Name: Wake Up Dead
Duration: P00H03M15S
Description: Keep of it, you creature of the night.

Wake Up Dead

from Valproate In Retrograde by Skellums

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Keep of it, you creature of the night.

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Lately, I've been sleeping upside down.
I've been seen roaming round the darker side of town.
Oh! Wont you keep your crucifix at bay, my love?
If I feel like flying off I'll stick a clove up my nose.

We all fall down.
Faced with silver bullets and wooden stakes,
Its OK to back down.
Remember when I said...

"I want to wake up dead.
Oh! To wake up dead!"
To forget about those feelings I had when I was warm.
Promise to keep my appetite in check,
and my teeth out of your neck.

I left the tomb.
The doom and gloom.
No longer hang with hopeless souls,
men who speak of blood and bloom.
There's a ship down Whitby Bay.
It leaves with the waxing moon.
I swore I'd never bite you,
and never fall in love.
Pledge this soul to someone,
but its not the Lord above.
Poison myself with garlic cloves.
Still, I end up draining you.

But of course, I fall down.
Faced with holy water and the light of day,
I always fall down
Remember when I said...

"I want to wake up dead.
Oh! To wake up dead!"
To forget about those feelings I had when I was warm.
Promise to keep my appetite in check,
and my teeth out of your neck.

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from Valproate In Retrograde, released March 19, 2018

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Skellums Wales, UK

Skellums was formed because there was nothing else left to do.

Underneath all the dirty guitars and drums, there lives a pop song. Skellums believe, that as long as you have a melody, you can get away with all sorts.

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