It's never too late. I t was one of those weird ways I first heard of them only since the last 15 years now. I liked their name and bought their live album from a local music store. Loved it then bought the rest of their catalog which is not nearly enough
Seen these ladies in Vancouver with Gary Numan . From all the concerts I've been to this was the best concert of my life. I accidentally fell in love with the lead singer as she moved as she sang on stage. She went to the bar after her gig and with me struck hopelessly romanticized in love I walked over and asked to buy her a drink. A bodyguard of like 8 feet tall said , SIR they'll be none of that. I walked away feeling deflated. Still a great night though.
I was in the audience with you! I followed that entire tour for Gary Numan but fell in love with SS along the way. Time of my life! wefgwegwe wegweg, you are a small child.
STILL one of the best bands. These ladies were so talented on their own, but together, they were absolutely mind blowing! So sad they weren't more well known. I just introduced them to my 8 yr old daughter yesterday & she's hooked. Just shows that genius music never ages.
sometimes when bands get well known they change based on the fame. i think its better not to get famous; then you can keep your creativity and have less stress. easier to focus on creating.
@George Pileggi is right. Switchblade Symphony bounced up and down the west coast between LA & Seattle (sometimes up to Vancouver) for most of the 90's. I always went when they were in Seattle if I could. Some of their opening bands were fun, but they _never_ had a bad show, and they would all usually mingle with the crowd after the show.
lol ive been listening to em for 15 years which still isn't as long as u lol I got into em in 04. I don't know how ive always missed the song at the 47 min mark tho been on repeat for days
First heard these guys in 95. My buddy worked at a music store and got a demo of Serpentine Gallery to play in-store. He was hooked and introduced me to their music.
Goth perfection! Dark lullabies for vampires! Susan Wallace rules with her keyboards! She's a true Goth Goddess! Simply amazing and very beautiful! ❤♠💜🌚❣😈
Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery Bad Trash Lilies may grow Even through the snow The sun will rise Sparkle your eyes The wind shall blow bad trash away When anguish is near Somebody please polish the stars For their skin is dull Somebody please awaken the sun And never let it fall Somebody please stir up the sky Emotionally so it must cry Somebody please polish the stars (Lilies may grow) For their skin is dull (Even through the snow) Somebody please awaken the sun (The sun will rise) And never let it fall (Sparkle your eyes, sparkle your eyes) Somebody please stir up the sky (The wind shall blow) Bad trash away when anguish is near Bad trash away when anguish is near The wind shall blow bad trash away When anguish is near Bad trash away when anguish is near Wallflower -8:20 Slowly she moves underground Far below is where she is found Quickly now she's moving up Seed of need it will erupt Something is happening underneath the ground For she's been waiting to bloom Thinking and wondering Of her climb up to the sun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting for her Thinking now she can't ever get in Dizzy now from the earth and its spin Forcing her she must give up Seed of need it will erupt Waking so sweetly The earth she has outgrown For she's been waiting to bloom Stretching she's growing Her time has just begun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting for her Let me grow The soil it strangles me Let me grow The soil it strangles me Something is happening Underneath the ground For she's been waiting to bloom Thinking and wondering Of her climb up to the sun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting to bloom Clown -18:32 Crying loud you are crawling on the floor Just a beautiful baby You're nothing more Close your eyes You are crawling into sleep I swear I won't break you If you let me take you Where the willows never weep Where the willows never weep Coming quick into your wonderland Flying high on bleached white sand Tranquilized by lights you'll lose your way Well just come with me and I'll make you see With me you'll want to stay Can baby come out to play Circus lights are shutting slowly down But still you're up in the air And loving your wings My dear you play the clown You're still up in the air And loving your wings What's gonna happen when you come down Cocoon -24:11 She is flying Soaring through the air up there My butterfly In the sky she loves to spy She's way up high My butterfly Floating in the sky Is her state of mind She is flying Soaring through the air up there My butterfly Dollhouse -26:20 Pushing, pulling me down again Pushing, pulling me down again It's getting bad I can't breathe I won't let them in I won't let them in Crushing, pushing me down again Crushing, pushing me down again I need to get away Listen now to their hurting words They rip and they do tear Pushing out all of my hidden things Hold my hand and take me there Sickened eyes seem to mesmerize They're melting as they glow Mesmerize your alibis They're laughing in the snow People climbing up the walls Breaking all of my wretched dolls Fingernails they scratch outside In the attic is where I'll hide People climbing up the walls Breaking all of my wretched dolls Fingernails they scratch outside In the attic is where I'll hide I won't let them in Gutter Glitter - 36:14 Irridescent eyes of the seahorse rise Treasure she loves Others dispise A shooting star shan't fall very far Dim fireflies held in glass jars April showers brings May flowers Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts The trap door is open The window