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Living in the Dark
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with Megan Irvine on violin.
acoustic folk gothic goth ethereal dark celtic pittsburgh between the waters
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Gloomy acoustic dark-folk cabaret plus traditional Celtic
Patricia Wake is a singing, songwriting, guitar playing, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy loving, ren-faire going, steampunk SCAdian goth chick fangirl. Patricia writes very serious songs (SRSLY) then presents them with irreverence and inappropriate laughter. Although her major musical influences include Leonard Cohen, P.J. Harvey, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell, she is also influenced by way too much caffeine, crazy cat lady disorder, an obsession with speculative fiction, and a morbid fascination with the concept of entropy. Patricia currently offers two self recorded and handmade demo EPs, "I'll Have the Pathos With a Side of Angst", and "The Science of Fiction." She appears on Wrapped in the Guise of My Friend, a tribute to UK experimental music pioneers Attrition, and also on the upcoming cancer benefit compilation Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer. Of course, music doesn't pay the bills, so Patricia also creates costumery for her fellow chronically challenged clothing enthusiasts. You can hear her music at http://patriciawake.bandcamp.com, friend her on www.facebook.com/patriciawake, and buy stuff from her at www.patriciawake.etsy.com
Song Info
Charts
Peak #955
Peak in subgenre #143
Author
Patricia Wake
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Patricia Wake
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August 19, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.9 MB 128 kbps 4:14
Lyrics
I’ve been living between the days i n the quiet hours when the city holds its breath before the traffic pulses like blood in the veins of a newborn life already running to its death I’ve been hiding in the shadows In the silence of the night I write these hopeless words I fear the light of day I fear the truth it shows I fall asleep to the singing of the birds If you come in here don’t turn the light on You won’t be here long enough and there is nothing here to see If you come in here don’t turn the light on I don’t mind the dark I won’t notice when you leave I’ve been lighting candles at midnight on the altar of my solitary muse to find my way by this hungry little light shining down every dead end road that I’ve pursued I’ve been listening for the voice of inspiration It whispers your name with every breath that leaves my mouth I’ve been looking to the stars for consolation Like me they wait in darkness to burn out
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