Darkness Gothic | Voltaire:Lyrics:Almost Human

.Voltaire:Lyrics:Almost Human

Dos años después de su álbum debut, The Devil's Bris, Voltaire regresó con un nuevo cd, con canciones para complacer a sus fans con su sonido único. Regresaron los violines gitanos, los tristes violoncelos y sus sardónicas letras, pero lo nuevo que acompaña a esta nueva mezcla de diablura musical que es Almost Human, son las estructuradas canciones y ritmos contemporáneos.

Los valses y los tangos de Bris vienen de 1784, y los beats de Almost Human evocan de 1984. "Hey, esto es un salto de 200 años para mi", dice Voltaire, "Un paso a la vez, ok?". Sobre todo Almost Human es un disco más bailable, pero las melodías dark-pop son verdaderamente infecciosas, como siempre, Voltaire encuentra extraños temas para cantar, incluyendo citas con los difuntos (Dead Girls) y cortando la cabeza de alguien (The Headless Waltz). Este es el segundo lanzamiento de Voltaire dentro de projekt.

01. Out of Reach

You'll burn my flag
You'll crash my car
You'll kill my cat
You'll break my balls
You'll watch my cities fall
but not tonight

You're the devil's own
You'll cheat and lie
and you won't stop until
you stole the glimmer from my eye
but not tonight
Cause i won't let you
i know you want to
but not with me
Its all so clear to see
you can try to destroy me but not tonight
cause i won't let you through
you can fight if you like some other time
you'll find i'm out of reach
your words can't hurt me i'm out tonight

You'll burn my flag
You're my demise
You'll orchestrate my fall
you'll kill my cat
You'll scale my castle wall
to get to me
You'll break my will
you'll sell my soul
You'll take my heart
and replace it with a gaping hole
and step on me

i won't let you
i know you want to
but not with me
Its all so clear to see
you can try to destroy me but not tonight
cause i won't let you through
you can fight if you like some other time
you'll find i'm out of reach
your words can't touch me i'm out tonight

my heart's divided
yes surrender would be nice
to just lay down
my sword and sheild
by the flowers
but i know that you lie
in wait tonight
But i won't let you
'cause i know you want to
but not with me
Its all so clear to see
you can try to destroy me but not tonight
cause i won't let you through
you can fight if you like
you can scale any wall
??? anything at all

your words can't hurt me
your words can't touch me

02. Dunce

I break the silence with my voice
and everyone turns around
to see the source of all the noise
and here i stand

its not as thought i mean to upset you
with the things i say and do
i should know better but i said so anyway

its easier to play a part
and read your lines
than freely speak what's
in your heart and in your mind
Is it me?
who says these things that so offend you?
Innapropriate ???

i'd say I'm sorry
but it's hard to speak
with both feet in your mouth

all hail the king of dunces
You best hold on
I'm opening up my mouth
bring out the maypole
and tie up and shut me out
devil knows what possessed me
to shoot my arrow straight into the sky
string me to the mast and
hoist me up and hang me high
i put no blame on you
i brought this all upon myself
it's just this thing i do
at times like this
i wish i was someone else

there's a lever inside head
between my mouth and my brain
keeps me from hearing
what i've said until its too late
now it's too late
smear my lips with vaseline
because i'm a vocal libertine
I try to explain but even
i'm not quite sure what i mean

all hail the king of dunces
You best hold on
I'm opening up my mouth
bring out the maypole
and tie up and shut me out
devil knows what possessed me
to shoot my arrow straight into the sky
string me to the mast and
hoist me up and hang me high
i put no blame on you
i brought this all upon myself
it's just this thing i do
at times like this
i wish i was someone else

I don't know what to say
i was only trying to make you smile
and bring some needed levity
to your world for a while
i never meant to make you cry
but i did it all by myself
its just this thing i do
at times like this
i wish i was someone else

All hail the king of dunces...