half closed The tapestry curtain vivaciously closed London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned What is the reason to lock her up When already she's had such rotten luck Bracelets of silver adorn my wrists Candy kisses from sugared lips Candy kisses me Kisses me The London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned (My fair lady) The London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned (My fair lady) London bridge is falling down Falling down Falling down London bridge is falling down My fair lady Take the key and lock her up Lock her up Lock her up Take the key and lock her up My fair lady Mine Eyes - 40:03 Will the angels sing tonight Or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light Will we crumble into dust Will we blow away Like the ravens did yesterday Can we mend this broken reed Seal the doom of this house of cards I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? Will the candles burn all night Or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight Can we go to the same ground if the nightengale sings Gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes? I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes? I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes
Lyrics to full album Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery (bonus CD with Chain) 1. Bad Trash Lilies may grow Even through the snow The sun will rise Sparkle your eyes The wind shall blow bad trash away When anguish is near Somebody please polish the stars For their skin is dull Somebody please awaken the sun And never let it fall Somebody please stir up the sky Emotionally so it must cry Somebody please polish the stars (Lilies may grow) For their skin is dull (Even through the snow) Somebody please awaken the sun (The sun will rise) And never let it fall (Sparkle your eyes, sparkle your eyes) Somebody please stir up the sky (The wind shall blow) Bad trash away when anguish is near Bad trash away when anguish is near The wind shall blow bad trash away When anguish is near Bad trash away when anguish is near 2. Dissolve Can you see me going down I am screaming out loud And the fear of god is in me now Dissolve In the moonshine I leave no trace My visions have gone Far away from this place They've dissolved Can you see me going down I am screaming out loud And the fear of god is in me now Dissolve Dissolve Dissolve 3. Wallflower Slowly she moves underground Far below is where she is found Quickly now she's moving up Seed of need it will erupt Something is happening underneath the ground For she's been waiting to bloom Thinking and wondering Of her climb up to the sun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting for her Thinking now she can't ever get in Dizzy now from the earth and its spin Forcing her she must give up Seed of need it will erupt Waking so sweetly The earth she has outgrown For she's been waiting to bloom Stretching she's growing Her time has just begun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting for her Let me grow The soil it strangles me Let me grow The soil it strangles me Something is happening Underneath the ground For she's been waiting to bloom Thinking and wondering Of her climb up to the sun For she's been waiting to bloom Waiting to bloom 4. Wrecking Yard Gather round to hear this tale A story which has grown old Torn of their pride Stars crash and collide The wrecking yard's grown cold They may laugh and they may say that This doesn't happen oh no If you happen to see them just listen Take away some of their pain tonight These are saddened times today This sickened place we live We walk right through the wrecking yard It's nothing that we give Listen now to the songs they sing They try to stay warm But the cold it stays Houses are worn Absent of storm They're learning how tonight Dancing in the night They're shining up above the sky Laughing in their darkest times You'll see them asleep in the rain tonight These are saddened times today This sickened place we live We walk right through the wrecking yard It's nothing that we give These are saddened times today This sickened place we live We're walking right on through the wrecking yard It's nothing that we give we're going We're going We're walking right on through the wrecking yard It's nothing that we give Gather round to hear this tale A story which has grown old 5. Clown Crying loud you are crawling on the floor Just a beautiful baby You're nothing more Close your eyes You are crawling into sleep I swear I won't break you If you let me take you Where the willows never weep Where the willows never weep Coming quick into your wonderland Flying high on bleached white sand Tranquilized by lights you'll lose your way Well just come with me and I'll make you see With me you'll want to stay Can baby come out to play Down you're going Down you're going Down you're going Down Circus lights are shutting slowly down But still you're up in the air And loving your wings My dear you play the clown You're still up in the air And loving your wings What's gonna happen when you come down 6. Cocoon She is flying Soaring through the air up there My butterfly In the sky she loves to spy She's way up high My butterfly Floating in the sky Is her state of mind She is flying Soaring through the air up there My butterfly 7. Dollhouse Pushing, pulling me down again Pushing, pulling me down again It's getting bad I can't breathe I won't let them in I won't let them in Crushing, pushing me down again Crushing, pushing me down again I need to get away Listen now to their hurting words They rip and they do tear Pushing out all of my hidden things Hold my hand and take me there Sickened eyes seem to mesmerize They're melting as they glow Mesmerize your alibis They're laughing in the snow People climbing up the