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House of Stairs

by Great Deceivers

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1.
Lady Divine (free) 04:20
I was born in your shadow, with hair like a black crow and eyes that judge men like lions i was born in the back room, with eyes like two black moons and lust for a fruit from the vine, a jones for the peach i've in mind i'm culling the seed from the rind i've stood on a steeple and pined for this lady divine but she don't pay me no mind, the apple of her eye but all she sees is big lies, that lovely lady divine
2.
Black Hotel (free) 03:41
virginia now, i've seen you there you spread the news throughout new orleans the new york times hails everything you've said now hail a cab, get back to bed you're no news to me virginia now, i've seen you there you're in the wrong dress and your conscience falls you've got her worn to the bone, and her seat by the throne you tear into her seams and you've sunk all her sass, in the black hotel we always find our way back if everyday is darkest night, and every night is driving rain every smile's as black as slate and if you feel the same then meet me on the bridge, don't ask which one, you know which if everyday is darkest night and every night is driving rain every smile's as black as slate and if you feel the same
3.
this broken halo has let me down the ring of light i once thought was a crown is nothing more than another black cloud it's another black cloud, it's another black cloud this broken halo has let me down it's another poorly paved road into an old haunted town where the ghosts in my heart whisper: 'get in the ground' whisper get in the ground, whisper get in the ground cause i'm and old haunted town, i'm an old haunted town, i'm an old haunted town
4.
Curses (free) 03:11
you're a curse that's creeping from my throat with brooding eyes like burning coals, but i've got a soul riddled with holes in my heart of darkness no one knows in my heart of darkness no one knows where the devils whisper the devil whispers the devil you're a curse that's creeping from my throat with brooding eyes like burning coals but i've got a soul riddled with holes it's why i can't just tell you the truth i've turned your life into a monsoon and i feel your lonesome, like a bassoon in my heart of darkness no one knows in my heart of darkness no one knows
5.
Strange Death (free) 04:06
my woman comes down from her high heaven, so out of reach it's beyond road maps i open my iron arms to receive her she offers salvation, but do i believe her? No i open my iron arms to receive her a snake tells me i'm headed home i've laid out a life, tattooed into bone it's one long road, leading nowhere I was born in this town and i'll die here i die a strange death every time i see you it's an unspoken word, a neverending preview of a shallowed grave, always conspiring to end me meeting you was a strange omen fit for a strange death
6.
Paradise 02:06
i've tried and i've tried, by now multiple times to work out or divine what's lacking and wrong with despair? I've made haste wasting time why darkness clouds both my eyes? i've searched and i've searched, reworked and reworked with my hands tightly nailed to my sides and novels of words in my mouth years of hate built up in my heart every breath is a call to arms with rooms upon rooms full of useless design with a soul so empty it can no longer resign it's why i hate what i want and what i have isn't mine what i have was never mine, cause what i now have in mind is a blank paradise, another blonde parasite, i'm too young to be kind i'm always falling, always falling behind in my blank paradise a backwards paradigm, i'm too young to be kind, i'm too young to be kind
7.
when everything i touch turns from gold into soil when i lose sight of the cross and find faith in oil when the ground that i till finally starts to boil right under my dried out feet, under me i'll yell i'm done, with living city i'm done with shuffling feet i've stamped and mailed my final ransom note i've forgotten about my street, i'm going south where cornfields yawn with wind like tired mouths and sharpened teeth run through the ground on plows where the only beautiful sky is a mushroom cloud i turn further from you, avoid truth with disgust and rock back in a creaking chair, with lincoln's tophat a-crowning my head he keeps the wolves at bay at night, he keeps the wolves at bay at night storming pearly gates on demon dogs cause we want answers storming pearly gates on demon dogs cause we want answers now cause we need answers now
8.
In Tongues 03:21
the lady at the bar has her hair parted just like yours and her make up is tattooed from her eyes down to her shoes but the kind words that you never speak sound more and more like clues mixed with the glass she refills to help me combat my blues de javu comes in twos but anybody who says that they've been here before is cruising for a bruising from jerusalem to michigan, from the sudan to your door i perfect my swagger, throw my cigarette and walk straight up to you but the string of words knotted in my lungs always creeps out in tongues the string of words knotted in my lungs always creeps out in tongues
9.
the arsonist awakened a scythe scrapes against the door the anarchist is shaken from a sleep full of plans and procrastination waging a war against the nation in his heart the antagonist wakes up in sadness screaming silently if i don't lose it soon then i'm going to lose it soon the arsonist awakened his sins burning at the door the anarchist is shaken from a sleep full of plans and procrastination waging a war against the nation in his heart and after 25 years, i would say nothing if you died well, it's a good thing they didn't ask me to eulogize cause after 25 years, i would say nothing if you died well, it's a good thing they didn't ask me to eulogize
10.
Howl at the Moon (free) 04:06
howl at the moon, i've escaped from the cage of your womb i have loved but i won't again soon plant your hatred like a seed and wait for it to bloom into howl at the moon like daggers falling from our eyes howl at the moon like the good god who swallows lives howl at the moon give your heart and your soul to the gloom and i've come to suppose that these rows and rows of woes fashioned not in passion nor in prose are merely fractions of a whole, or lonely remnants of a ghost cause i've searched from shore to shore and i've wandered coast to coast but do not feel i'm getting close to that which i must know most

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Our debut record, all songs by Great Deceivers.

Recorded by Tre Hester at Generic Manor Studio in Orlando, FL.

Mixed by David Plakon at North Avenue Studios in Orange City, FL.

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released July 27, 2010

Max Green: Vocals, Guitars
Tre Hester: Vocals, Guitars
Ben Rudolph: Vocals, Bass
Emily Smith: Drums

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