All hail the king of fools
This boy's been bad
let's keep him after school
send me to the blackboard
and write a hundred times "i am the dunce"
devil knows what possessed me
to shut my mind and open up my mouth
string me to the anchor
and watch me drown in myself

03. Feathery Wings

There on the bridge
where have you been, what's your name?
and you on the wall
where will you go to once you fall?
you, lost at sea
do you need me, do you need directions?
hey, put down the gun
what were you thinking?
you were someone's son

the taste tears
the sting of pain
the smell of fear
the sound of crying out

a long, long time ago i fell to this place
from another dimension
and thrust amongst the beasts
and the way they behave the borders on dementia
now through all these years
i can barely take it
i don't think i can make it
take me away from here
I want to go home

i'm so sick and tired of the
the taste tears
the sting of pain
the smell of fear
the sound of crying out
as you stare at the edge of your life
what can you remember?
was it all you wanted?

I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
i wish i could protect you here
oh, please don't cry
now smile as you're staring
at the edge of your life
your troubles are over
mine are just beginning
Angels and feathery wings
take me away from here
it's me you leave behind

if only i could have been there
i'd be a hand for the sinking
if only i could have been there
i'd be a prayer for the dying
see the pain etched in my face

i'm so sick and tired of
the taste tears
the sting of pain
the smell of fear
the sound of crying out
as you're staring at the edge of your life
what do you remember was it all you wanted

I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
i wish i could protect you here
oh, please don't cry
now smile as you're staring
at the edge of your life
your troubles are over
mine are just beginning

I'm trying to earn a set of feathery wings
take me away from here
it's me you leave
you're gone from here
don't leave me here
I hate it here
you're gone from here
don't leave me here
I need you here
I need to see you smile

04. Almost Human

What did i ever do to you
that you should treat me this way?
is it really such a crime
for an angel to speak his mind?
in time i'll try to shed some light
if i were a big boy i wouldn't cry
but since i'm not a big boy i'll have to cry

what did I ever do so wrong
that you should cast me from grace
though I love to rule in hell here
how i miss the taste of heaven
its soft and cool embrace
if i were a big boy I wouldn't cry
but since i'm not a big boy
I'll have to close my eyes
and picture what's it's like

I'm just like you
im made by him
despised by they
I'm almost me
I'm nearly human look at me
I'm almost a human being
I'm just like you
made by him
despised by they
I'm almost me
i'm nearly human
pity me I'm almost a human being

I still remember your light
It was streaming down
and burning out my eyes
If I were a big boy i wouldn't cry
but since I'm not a big boy
i'll have to close my eyes
and picture what it's like

I'm just like you
im made by him
despised by they
I'm almost me
I'm nearly human look at me
I'm almost a human being

there tears are real
I'm jealousy I'm spite and hate
to the core I'm mean
I'm nearly human look at me
I'm almost a human being
I'm just like you
better than he
to hell with they
I'm almost me
I'm nearly human
Pity me I'm almost a human being

don't touch me
I couldn't bear the thought of it now
don't touch me
I couldn't bear the strength
don't touch me
I couldn't bear the thought of it now
touch me touch me touch me
don't touch me touch me touch me

05. God Thinks

God thinks all blacks are obsolete farm eqipment
God thinks the Jews killed his son and must be punished
God thinks the white man is Satan
God, they know what God thinks

God thinks we should all convert to Judaism
God thinks we must all be Christians
God thinks we should all embrace Islam
God thinks the only true religion is Hinduism

I know what God thinks
God thinks you're a waste of flesh
God prefers an Atheist

God thinks all people like you are evil
God thinks all people like you are an embarassment to creation
self-righteous, judgemental, first to throw the stone
and use His name for your own protection

God thinks the sun revolves around the Earth
God thinks there was something very wrong with Copernicus
God thinks abortion is murder
God thinks everything that science gave us is wrong
God thinks women deserve it
God thinks AIDS is a form of punishment

I hate people who blame the Devil for their own shortcomings
I hate people who thank God when things go right

I know what God thinks
God thinks you're an idiot
God prefers a heretic

God thinks all people like you are evil
God thinks all people like you are an embarassment to creation
self-righteous, judgemental, first to throw the stone
and use His name for your own protection

God is a liberal God is a democrat
God wants you to vote republican
never trust a man who puts his words in the mouth of god
and says that it's absolute truth
its lies and it smells like death
its all in a day's work taking money from the poor
Why do you think that God would need your money
if he wanted to start a holy war?

self-righteous, judgemental, first to throw the stone
and use His name for your own protection

