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Dirty Hands

by Johnny Hollow

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1.
Alchemy 03:52
2.
Stranger 03:05
Soft like a rose, cloaked in daggers Your grin a guise for all the anger I'm sorry you thought that you needed to hide The dirt from inside me You know I'm filthy Shut up, and listen Why don't you give up this mission Shut up, and look at me I'm just a stranger who let you think you knew me You crept up on me like a cat on a mouse Light on the feet, and loose in the mouth You waited until you saw me go still The moment to break me I'll say it simply Shut up, and listen Why don't you give up this mission Shut up, and look at me I'm just a stranger who let you think you knew me Words on the tip of my tongue Taking aim, cocked back, just for fun I am not your prodigal son No, I am not your prodigal son Just listen Why don't you give up this mission Shut up, and look at me I'm just a stranger who let you think I'm just a stranger who let you think I'm just a stranger who let you think you knew me
3.
Die 4 Love 05:15
I feel lost, do you ever get that feeling? It's perpetual for me, It's perpetual for me I die for love each time I feel your breath breathing I try to hold my own, I try to hold my own breath When you sleep beside me I count the tiles on the ceiling One hundred twenty-two, one hundred twenty-three When you sleep beside me I feel your falling heart crashing And I try to pick up the debris, I try to pick up the debris So here we are, do you ever get that feeling? We're just not meant to be, we're just not meant to be Set me as a seal on your arm and on your heart They say that love is strong as death, and death will do us part Set me as a seal on your heart and on your arm They say that jealousy is deep as the grave And that is what it ends on I hold my breath each time you breathe I hold my breath each time you breathe Each time you breath I die for love Set me as a seal on your arm and on your heart They say no water, wind, or flame could tear us apart Jealousy flashes fast as fire, love's cruel burning fire They say no water could put out such a flame No floods could drown it I hold my breath each time you breathe I hold my breath each time you breathe Each time you breath I die for love Passion is relentless as the underworld and love a burning coal I hold my breath, devotion seizes me And jealousy ripples like a river underneath me I hold my breath each time you breathe I hold my breath each time you breathe Each time you breathe I die for love I hold my breath each time you breathe...
4.
Woke up this morning, radio moaning Thoughts run in circles and set the day I'm all burnt up, no resurrection Lying here, slinging ashes at the sun I can't find what I once knew I can't find what I once knew I'm worried my wires are crossed again So worried I've lost my connection Desperate need for more distraction Won't you take me back to oblivion? This hollow world is holding on to me My soul, my mind is held magnetically Electric friction washes over me It feels so creepy, it feels so creepy I'm worried I can't find what's real Can't find any other way to feel Blackbirds sing sad harmonies Lost to the humming wires that feed Useless agendas to a useless breed All-you-can-eat in a world of need A discount price for all your good deeds Tell me, isn't that all you need? I can't find what I once knew I can't find what I once knew This hollow world is holding on to me My soul, my mind is held magnetically Electric friction washes over me It feels so creepy, it feels so creepy Woke up this evening, television screaming Static burns through my world of dreaming Soothed by the light I drop my fist And turn my cheek for a cathode ray kiss I can't find what I once knew I can't find what I once knew This hollow world is holding on to me My soul, my mind is held magnetically Electric friction washes over me It feels so creepy, it feels so creepy This hollow world...
5.
Worse Things 03:33
Once, when I was alone, I called you, and you weren't home My heart fell, like a stone to the ground, to the ground, to the ground To the ground, to the ground, to the ground Why, when morn had dawned on me, and anger grew, like ecstasy And Leda threw the swan on me, and I fell, to the ground, to the ground To the ground, to the ground, to the ground Don't say “I want you”, don't stay this way Believe me, I wasn't trying to Play the game, where someone's to blame I'll stay the same 'til you change your mind And you'll change your mind I could have broken you, I should have spoken for you should have seen it was turning me on Don't you know it's true? There are worse things, perverse things You should answer when the phone rings! There are worse things I could do Once, when I was all alone, I could not find the telephone So, instead, I burned your pretty home To the ground, to the ground to the ground Oh, don't say “I want you”, don't stay this way Believe me, I wasn't trying to Play the game, where someone's to blame I'll stay the same 'til you change your mind And you'll change your mind
6.
Nova Heart 05:42
7.
Superhero 03:11
