Circus For Silence

All You Thought Would Never Come

 

Tracklist

 

1) Carnivàle

2) Decadence

3) Ink & Blood

4) Mirror, Darkly

5) Marionette

6) Silencio

7) The Elephant Man

8) Strawberries and Lullabies

 

 

 

 

All lyrics by: Andrew Abraido

 

 

 

 

Written and recorded August 2007

 

 

 

Andrew's first solo effort, the concept album All You Thought Would Never Come recorded under the pseudonym Circus For Silence, probably contains the most baffling (and that's putting it nicely) lyrics that Andrew has penned to date.

 

To be fair, this album was written early on in Andrew's musical career and he was experimenting with word groupings, imagery, and the lot. Though not nearly on par with lyrical masterworks such as American Beauty Syndrome, The Psychotic Letter X or II. Into the End of Time, some items on this album have the ability to stand proudly on their own (most notably the first half of "Mirror, Darkly" [which pays direct homage to Ingmar Bergman's gem Through a Glass Darkly] and the poem at the end of "Strawberries and Lullabies" [whose abrupt ending pays direct reverence to another Bergman classic and Andrew's personal favorite: Wild Strawberries]).

Carnivàle

There are no words.

 

 

Decadence

Now

Time has come

Start the show

With open eyes

Just notice the expressions of the crowd

Sit and stare

Hypnotize

You all to

Think using your own grey mind

Oh, what a trick

And to think

To speak

To live out of your own supple skin

Oh, what a treat

And to see

To understand

To comprehend all of the...

 

You sit

Hands in lap

Different shades of red and white

Shadows creep as blood runs thin

Welcoming you to the night

 

Now

Time has come

Start the show

With open eyes

Just mimic the expressions of the crowd

Sit and stare

Hypnotize

You all to

Think using your own grey mind

Oh, what a trick

And to think

To speak

To live out of your own supple skin

Oh, what a treat

And to see

To understand

To comprehend all of the lies

On a plate

And escape

To disappear from decadence.

 

 

Ink & Blood

You've got nothing to say

Even less left to do

A ton of nerve not to stay

Yet not enough to consume

You burn your bridge to display

Your kerosene costume

 

I think we should make it

Seem like it's winter

Burn, burn like a sinner

They say now that it's natural

 

I got the lick in the womb

I got the beast in control

I got the venomous lip

I got your ass in the hole

I got the eye in the glass

I got the lock in the key

I got the sick in the skin

You got the ink and the blood

 

Watch a little bit closer

Careful now not to fall behind

Keep your lens on the witches

You ain't crawling to borrow time

Staple a mouth over stitches

Refusing words like a crime

 

I think we should make it

Seem like it's winter

Burn, burn like a sinner

They say now that it's natural

 

I got the lick in the womb

I got the beast in control

I got the venomous lip

I got your ass in the hole

I got the eye in the glass

I got the lock in the key

I got the sick in the skin

You got the ink and the blood

 

I got the right and the wrong

I got the legs open wide

I got the violent tail

I got the itch in reprieve

I got the warmth in the touch

I got the vilest tongue

Still got the sick in the skin

Still got the ink and the blood.

 

 

Mirror, Darkly

Fear

It spreads

Its wings

To overwhelm

And sends

The ocean

To pull me ashore

A life

That's spent here

Spent here in dimes

Afraid

And waiting for the

Waiting for the

 

Rise

And fall

Divine

And void to the prayer

To silk

I once saw

Spun from above

The heads

Of sheep

Waiting for a sign

To weep

To cherish

All that's come before

 

All that's come before

 

All that's come before

Is gone

Distorted

Shards on the floor

Now run

And vow

Never to return

Now pass

The trees

And feel the haunting breeze

Before

You stop

To catch your

 

Breath

It's cold

Descend

From your throne

So I

Can have

A place to be alone

Besides

My head's

Blustering sea

Now please

Just swear

To keep this in between

 

Please

Please do not tell

Please

Don't

 

The butterflies are gone.

 

 

Marionette

Round and round

Clocks with wings

Fill the air

Pull my strings

Like a fox

Forced to play

Seamless now

Except for strings

 

Carousel

Snake-like skin

Tell a tale

Fake a grin

Follow through

Crown the king

Silhouette

Bound to string

 

Stop the ride

Don't know how

Snip the string

Quiet now

 

Stop.

 

 

Silencio

Forget

The past

You used

To write

Upon

The stars

Upon

The scars

I sit

Behind

The bars

A cage

To hold

The flesh

The teeth

The scabs

That keep

The wind

I feel

Is turning

To say

 

Silence is to leave alone

Silence is to come back home

Silent now and silent then

Silence undermines again

 

Forget

To take

A breath

For all

To bring

The peace

To bring

The fall

The floor

Is cold

The light

Is dim

I hear

A breeze

I hear

A call

"Survive"

If you

Need me

To live

To die

 

Silence is to leave alone

Silence is to come back home

Silent now and silent then

Silence undermines again

 

And change.

 

 

The Elephant Man

RINGLEADER: Ladies and gentlemen:

What you are about to witness may shock you

It may horrify you

It may very well make the skin melt off your very bones

This is not for the squeamish

Nor the faint of heart

This is not a trick

This is not an illusion

This is

By far

The most sinister

Convoluted

Grotesque attraction you will ever witness

I present to you

A man!

 

Yet again

Here we are

Mindless flock

Set to gawk

At the lives

Of the wolves

From afar

Cannot bear

Who we are

Made of straw

Keep the crows

In their nest

One more time

Before I break

Iron gate

That's costing me my whole damn life

 

Come now

It's what you all paid to see

Now

It's what you paid me to me

Now

Circus is almost complete

And now you gotta hear me....

 

 

Strawberries and Lullabies

Sick again as I

Count the sheep while I

Take the train ride and

Fall asleep

You try to tell me to

Be a man but I

Cannot help that I'm

Still a creature

With a mind that I'm

Forced to from

Ugly world again

So nice to meet you

 

Cannot be myself

Cannot see myself

Can I free myself

Wait...

 

Go now

Drop the eyes down

For a dream now

Fall asleep now

Already gone down

To the earth found

Little lamb bound

To the tube now

So let me go now

Drop my eyes down

For my dream now

Feel complete now

Shatter the pace now

Let the fear drown

Vanishing now

Lullabies, red

 

Feel the hollowing

Begin to weep

Disease my head I know

Now running deeper

A letter to myself

They won't defeat you

A hole in the ground instead

Now obsolete

Stuck in flesh and bone

But with a reaper

Gonna take what's mine and then

Make you fall asleep

 

Will you be yourself

Will you see yourself

Will you free yourself

Wait...

 

Go now

Drop the eyes down

For a dream now

Fall asleep now

Already gone down

To the earth found

Little lamb bound

To the tube now

So let me go now

Drop my eyes down

For my dream now

Feel complete now

Shatter the pace now

Let the fear drown

Vanishing now

Lullabies, red

 

Time has come to jump the ship

Icy waters of the sea

Cleanse me of my sins for now

And all I swore I'd ever be

So close your eyes and plant a seed

Dots will walk beside the train

And all you thought would never come

Is just another dime away.