God thinks puppies need to die
God thinks babies need to drown
'cause God is neither good nor bad
God is you and me
God is Everything

06. Anastasia

There's a field of flowers and they smell like you
and i go walking through them when i feel you near me
you know I'd love to pick one for my lapel
but you know there are too many insects watching
I'm afraid they'd tell on me
and ??? another day
no im not in this place
where i close my eyes
its like my skin would try so hard to hold it back
there's an explosion it comes raining down
there's a smile you smiled at me
Anastasia your disappearance is the thorn in my side
Anastasia you know your absence is the thorn in my side

I think about you every night
and every day every moment since you left here
you were the one that got away as they say
everyone has an Anastasia
Your disappearance is the thorn in my side
Anastasia You know your absence is the thorn in my side

I kept your room just as you left it
There's not a toy out of place
Just in case the fates are kind and you come back someday
I don't want to live without my little Anastasia
Anastasia your disappearance is the thorn in my side
Anastasia you know your absence is the thorn in my side

Little Anastasia..
(I know you're out there)
And only you can take the thorn from my side

07. Dead Girls

I have been in this line of work for a long time
And I have never seen anything so strange and so peculiar
Its all so deranged
see for yourself now
Ladies and gentelmen of the jury
step right up and see the freak
we caught him red handed down by the morgue
where he sleeps
and if you think that "That's disgusting"
wait til you hear this
I never can do it justice

Dead girls like me
Dead girls like me
Can't you see?

I don't expect you to understand me
I am not an ordinary man
and I have seen things with these eyes
you'd never comprehend
see for yourself now
take those living women
they have never shown me any kindness of any kind
its not my fault i look this way
I try to talk to them
they look at me and walk away
so really isn't so strange that

dead girls like me
can't you see?
only dead girls like me
oh, dead girls like me
can't you see?
only dead girls don't walk away from me
sad as it seems

have you ever tasted love like this?
cool and smooth have you ever been accepted unconditionaly?
have you ever loved someone who didn't hurt you, didn't harm you?

There's no pain and there's no pressure
no humiliation
there's no fear and there's no shame
there's no pulse now is it so strange?

dead girls like me
can't you see?
only dead girls like me
oh, dead girls like me
can't you see?
only dead girls don't walk away from me
sad as it seems

08. Underground

Six feet of earth above my head
keeps me safe from what she says
six walls of wood to keep them out
their smart remarks, their screams and shouts
they scream they shout

theres only one way to drown them out
i hear you voice i hit the ground
you looked for me but i'm not around
I that small cafe where I wrote it down
i looked for you you were not around
you're the buring lie that killed my child
he's gone underground
I've gone underground

Some come by to pay their last respects
or beckon me to come around
they leave dried flowers in the air
or place their feelings on the doorstep
because they tried to understand
and offer plans, most futile plans
here in this darkness i can see
your skin is the closest thing to grace
it dancelike goes upon my fingertips
and feelings fly they're still alive

there's only one way to drown them out
i hear you voice i hit the ground
you looked for me but i'm not around
I that small cafe where I wrote it down
i looked for you you were not around
you're the buring lie that killed my child
she's gone underground
I've gone underground

six feet of earth above my head
don't keep me safe from what she says
six walls of wood don't keep them out
these frightful screams come from inside
they lay with me here through the night

09. Ringo no Uta

Akai ringo ni
kuchi biru yosette
dama a te mi te iru
aoi sora
ringo wa nani mo
iwanai keredo
ringo no kimochi wa
yoku wakaru
ringo kawai ya
kawai ya ringo
ringo kawai ya
kawai ya ringo

10. The Headless Waltz

As above so below
place your bets
which way the head will roll
made in your image we
are as twisted and mean as thee
for your eyes
what a curious sight
your children have turned on you
and you say you don't sleep well at night
well, we'll take care of that for you

Mary Antionette loved the pearls
they'll make a great touniquette
never did as you should
and you claimed it was all for our very own good
t'was a lie, a magnificent lie
now your subjects have turned on you
and you claim you have a lot on your mind
we'll take care of that for you

get tham damn thing off her neck
i'm the head of the board
now i'm bored of her head
sharpen up the blade boys
what are you waiting for
here's where we all get a head
wipe that damn smile off your face
or we'll lop it clean off
with our new guillotine
sharpen up the blade boys
what are you waiting for
here's where we all get ahead

