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The Damned - Phantasmagoria lyrics



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01. Street Of Dreams

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
If you can't sleep tonight
And if a fever grips you tight
Theres a place we must explore
Open wide the door


We may be the haunted men
But we will hold our heads up when
We're walking down the street of dreams


The dead beats and the dispossesed
The seekers of unlikeliness
The beauty walks arm in arm
With the beast tomight


We may be the haunted men
But we will hold our heads up when
We're walking down the street of dreams


Down the street of dreams


We walk down the street of dreams


A thousand doorways open there
A thousand voices sweet and clear
Emotions felt with a passion
Never felt before


We may be the haunted men
But we will hold our heads up when
We're walking down the street of dreams


When you walk down the street of dreams
You gotta hold your head up high

02. Shadow Of Love

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
Don't be afraid to stand in the shadow of love
The hour is late and you know that time waits for no-one


See the glow of the soul in her face
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love


A brief embrace and fear and restraint have all gone
Innocence burns yes a fire that burned all along


See the doors about to swing both ways
See the answer mirrored in her gaze
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love


Every night, every day
I experience the most exquisite pain
A thousand whispers seem to say
I light a candle to you and I pray
I kneel to pray


Now don't be afraid to get caught in the shadow of love
Play the game take a chance or you haven't the power of love


See the glow of a soul in her face
See the glow of her saving veil of grace
Then you know that you're caught in the shadow of love
You're caught in the shadow of love

03. There'll Come A Day

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
Fear grips your heart and you fight with all your might
Into the distant light you keep your vision bright
And the torch of love is a burning flame
It burns so bright it consumes all pain
And while you hang your head to prey
Fate deals a hand that we all must play


And when the stars go out
The skies have turned to grey
I'm gonna walk on out
Into a brand new day


Schemes and dreams and just a little more
To keep the wolf howling outside your door
And every night every day
I think I'll go go go insane
That I have to win I have to try
I have to hold my head up high


And when the stars go out
The skies have turned to grey
I'm gonna walk on out
Into a brand new day


And the torch of love is a burning flame
It burns so bright it consumes all pain
And while you hang your head to prey
Fate deals a hand that we all must play


And when the stars go out
The skies have turned to grey
I'm gonna walk on out
Into a brand new day

04. Sanctum Sanctorum

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
I know it's late and I should goto bed
But I can't tear away from the night
It holds the seed of a memory
Its true of you


When I first saw you I realised
The fire burned deep inside your eyes
I knew a kiss would paralyse
Its true from you


Awake in the night to whisper your name
Only a silence replies it's answer a sleeping refrain
The moment dies but memory stays
Love like a run our way by
We spin and we climb
To where once islands cried
And there sometimes angels can be devils too
It's true of you
It's true of you


When shadows no longer fall
And footsteps can't be heard at all
I hear the ghost of a call
Its true from you


Awake in the night to whisper your name
Only silence replies it's answer a sleeping refrain
The moments die but memory stays
Reaching for something thats just out of reach
Lost to your lips and drowned in your kiss
The tide of your passion is now but a dream
Its but a dream

05. Is It A Dream

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick/Sensible
Stand in a line like a parking meter
Am I all alone (he's all alone)
A vision of mine is becoming clear
Its all so new it can't be true
Sometimes the words appear in my head
Sometimes I'm falling out of my bed


Oh, is it a dream
What does it mean
Oh is it a dream
What have I seen


I know a man he's really awful nice
He isn't here
We whiled away an evening maybe two
But what did that man really do
Sometimes I feel like walking away
Sometimes there's something I've got to say


Oh, is it a dream
What does it mean
Oh is it a dream
What have I seen


Then suddenly
Like a fly in a cup of tea
I'm stirred and no longer free
To fly away
I think back to the other life
That was borrowed the other night
Could It be that it just might
Drive me wild


Oh is it a dream
Oh is it a dream
Oh is it a dream
Oh is it a dream


Am I dreaming?

06. Grimly Fiendish

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick/Doctor
Grimly fiendish
Plays the game that never pays
Sing out loud but never prayed

Grimly fiendish
Wears a coat thats black and long
He doesn't know that it's all wrong

Simply fiendish
A child caught in a grown up world
No lies convince the court
Once a week I could be
Found on the faces all the frowns
Hide and seek tried so hard
To justify that crime could pay
Just for today

Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy

Let me get the story straight
You never gave me a break
It's a case of give and take
You didn't make me good you just painted me green
You made me part of your forgotten dream

Grimly fiendish
We'll send you just where you belong
Where the children can't be found

Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy

Hide and seek tried so hard
To justify that crime could pay
Just for today

Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy
Bad lad bad boy

07. Edward The Bear

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
Shadows fall in the places we used to play
My toys have all been packed away
The rocking horse rocks in its box
A spinning top and Corporal Clott
Are a dusty lot


Many times I said I'd drop you a line
I guess I'm just a rotten swine
Who takes his time
And walks for fun when she should run
The damaged one is you old chum


Who's the sucker now
Who's the sucker now


Could someone shed some light on this love affair
And help to make me quite aware
Of what is meant by wicked thoughts
That have been sent
My memory is empty


Who's the sucker now
Who's the sucker now


It's too late now there's no time
The truth is locked in my mind
To wonder and look in my eyes


Who's the sucker now
Who's the sucker now

08. The Eighth Day

Music & lyrics by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
Dead asleep the city dreams
Holding up its arms like limbs of steel
Mountains rise like mounds of sand
The boiling sea has swallowed up the land

On the eighth day
On the eighth day
Dancing dead are knocking on my door
In acid rain they came to mourn
To raise the flag to raise the tune
You know they'll be here soon
The eighth day
The eighth day

Hollow homes and gloomy streets
The people next door are looking more like circus freaks
On the eighth day
Echoes of the midnight chime
The clock moves on but what a waste of time

On the eighth day
On the eighth day
Dancing devil knocking on my door
It has to grey that came to more
To raise the flag to raise a tune
You know they'll be here soon
The eighth day
The eighth day
The eighth day

Pure white heat and blood of sands
Two clouds of crimson mists are swirling round and round
On the eighth day
Pools of fear and eyes that shine
The mirrors craked but I know they'll be mine oh mine

On the eighth day
On the eighth day
Dancing devil knocking on my door
It has to grey that came to more
To raise the flag to raise a tune
You know they'll be here soon
The eighth day
The eighth day
The eighth day

The eighth day

09. Trojans

Music by Vanian/Scabies/Jugg/Merrick
Instrumental.