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Bride Of The Asylum

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by Damien Youth

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released 24 October 1997
"Bride of the Asylum finds Damien Youth's music essentially unchanged since the late 1980s. In most artists, that would be a bad thing. In Youth's case, that's a good thing -- first, because his music was good to begin with, and second, because hardly anyone's heard any of it, still, ten years down the line, so it's unsatisfying to accuse him of being stuck in a rut. The fidelity is clearer than on his cassette-only Don't Disturb the Garlands, and he's wise enough to stick to his fairly minimal approach. That means acoustic guitars, a bit of extra instrumentation and percussion, and some background vocals, instead of selling out into a full rock sound. The songs and arrangements are still varied enough to make it avoid homogeneity of texture -- not an easy thing to do when essentially rock artists choose an acoustic format. Most important, though, the songs remain melodic and lyrically eccentric in a way that's interesting, not self-consciously weird or silly. And it's still hard to believe this guy isn't British, so much does it evoke the mood of Robyn Hitchcock crossed with Donovan, without being uncomfortably derivative of either. Despite the gentle ambience, there are some really cutting words here, as on "Hermaphrodite Jesus," enough to get him in trouble for blasphemy even in the 1990s if it got played on certain radio stations. On a different wavelength, "Katie Called Me Lucifer" is fey British-style folk-rock at its most fetching. " - Richie Unterberger
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Track Name: Bride Of The Asylum
In the attic room, In the dusty hue
I will hide from you, In my dress of blue
And the moon illuminates
all the scars upon my face
antique mirror duplicates
me in shadow

I'm a little girl, they call me Lucifer
I wear a witch's hat, and in the shadow lurk
And the branches of the trees
stretch like demons in the breeze
tap on windows as they freeze,
silent dying

Here the come for me
And I cannot breathe
I am crouched beneath,
this abnormality
And the door opens wide
I hear voices from outside
they can't see me
I'm the bride of the asylum
the asylum.
Track Name: Hermaphrodite Jesus
Hermaphrodite Jesus, he stands in the doorway
he looks in the mirror he likes what he sees
He loves his reflection, the father the mother
the sister or brother to all who believe

But I do not believe, though I love to watch him bleed
It reminds me of my youth, back when no one told the truth.

Hermaphrodite Jesus, he sits on the corner
he's watching the pantomime clown mock the priest
He swallows his laughter, then soon follows after
they're turning the corner, they walk down my street

And I wish I lived on Fenton street, where the street lights always hum
And the star filled skies that twinkled, promised "God, he soon will come."

Hermaphrodite Jesus, he hides in the carport
the neighbor's car headlights shine on him, he's scared
He stoops & he cowers, they call a policeman
who came & they seized him & laughed at his hair

And Jesus hates policemen, for their hearts can know no love
That's why every time he sees them man, he says "Hey let's beat it. It's the fuzz"

Hermaphrodite Jesus, he peeks through the keyhole
he masturbates watching the postman, his dream
But he's holding in laughter, cause the cuming of Jesus
has a whole different meaning... if ya know what I mean?

And I wish I hadn't met him in that coffee shop last year
for now there's nothing to look forward to & there's nothing for to fear
When all of you were waiting it seems he's was already here

Which sex shall he be each day is a battle
He cries behind lipstick & five o'clock shadow
He stands in the bathroom stark naked & white
Surrounded by mirrors & fluorescent lights

And Jesus is on morphine & Jesus is on ludes
And Jesus is the perfect pansy prancing in the nude
he's got a razor in his right hand, he mutilates the flesh
He's hiding in the pantry clutching a chicken to his chest singing
"Love brother, Love!, Singing "Love brother Love!"
Singing "Love brother Love! "Singing "Love brother Love!"

And Jesus is on acid & Jesus hates the pope
He said that John Paul II, smoked up all his dope.
And Jesus is on Opium & Jesus needs a fix
And Jesus is a suffering slave to ritualistic sex
Singing "Love brother Love!"Singing "Love brother Love!"
Singing "Love brother Love!" "Singing "Love brother Love!"