Do you want to save your soul? Take back all the things that you know? We won't resurrect the crusade now 'cause it looks like we've been betrayed Will someone come save us from this storyline of mass destruction Will they stay when they see what we have done just to be “free” Waiting, we're waiting for a superhero intervention We're waiting for a superhero intervention I'm waiting for a superhero The boys in charge celebrate Their cunning game of switch and bait Looking down at the world they created Land of the lost and sedated Waiting, we're waiting for a superhero intervention We're waiting for a superhero Will someone save us from this storyline? I'm just standing here waiting for a sign
8.
Boogeyman 04:03
You touched me with poisoned fingertips You kissed me and sucked away my breath You fucked me and left me for dead You've given me one hundred thousand deaths I'm bigger now, I'm stronger now My fingers curl, they're talons now It feels good to be big, bigger than you I've really enjoyed my new point of view I've tied you up, I'm gonna love you In every, in every hole through and through I'm bigger now, I'm stronger now My fingers curl, they're talons now My weeping eyes are burning now My cloven feet are dancing now And now I'm dancing for the doomed and the damned And I'm advancing unassumed with dirty hands And now I'm prancing for the man, isn't it grand? I've become my very own boogeyman I must confess I've loved this from the very start Please take a bow, you know, I am your work of art I'm bigger now, I'm stronger now My fingers curl, they're talons now My weeping eyes are burning now My cloven feet are dancing now
9.
And when I close my eyes, this blackened canvas falls And darkness starts to shine, and dreams begin to call And when I watch them float, I hold my sleeping breath For secret hidden truths that live beyond my death Loneliness is sweet This paradox, this sleep A suicide lullaby One more reason why Yesterday just burned away And when I place this ear against the pebbled ground I can feel the world breathe, exhaling earthly sounds They hover very deep, the mechanism turns The clockwork creaks slowly as the molten lava churns Loneliness is sweet This paradox, this sleep A suicide lullaby One more reason why Yesterday just burned away
10.
Alibi 02:55
She hangs in the shadow of my dreams and whispers “You're colourless, almost invisible, like a pale, sad shadow” And I'm chagrined to realize I believe her I wish that I could find a way to deceive her She reproaches and condemns me for the things that have eluded me And the things I've let delude me. And she sneers, and she spits until I have to admit: I didn't even try But baby, you don't talk to me that way Please don't listen to a word she makes me say When she starts her dirty foreplay it's a dangerous maneuver 'cause you know She's a liar, and you're my alibi When you come to me and strap me down And your eyes are profound with desire...sets my skin on fire You grab hold of me and your heat explodes in me 'til I'm crying “No, no! She's a liar!” 'Cause baby, you don't talk to me that way Please don't listen to a word she makes me say When she starts her dirty foreplay it's a dangerous maneuver 'cause you know She's a liar, and you're my alibi Then your fingers and your tongue wrap around me And colours surround me, and blaze right through me “You can't be what you want to be, you'll never be free!” She screams at me She's a liar. And you're my alibi 'Cause baby, you don't talk to me that way Please don't listen to a word she makes me say When she starts her dirty foreplay it's a dangerous maneuver 'cause you know She's a liar, and you're my alibi
11.
Some say it's a combat zone, trying to protect all the things that we own From the dark unknown Some say we can't complain, this favoured side of the earth our domain While the other side shudders in pain Some say we're all the same Stone throwers living inside a glass cage Some say that those who reign, with all their power should take all the blame And our powerless disdain It's so easy Some say we're all the same Stone throwers living inside a glass cage To say we're all the same, each staggered birth born with the same love Each weary breath worthy of the same love... Some say we're all the same Stone throwers living inside a glass cage
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13.
Aegis 03:53
Each noise has a story to tell Each sound has a whisper Close your eyes and listen Standing in the pouring rain, dressed in metal Chilled and deafened, dressed in metal Dressed in rain No one can hurt me now...

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Johnny Hollow is Gothic chamber music for the 21st century. Like a siren’s call, their unique blend of dark electronic and orchestral sounds have attracted fans since 2003. The music has received critical acclaim from such diverse publications as Rue Morgue (Canada), Fiend (Australia), Funprox (Netherlands) and Livid Looking Glass (US). Tracks from Dirty Hands have been featured in short films and syndicated television shows.

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released January 1, 2007

Written and performed by Janine White, Vincent Marcone and Kitty Thompson. Produced by Daryn Barry and Johnny Hollow. Orange Record Label

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We like to make noises that tickle your ears and scratch at your brain stem.

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