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Life & Death

by Chris von Staats

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1.
It's Only Halloween 01:52
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Don’t let it haunt you my dears It’s only a silly dream Don’t be consumed by the fear It’s only Halloween The night when the line blurs between Two worlds of life and death The fright that every terrified gasp could well be Your last breath Oh but, Don’t let it haunt you my dears It’s only a silly dream Don’t be consumed by the fear It’s only Halloween
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Oh No, Horror Show! 04:56
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Brought it into life But didn’t foster Doctor Frankenstein, Who is the monster? Hide the innocent Or Drac will get them Why defend them when They’d rather let him? Have no fear Of the monsters that are Lurking under our beds Now it’s clear That they’ve always been in Our heads Oh no, horror show! The monsters, bats, and wolves Oh no, horror show! We’re reaping what we’ve sown We thought we could deny it We brought it into life, yeah Howl at the moon Our primal nature How does that excuse Canine behavior? Don’t be scared Of what might be Out there slowly creeping nearer Do beware The reflections in the Mirror Oh no, horror show! The monsters, bats, and wolves Oh no, horror show! We’re reaping what we’ve sown We thought we could deny it We brought it into life yeah We thought we could deny it But we brought it into life yeah It’s alive Alive, yeah Yeah It’s alive Alive Oh no, horror show! Oh no, horror show! Oh no, horror show! Oh no, horror show!
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Unfinished Business 03:00
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Oooh I don’t know how to get through Unfinished business to do I’m still in love with you Aaah Days they all bleed into one Eternity drags on and on I’m still in love with you Caught between A dream And Everlasting suffering Oh my soul Is in a purgatory hold And cursed to haunt this world alone Now I’ve become a ghost Aaah Haunted by thoughts of what was A hopelessly faded mirage I’m still in love with you Oooh Unfinished business to do A heartbroken ghost who just wants to get through I’m still in love with you Caught between A dream And Everlasting suffering Oh my soul Is in a purgatory hold And cursed to haunt this world alone Now I’ve become a ghost Heartache and pain Unresolved will remain Stalled in the astral plane At the close Heartache and pain Unresolved will remain Stalled in the astral plane As a ghost Haunted Haunted Haunted Haunted Haunting Haunting Haunting Boo! Oooh Aaah Oooh Unfinished business to do Aaah Unfinished business, unfinished business I’m still in love with you I’m still in love with you I’m still in love with you
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Wicked Lies 01:06
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Twilight Dancing ‘round the fire Wicked are the lies that cloud the truth Strange sight Spirit of the night Wicked are the lies that cloud the truth The shadow of the gallows cast By the blood-red moon Twilight Ready to take flight Wicked are the lies that cloud the truth Wicked are the liars that tell them too
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Shake Off Your Bones 03:44
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Are you feeling low? Stuck in a six foot hole? The weight of the world Crushes your weary soul? There is hope for you What harm could it do? Climb up out of that hole And shake, shake the dirt off your bones Six feet down below? Shake the dirt off your bones Weight’s too much to hold? Shake the dirt off your bones If all is doom and gloom Exhume yourself and bust a move Climb up out of that hole And shake the dirt off your bones Come on and dance Come on and groove Come on and shake Like you ain’t got nothin left to lose If you’re down and out Get down with the twist and shout Climb up out of that hole And shake the dirt off your bones Come on and rock Come on and roll Come on and shake Like it just might save your weary soul Six feet down below Shake off your bones Weight’s too much to hold Shake off your bones Lost and weary souls Shake off your bones Climb out of that hole You gotta shake (Shake) Shake (Shake) Shake (shake) Shake (shake) Shake, shake, shake, shake La la da da da…
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Nobody There 05:24
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A desperate ride In a worn hackney carriage Distant wolves cry the full moon Crucifix tied On her chain, once disparaged Garlic worn like a perfume A thief in the night Prompted this devil's errand And cast her charmed life into gloom But vengeance ignited A flame for her marriage She’d follow that light to her doom She’s not going to bother to look for her lover She knows there is nobody there Pacing around His stone castle in leisure Spider webs wound through the halls When out on the grounds To his sinister pleasure He spies her inbound for his walls Muzzles the hounds They obey their possessor He will allow her to call A dragon is bound To defend stolen treasure To add to the count is its goal He no longer bothers to look in the mirror He knows there is nobody there Reaches his door As it creaks open slowly Of no one’s accord but its own With stake and a torch That she holds, dimly glowing She enters the morgue he calls home Versed in the lore Yet she wanders quite boldly Down to the cursed catacomb Covering the floor Proof of his deeds, unholy Beds for his horde of lost souls But she doesn’t bother to look in the coffins She knows there is nobody there Then with a start She confronts a true horror Her grief-stricken heart’s gripped with pain There in the dark Is her love inching towards her Bearing two sharp bloody fangs