Hermaphrodite Jesus, he plays the piano
he's wearing a bonnet to cover his ears
Hermaphrodite Jesus, he's wearing sunglasses
He's posing for pictures, She's man of the year.
Track Name: Zoomorphic Kingdom
Spacemen watch me from the woods
Crocodile eyes beneath their hoods
Then in some secret place, they take me without trace

Try to open up my eyes
One thousand little antichrists
are hovering my bed with strange grey swollen heads
and yes I think the mother ship's flown

In the zoomorphic kingdom we're never alone
Here, in the zoomorphic kingdom all spirits and bones
buildings and stones, all gone

I hid it in the old tin shed
The old decapitated head
I put it in a box, it's leathery mask of rot

The space boy came into my room
with mantis head and silver suit
He asks me how I feel, I say "Nothing here is real"
And yes I used to think I was god

In the zoomorphic kingdom we're never alone
Here, in the zoomorphic kingdom all spirits and bones
buildings and stones, all gone

Mantis and antichrists they lay me down on the table for surgery
They're taking something out then they replace it with something I cannot see
Horrible insect girl rubs ointment in my eyes, she's trying to comfort me
I saw some others there, "you look familiar", they say telepathically... we speak telepathically.

Faeries placing sacred stones
are peering through my garden wall
They watch me as I cry, and all good children die
And yes I think I'm probably god.
In the zoomorphic kingdom we're never alone
Here, in the zoomorphic kingdom all spirits and bones
buildings and stones, all gone
Track Name: Mythical Light
Sitting in silence, hidden in the mother womb
Hideous twilight, I can feel me turning into you
Consciously fading, they take me to another room
Where I am weightless, floating through unconscious avenues

I've seen the specters, I heard them calling
as my spirit is spiraling skinless in mythical light

Suffering Jesus, someone told me that you died for me
So I asked him, do you believe everything you read
"No" he told me, "But I embrace this philosophy.
It's true & I promise, it's been confirmed by people on TV."

I've seen the specters, I heard them calling
as my spirit is spiraling skinless in mystical light

I don't believe you, though you think that you're right
Your society tricked you, so just open your eyes

Isaiah tells you, Satan was the morning star
in 14:12, The fallen angel the son of dawn
So now I say, Satan & Jesus they are the same
If you don't believe me read Rev. 22:16
Track Name: Virus
Terrified, I stare through my telescope eye
paralyzed, I see through your mind
horrified, I crouch behind derelict eyes
no disguise, in naked light

& all of the colour in you are colours in me
& all of the fear within you is fear within me

In my room, I reach through the poisonous light
into you, you cry in confusion
subtle hues, emit from your eyes into mine
I am you, in naked asylum

& all of the voices in you are voices in me
& all of the secrets in you are secrets in me

moonlit bride, I stand in the field where you lie
crumpled wings like Lucifer Christ
in my gown I spin like a merry go-round
scary eyed... please don't crucify me

& of the blood within you is blood within me
& all of the visions in you are visions in me
& all of the gods within you are gods within
& all of the worlds within you are worlds within me
& all of the spirits in you are spirits in me
& all of the poison in you is poison in me
& all of the hatred in you is hatred in me
& all of the virus in you is virus in me
Track Name: Somebody New
I've got something new to believe in
She's waiting down stairs & she's far far better than you
I think she'll be with me forever
and yes I believe cause she swears to me that it's true

Though everything comes, then it goes, then it's through
At least that's what happened to me & to you
Now there is nothing more that I can do
So I found somebody new

I've got someone here in my bedroom
I open the door & a smile appears on her face
She says she's so happy to see me
now isn't that strange cause I was thinking the very same thing

And yes I believe that we'll both see it through
And yes I believe this philosophy true
Everything that goes it will come back to you
cause I found somebody new