walls Breaking all of my wretched dolls Fingernails they scratch outside In the attic is where I'll hide People climbing up the walls Breaking all of my wretched dolls Fingernails they scratch outside In the attic is where I'll hide I won't let them in 8. Sweet Broken people Hollow and feeble They're rolling Rolling up the hill Rotten ingrate Stupid mistakes They're rolling Rolling up the hill Wishing wells and cockle shells They swim throughout my head My eyes are closing slowly As I'm lowering my head Wanting and getting Silent setting They're rolling Rolling up the hill Robbing and burning Wasted learning They're rolling Rolling up the hill Wishing wells and cockle shells They swim throughout my head My eyes are closing slowly As I'm lowering my head Breaking in In my eyes I can't see like this I can't let go Please help me down I can't be like this Seeing(Fearing) them Them all around How can they be so sweet? Sweet They panic so Just hold them down I could live like this I'm closing in Hey, all around I could be like this Hearing them Them in my head How can they be so sweet? Sweet They're all around Hey, hear me say They're all around, yeah They're all around Hey, hear me say They're all around, yeah They're all around Hey, hear me say How can they be so sweet? Sweet They're all around (Breaking in) All around (In my eyes) All around (I can't see like this) They're all around (I can't let go) All around (Please help me down) All around (I can't be like this) They're all around (Seeing them) All around (Them all around) They're all around (How can they be) They're so sweet Sweet 9. Gutter Glitter Irridescent eyes of the seahorse rise Treasure she loves Others dispise A shooting star shan't fall very far Dim fireflies held in glass jars April showers brings May flowers Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts The trap door is open The window half closed The tapestry curtain vivaciously closed London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned What is the reason to lock her up When already she's had such rotten luck Bracelets of silver adorn my wrists Candy kisses from sugared lips Candy kisses me Kisses me The London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned (My fair lady) The London bridge did fall down My fair lady nearly drowned (My fair lady) London bridge is falling down Falling down Falling down London bridge is falling down My fair lady Take the key and lock her up Lock her up Lock her up Take the key and lock her up My fair lady 10. Mine Eyes Will the angels sing tonight Or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light Will we crumble into dust Will we blow away Like the ravens did yesterday Can we mend this broken reed Seal the doom of this house of cards I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? Will the candles burn all night Or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight Can we go to the same ground if the nightengale sings Gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes? I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes? I only want to hear the angels laugh Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky? I only want to listen to the angels sing Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes? 11. Bloody Knuckles (Instrumental) Chain Chain, chain, chain, chain Chain, chain, chain, chain Leave us alone Leave us alone Shadow is drifting under the door Your venom is trickling down the floor My tears, I will give them my trust And when they hit you my friend, your power will rust I can't break away from the chain Fatal friend the chain Shadow is drifting under the door Your venom is You are weak, and confining to me But the lock you have created does have a key I can break away from the chain Fatal friend the chain Leave, chain 1995 Cleopatra Records
I Always thought they really had that nice Siouxsie and the Banshees inspiration on them but they also have a very unique soul to it love that darkwave Cyber-Goth-like soul of them and very beautiful females in it, my kind of girl and the haunted voices .. i can also relate with the way the Guitarist sounds i play lots of similar riffs mixed with lots of Doom Metal cores XD man really wish the best for this girls really don't know much about what they are doing currently but hope they still doing what they love Always i know got a softy for this underground band
Back in the 90’s saw them all the time at club performances. Memorizing performance and theatric costume not to forget a personality to greeting people after the performance. So many songs are just awesome on this. By far one of the best goth bands with so many great songs. I miss those times. Your amazing Tina! Miss you at height street Dino.
Still got that in my olde CD tower, that album was *very* special to me when it came out and still gets a lot of play. Proof that talent and knowledge, not heaps of money, produces exceptional albums.
Switchblade Symphony is one of my favorite bands. Google some of Tina Root's other side projects like Tre Lux and Small Halo, which were also very good.
@@Anonymous-wb3nz It's a bad opinion. Tre Lux sounds horrible compared to Switchblade Symphony, even when Tina "covered" her own Switchblade Symphony song as Tre Lux. Was Susan Wallace the true musical talent of the group and Tina just provided the vocals?
This was the first goth music album I ever listened to. Living in an isolated religious community, my best friend called me into her room and played me their cassette as secretive as if we were watching adult movies, lol. That was the moment this little goth soul first felt at home 💜
Seen them 3 times live back in the day. ABSOLUTELY my favorite band. Met Tina Root back then. A sweetheart. My sons lullaby was Witches. I own Serpentine Gallery but not all of these songs are on it?
