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The Tavern

by Chasing the Dark

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Find yourself transported back to a shipwreck from yesteryear, on an island that delivers delights and other darker secrets.

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We finally landed
The brine hit the air
Our bodies confounded
And full of despair
We near drowned
Getting to ground

We staggered all ragged
Towards flaming light
The tavern fire crackled
A most welcome sight
There was beer there
Nothing to fear there

For a tankard of ale, I’d give everything
To a flagon of ale, I’d be true
Fill my tankard with ale my dear mademoiselle
And my heart will belong just to you
Oh, darling,
My heart will belong just to you.

Out of the shadows
Two eyes blinked to life
The maid of the tavern
So sensual and lithe
Prey you welcome
How can I satisfy you?

She sated our hunger
Poured beer on our thirst
Filled our eyes with her beauty
Who would be her first
Prey you sit there – “gentlemen!”
Now I will entertain you?
And she danced…

Oh how she danced
Was a sight to believe
She seemed so unworldly
Her precision, her speed
Every man in the room
Held on to his breath
She danced and she danced
And she danced and she danced
And she danced

Oh, I want you,
Let me be with you
Maybe tonight
Oh, I want you,
Let me be with you
Baby tonight

She beckoned the first mate
To be by her side
He glanced around the room
to our envious eyes
She’d seduced him
And took him through into her bed

Body to body
In rhythmical flow
She drained him of essence
Then threw him below
Who is next boys?
Which of you can quench my thirst?

For one night with you, we’d give everything
For one night with you, we’d be true
Come take us away with you dear mademoiselle
And my soul will belong just to you
And my soul will belong just to you

Sailor by sailor they went to her bed
Then out staggered boatswain
All bloodied with dread
“Get out, get out now” were the words that he cried
Something then grabbed him and dragged him back to the inside

The last of us present then rushed at her door
Desiccated bodies all scattered the floor
A glance at the bed with the eyes of the maid
There lay a huge spider in deadly night’s shade

The screams that she uttered then curdled the air
Then she was upon us this devil nightmare
Her venom was poison
Her movements were swift
Have we been forsaken?
And left all adrift?

credits

released January 21, 2022
Music & Lyrics by Chris Longman.
Recording mixing and mastering Chris Longman
Special guest Harrie Thomas

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Chasing the Dark Bury Saint Edmunds, UK

Eclectric post prog dark rock with a Steamgoth twist. Something dark and a bit different.

Music project by former Metropolis vocalist Chris Longman.

Chasing the Dark looks to inspire music lovers looking for something a bit more interesting than the norm.

Chris Longman “One of the definitive voices of the international Steampunk scene” Atticus Oldman, Steampunk Almanac
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