just doubles down on the joke in the most obtuse way possible.

The clattering beats on the "B" parts (pre/post-chorus?) are ultimately courtesy of the estimable Planet JANE, albeit doctored nearly beyond recognition.

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You know my name but not my face,
and you know my nature as you know your own.
The animal is unashamed to show himself,
but beneath these clothes I wear a second skin.
Heart's blood blazes Hadean rivers from my core,
and it burns with a sickness inside me that I cannot control
nor can I know.

Would that we were unencumbered by these human forms!
Would that we were unencumbered by these mortal fears!
Would that we were pure and cruel as our unsaid desires!
Would that we were one in body as we are in mind!

Should you find me bathed in moonlight
on all fours and wearing wolf-skin,
should you run and screaming hide
or close your limbs and lips around me?
We are close and nearly sleeping,
lulled by beat of blood and breathing—
is there more between us now
than either one can see?

No longer to be unencumbered by these human forms!
No longer to be unencumbered by these mortal fears!
We will be as pure and cruel as our unsaid desires!
We will be as one in body as we are in mind!

I knew your face before I knew your name;
I know your nature as I know my own.
We animals are unashamed to show ourselves:
We burn our clothes and shed our second skins.
Spilt blood blazes radiant rivers in white snow;
eyes burn with a sickness inside us we cannot control—
too well we know.

Were we only so unencumbered by our human forms?
Were we only so unencumbered by our mortal fears?
Will we be as pure and cruel as our unsaid desires,
and will we be as one in mind when our bodies become one in kind?

Should I find you bathed in moonlight
on all fours and wearing wolf-skin,
should I scream and running hide
or should I let you fall upon me?
We are close and nearly sleeping,
lulled by beat of blood and breathing—
is there more between us now
than either one can see?

You were never so encumbered by your mortal form.
You were never so encumbered by their human fears.
You were always pure and cruel as your unsaid desires,
and if we are not one in mind, then we shall be as one in kind.

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from Christmas Wishes, released August 12, 2017

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Silence and Secrecy Pennsylvania

Purveyor of fine musical curios, grotesques and arabesques since 1 January 2014. Mostly just one weirdo in a literal attic.

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