Back to this place again, I know switchblade from my friend that I found at dating app hahaha but we never talk again because I deleted the app 😂 Aleks, it's me
Eu conheci elas em 2008, e desde então nunca parei de ouvir... e sempre pensando na delícia que seria ter vivido na década de 90, e ter presenciado o auge do supra sumo do underground em bandas como estas.
o que mais me impressiona é que nenhuma outra banda se aproximou do estilo SS e suas melodias encantadoras, perseguidoras, por vezes fantasmagóricas :S
You guys who love this band should check out Gary Numan. He heavily influenced them and Nine Inch Nails, his later work is darkwave. Check out the song Dead Heaven.
It does sound like a vintage arcade background music, very genius. ❤ I bet a creepy clown pazuzu ice cream truck would have this blasting out of it, driving thru towns at nite.
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Timestamps!
00:00 Bad Trash
03:46 Dissolve
08:21 Wallflower
13:22 Wrecking Yard
18:33 Clown
24:10 Cocoon
26:20 Doll House
30:28 Sweet
36:14 Gutter Glitter
40:03 Mine Eyes
44:28 Bloody Knuckles
47:09 Waiting Room
51:10 Chain
56:25 Rain
1:01:03 Numb
1:05:30 Ride
1:10:35 Novocaine
1:13:31 Wrecking Yard (live version)
1:17:55 Sweet [Burning Mix]
1:24:40 Blue
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I hadn't heard this in a while. It's aged beautifully.
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Indeed it has.
One of the best Darkwave records of all time without a doubt!
Today is my first time listening to Switchblade symphony. I think they are genius. I became a fan!
It's never too late. I t was one of those weird ways I first heard of them only since the last 15 years now. I liked their name and bought their live album from a local music store. Loved it then bought the rest of their catalog which is not nearly enough
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You should feel proud......the best pastel-goth band.....and one of the best albums ever made.
Seen these ladies in Vancouver with Gary Numan . From all the concerts I've been to this was the best concert of my life. I accidentally fell in love with the lead singer as she moved as she sang on stage. She went to the bar after her gig and with me struck hopelessly romanticized in love I walked over and asked to buy her a drink. A bodyguard of like 8 feet tall said , SIR they'll be none of that. I walked away feeling deflated. Still a great night though.
I was in the audience with you! I followed that entire tour for Gary Numan but fell in love with SS along the way. Time of my life!
wefgwegwe wegweg, you are a small child.
What did Tina root say?
Hey guys sorry I didn't get these comments till now. Tina root didn't get a chance to say a word that's how fast the bodyguard was on it.
What bar?
Thats awesome saw them in 00' chicago
I loved them still
STILL one of the best bands. These ladies were so talented on their own, but together, they were absolutely mind blowing! So sad they weren't more well known. I just introduced them to my 8 yr old daughter yesterday & she's hooked. Just shows that genius music never ages.
is always the purest of tragedies when music such this is not more well known by the many
but i guess that adds to the rare uniqueness of it
sometimes when bands get well known they change based on the fame. i think its better not to get famous; then you can keep your creativity and have less stress. easier to focus on creating.
I just discovered this band and this album...I’m absolutely hooked! They’re so awesome. Their sound is so haunting and beautiful!!!! ❤️
Tina Berry ya should’ve seen them live in the late 90’s 😉
Ok, now I feel old 🤔
@George Pileggi is right. Switchblade Symphony bounced up and down the west coast between LA & Seattle (sometimes up to Vancouver) for most of the 90's. I always went when they were in Seattle if I could. Some of their opening bands were fun, but they _never_ had a bad show, and they would all usually mingle with the crowd after the show.
Ok I keep reading people just getting into SS now.... thanks for making me feel old, cuz I seen the ladies live in 97 I believe...
lol same. On Halloween in San Francisco
I did too. In Hollywood I think.
same here lol
lol ive been listening to em for 15 years which still isn't as long as u lol I got into em in 04. I don't know how ive always missed the song at the 47 min mark tho been on repeat for days
Saw them in 2000 or 2001 in Chicago. One of my favorite memories.
Listened to this album non-stop driving cross country between Michigan and California. Still listen to it, brings inner peace
very wise of you. i used to listen to it non-stop back in high school
ditto
Is this the remastered version from the 2000's? Sounds like the original album from 1995 🤔
First heard these guys in 95. My buddy worked at a music store and got a demo of Serpentine Gallery to play in-store. He was hooked and introduced me to their music.
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Heard them from a friend cd serpentine gallery I was hooked like 96' I was 16
One of the best albums of all time...
Been listening since I was 18 - saw em in 1999 it was amazing .
Beautiful, Haunting, One of the best albums to come out of the 90s. 1995. Weird, Strange, Had amazing music videos for it. I love it.
