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Death Knocks Gently at any Door
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a translation of Paco's masterpiece about finding his friend dead of an overdose.
catalan rock
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Melodic Catalan Rock Band
Pere Flipat were a band playing Melodic Rock in the boom period of Catalan Rock (1987- 1993). We sang in English, Catalan & Spanish. We made an album in 1991 that was moderately succesful, but lack of promotion and direction led to schisms in the band and we split up. However, we are all still very proud of the music we made back then and that is why we want to make it available to a new generation of "Flippies" - as our fans were known. Sadly, a reunion of the original band is now impossible because Tony, our Saxophonist, was killed in a car accident a few years back.
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Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #705
Peak in subgenre #151
Author
Berni Armstrong / Paco Barrado
Rights
Berni Armstrong / Paco Barrado
Uploaded
October 12, 2006
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MP3 5.6 MB 128 kbps 6:07
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Death Knocks Gently at any Door A week is long enough to learn to grieve in, You left us without a word. Strange, I recall your perfumed hair as you left that night, Six hours before, you left us behind. The fury of the horse rode you from borrowings, Into business and rapid decline. To follow your trail was to follow stains dropped by your life’s blood. Six hours before, you left us behind. You crude syringes, to which I too have homage paid, I can recognise your shadows. The danger in gambling is never knowing what you might win. Death knocks gently at any door. How can I forget finding your corpse cold and naked there, Mocking foetus, curled up in a corner, A crack let in a fragile beam from the sun outside, That reflected a cruel light from your dead eyes. You crude syringes, to which I too have homage paid, I can recognise your shadows. The danger in gambling is never knowing what you might win. Death knocks gently at any door. I can’t forget you – No, of you I’ll not be free, You’ll always be part of me.
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