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It's Only a Theme 00:58
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Holding On for Life 03:48
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Holding on for life I don’t believe It is my time Find the will to fight I’m strong enough To survive Shadow of the night In darkness we Must seek the light Holding on for life I’m strong enough I’m strong enough To survive All the demons Skeletons Dragged me to the Darkness edge The grim reaper Smiling Peels my fingers From the ledge This is not the end Holding back the fright These things that go Bump in the night Monsters are inside And there’s nowhere To run and hide Find the will to fight The stakes have never Been this high Holding on for life I’m strong enough I’m strong enough All the demons Skeletons Dragged me to the Darkness edge The grim reaper Smiling Peels my fingers From the ledge There are reasons To persist I’ve got family I’ve got friends I believe I’ll see Them again This is not the end
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Epitaph 03:54
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Is there a way We could understand This one life may Be our only chance? Don’t be haunted Speak no wicked lies Won’t be monsters If we choose not to hide No, I don’t know What they’ll write When my time has come Don’t be frightened Made into a ghost Hope for nights spent Shaking off your bones No, I don’t know What they’ll write When my time has come Oh, is there a way that we Could truly understand This may really be Our one and only chance? Hold on for your life tightly To anyone you can This may really be Our one and only chance No, I don’t know What they’ll write When my time has come But I know I will try to Live a life That’s inscribed with love
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Potion Break 01:06
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11.
Brains in Vats 03:59
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My brain Your brain In vats Sensate Simulate Syntax What is Real life? Will you stay With me tonight? It’s all too much My brain Your brain In vats Sedate Stimulate Synapse Have we Free will? It don’t change The way I feel It’s all too much But I perceive your touch And I believe that’s enough My heart Your heart In love Pulsate Palpitate As one Whether conscious beings Or lines of code, I will never let you go It’s love, true love! But I perceive your touch And I believe that’s enough My brain Your brain In vats My brain Your brain In vats Whether conscious beings Or lines of code Reality We may never know Conscious beings Or lines of code I will never let you go It’s love, true love!
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Life & Death (The Show Must Go On) 04:29
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If all the world’s a stage And all the people play their part What happens to our story When our character departs? Oh, is there an epilogue? I must refer to theatre And its oft-repeated phrase Which may provide some comfort If we take it at its face Oh, the show must go on Where do we go after the curtains close? Is there a living mortal being that knows? Oh, what comes after life and death? What happens to us when we’re written off? Is there another act for consciousness? Oh, what comes after life and death? The horror It can’t really be over There must be an encore There must be something More after this Will my performance be a sensation Or panned by critics as derivative? Oh, what comes after life and death? And who (if anyone) will cheer for me After my name’s removed from the marquee? Oh, what comes after life and death? The horror It can’t really be over There must be an encore There must be something More after this Ahh I can’t bear the thought The laughter and applause ends Curtains Take a final Bow and that is it The show must go on... When I bow will it be as the lead, Not a supporting part in my own story? Oh, what comes after life and death? Will I reprise my role a tortured ghost Or a reanimated zombie corpse?! Oh, what comes after life and death? The horror (The show must go on!) It can’t really be over (The show must go on!) There must be an encore (The show must go on!) There must be something (The show must go on!) More after this What will come next? After Life & Death
13.
It's Only a Dream 02:36
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Don’t let it haunt you my dears It’s only a silly dream Don’t be consumed by the fear Go back to sleep

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released October 24, 2021

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Multi-instrumentalist independent musician from Cambridge, MA.


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