All my troubles all my pain
stems from this thing you call a brain
be my guest sever me
from the source of all my agony
what a shame i've forgotten my name
without the use of my brain
in my bed i'll sleep well tonight
without this head of mine

get this damn thing off my neck
i'm the head of the board
now i'm bored of her head
sharpen up the blade boys
what are you waiting for
here's where we all get a head
wipe that damn smile off your face
or we'll lop it off clean
with our new guillotine
sharpen up the blade boys

bells are now tolling
soon heads will be rolling

please sir, for me sir, won't you see if you see sir?
dear i dread i seem to have lost my head
i think i left it about
it fell to the ground and i kicked it around
has anyone seen
no need to be mean
my bloody fat ugly head?
please mis, for me sis, won't you see if you see sis
its got black hair and its kicking about in the square
I'm really not totally sure
but I think that it might have rolled into this store
has anyone seen
no need to be mean
my bloody fat ugly head?

11. Alchemy Mondays

Monday, time for Alchemy
I'm buried behind the gallery
come in and see a band
from Norway or Japan
pick up the CD while you're able
someone on a tiny German label

Miss Gothic NYC
Hey, save a dance for me
and please deposit if you please
some black lipstick on my peepee

Monday time for alchemy
so come in and have a pint
there's a hideous man named Mike
and a bunch of gothic tykes
and George at the bar with his fake fangs on
and hold everything, they're playing my song!
"It gets so lonely being evil"

It's Monday night again
so pull up a chair my friend
and Jason and Althea will be, oh, so glad to see ya
don't get cake on your velvet cape
here at Alchemy Mondays

12. The Last Word

What do you call it
when another forms as your hand
and what will they say
when they find me here this way
and know, no no no it wasn't my idea
no it wasn't my idea
but oh,just to see your face
when you find me here like this
now there's no time for wondering
darkness is now at my door
rapping with bony fingers
he's come to take me home
he'll envelope me in sleep
wrapped in black feathery wings

but before we fly, here's my goodbye

I get the last word
i get the last laugh
as sure as the room is growing cold
I'll have the last word
I'll have the last laugh
as sure as my blood is running cold

they won't call it suicide
because i've got the killer's name
engraved so deeply in my veins
they will call it homocide
because i've got your name
so clearly carved into my wrist
weak and lame defiant they wait
to escape but why should i
leave all this beauty behind
and forfeit the joy in my life
in the name of an enemy

I get the last word
i get the last laugh
as sure as the room is growing cold
I'll have the last word
I'll have the last laugh
as sure as my blood is running cold

far be it for I to leave all this beauty behind
i will stay to watch you wither away
and with any luck you may be hit by a truck
and i will remain to dance upon your grave
oh, look, can't you see how much your death means to me
please won't you play in a busy street

Far be it for I to leave all this beauty behind
I will remain to dance upon your grave

13. The Night

the day is the wife whom i elude
the one to whom I should be right
although forewarned by peers and kin
I always get into the night
mother always warned me such
being a nocturnal soul
besides just being simply strange
spawns from some illness of the mind

the night, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she sways in her velvet dress
and pulls me towards her in the dark
while the others rest

heed the call the time has come
for all you children of the night
gather 'round like suckling dogs
mothers come she is the night
come with me to the other side
make the girl in black your bride

the night, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she sways in her velvet dress
and pulls me towards her in the dark
while the others rest

it just seems very strange to me
not her quiet lonely streets
and draped in all her mystery
could be so sweet and comforting

the night, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she calls me, she calls me
she sways in her velvet dress
and pulls me towards her in the dark
while the others rest

14. El Barquito (sin mosquito) de Nuez

Un barquito de cáscara de nuez
adornado con velas de papel
subiendo y bajando las olas
el barquito ya se fue

navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor
na hay razón por ponerse a temblar
y si viene negra tempestad
reir y remar y cantar

navegar sin temor
en el mar es lo mejor
y si el cielo no está muy azul
el barquito va contento
por los mares lejanos del sur