Kill it. Like you mean it. Off with it's head.
Make it bleed. Don't lose speed. Make sure it's dead.
Drive off to Hades in the dead of night, swinging your sword, holding your fists high.
Pull back the queen, take her to her home. Then the holy plants will grow.
Twelve horses rumbling, blowing holy smoke, pulled me away before Hades awoke.
Oh I bet you didn't even see me. You must be blind. I stole your queen away. Left only smoke behind.
"I'll have my dagger in you before the winter comes. I'll twist it around like the gorgon's tongue.
I'll have your horses tear you apart, but I'll keep your heart."
Silver tongue priestess don't waste your time. I'll be leaving come autumn time.
Twelve horses rumbling, blowing holy smoke, pulled me away before you awoke.
credits
from The Swan,
released April 1, 2017
Johni Holiday - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics
Jimi Glass - Bass
Benni Manchino - Drums, Percussion, Narrative
Recorded by Dewald 'Dave V' Visser and Shawn Taylor at Tierpoort, Pretoria.
Produced by:
Dewald 'Dave' Visser - mixing engineer (asst. by Ruff Majik and Shawn Taylor)
Shawn Taylor - tracking engineer (asst. by Dewald 'Dave' Visser), mastering engineer (asst. by Dewald 'Dave' Visser and Ruff Majik)
Vincent 'Ziggy' Kruger - production manager
An absolute banger from our all time favourite Canadian band. Also, we got Vincent featuring on our new album, and we're pretty amped about it. Ruff Majik
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