Mask of the Red Death

from José Arcadio is Dead by American Sinner

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Mask of the Red Death (S. Sinner)
The light lurid through the stained glass6
Shines on each of 7 chambers
We waltz like puppets to the fiddle
And pause a moment when the great clock chimes
Some wine will drown a froggy throat
Inside safe we think behind theses gates
Too much like a coffin for my tastes
Oh well...pour me some wine
Then one mask, you could almost feel its gaze
Uncouth even by the standards of the day
Like dried skin pulled over a skull
And it would not heed the commands of our master
And so he gave chase with a drawn knife in hand
To the red western room he followed the unknown man
Just a scream as he turned around
And our master lay broken red-faced on the ground
They tore off his red mask they tore off his clothes
And we stood there aghast at the nothing exposed
And we fell one by one with the clock's second hand
It only stopped with the last standing man

Footnote
6 Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story.

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from José Arcadio is Dead, released January 16, 2010

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American Sinner is a rock n' roll stiletto switchblade dance along the edge of a knife that opens up for stabbing. They are not your run-of-the-mill musical tricksters in harlequin unitards holding bouquets of flowers behind their backs. No!...they got it all -manliness like Bowie and femininity like Tina Turner. They got it all so when these boys are randy to rock, you better let 'em. ... more

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