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Carpet of Bones

from ORFEAS by JUDGE SMITH

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WILLEM: (René Van Commenée)

Lords of Darkness, hear our plea.
We have faithfully served thee,
Doing evil constantly.

Our usefulness now is spent,
And to this hell we have been sent,
Tormented for your merriment.

Cast out to this dreadful place,
Deprived of your Satanic grace,
Expiating our disgrace.

And we breathe the dust
Of the vile crust
And the foul stench
Of the Black Trench
As we crawl on the Carpet of Bones.

Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
Numberless skeletons spread on the stones.
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
This is the fate of those Satan disowns.
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
He smiles at our screaming, and laughs at our groans.
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
As we slowly sink into the Carpet of Bones.

Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
Culpa rubet vultus meus:
Supplicanti parce, Deus...

Prisoners in a poisoned land,
Numberless as grains of sand,
Crushed beneath your cruel hand.

We wander this scorching plain,
Dead in body, dead in brain,
All is horror, all is pain.

No one told us of the rule
That Satan always spoils his tools.
We knew nothing. We were fools.

And we feel the breath
Of the Second Death
As we feebly curse
At the universe
And we crawl on the Carpet of Bones.

Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
Satan the banker has called in his loans.
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
Our mortal souls are the assets he owns.
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
Reason and sanity cast from their thrones,
Bones! Bones! Bones! Bones!
Driven insane on the Carpet of Bones.

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from ORFEAS, released May 23, 2020

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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