Goth perfection! Dark lullabies for vampires! Susan Wallace rules with her keyboards! She's a true Goth Goddess! Simply amazing and very beautiful!
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Switchblade Symphony -
Serpentine Gallery
Bad Trash
Lilies may grow
Even through the snow
The sun will rise
Sparkle your eyes
The wind shall blow bad trash away
When anguish is near
Somebody please polish the stars
For their skin is dull
Somebody please awaken the sun
And never let it fall
Somebody please stir up the sky
Emotionally so it must cry
Somebody please polish the stars
(Lilies may grow)
For their skin is dull
(Even through the snow)
Somebody please awaken the sun
(The sun will rise)
And never let it fall
(Sparkle your eyes, sparkle your eyes)
Somebody please stir up the sky
(The wind shall blow)
Bad trash away when anguish is near
Bad trash away when anguish is near
The wind shall blow bad trash away
When anguish is near
Bad trash away when anguish is near
Wallflower -8:20
Slowly she moves underground
Far below is where she is found
Quickly now she's moving up
Seed of need it will erupt
Something is happening underneath the ground
For she's been waiting to bloom
Thinking and wondering
Of her climb up to the sun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting for her
Thinking now she can't ever get in
Dizzy now from the earth and its spin
Forcing her she must give up
Seed of need it will erupt
Waking so sweetly
The earth she has outgrown
For she's been waiting to bloom
Stretching she's growing
Her time has just begun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting for her
Let me grow
The soil it strangles me
Let me grow
The soil it strangles me
Something is happening
Underneath the ground
For she's been waiting to bloom
Thinking and wondering
Of her climb up to the sun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting to bloom
Clown -18:32
Crying loud you are crawling on the floor
Just a beautiful baby
You're nothing more
Close your eyes
You are crawling into sleep
I swear I won't break you
If you let me take you
Where the willows never weep
Where the willows never weep
Coming quick into your wonderland
Flying high on bleached white sand
Tranquilized by lights you'll lose your way
Well just come with me and I'll make you see
With me you'll want to stay
Can baby come out to play
Circus lights are shutting slowly down
But still you're up in the air
And loving your wings
My dear you play the clown
You're still up in the air
And loving your wings
What's gonna happen when you come down
Cocoon -24:11
She is flying
Soaring through the air up there
My butterfly
In the sky she loves to spy
She's way up high
My butterfly
Floating in the sky
Is her state of mind
She is flying
Soaring through the air up there
My butterfly
Dollhouse -26:20
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
It's getting bad
I can't breathe
I won't let them in
I won't let them in
Crushing, pushing me down again
Crushing, pushing me down again
I need to get away
Listen now to their hurting words
They rip and they do tear
Pushing out all of my hidden things
Hold my hand and take me there
Sickened eyes seem to mesmerize
They're melting as they glow
Mesmerize your alibis
They're laughing in the snow
People climbing up the walls
Breaking all of my wretched dolls
Fingernails they scratch outside
In the attic is where I'll hide
People climbing up the walls
Breaking all of my wretched dolls
Fingernails they scratch outside
In the attic is where I'll hide
I won't let them in
Gutter Glitter - 36:14
Irridescent eyes of the seahorse rise
Treasure she loves
Others dispise
A shooting star shan't fall very far
Dim fireflies held in glass jars
April showers brings May flowers
Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts
The trap door is open
The window half closed
The tapestry curtain vivaciously closed
London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
What is the reason to lock her up
When already she's had such rotten luck
Bracelets of silver adorn my wrists
Candy kisses from sugared lips
Candy kisses me
Kisses me
The London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
(My fair lady)
The London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
(My fair lady)
London bridge is falling down
Falling down
Falling down
London bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Take the key and lock her up
Lock her up
Lock her up
Take the key and lock her up
My fair lady
Mine Eyes - 40:03
Will the angels sing tonight
Or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light
Will we crumble into dust
Will we blow away
Like the ravens did yesterday
Can we mend this broken reed
Seal the doom of this house of cards
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
Will the candles burn all night
Or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight
Can we go to the same ground if the nightengale sings
Gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes?
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes?
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes
Thanks
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Just a time traveler passing by to say thanks.
SOMEHOW, I ALWAYS LISTEN TO THIS IN AUTUMN. AND REMINDS ME OF DEPRESSION, OVERCOME.
Lyrics to full album Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery (bonus CD with Chain)
1. Bad Trash
Lilies may grow
Even through the snow
The sun will rise
Sparkle your eyes
The wind shall blow bad trash away
When anguish is near
Somebody please polish the stars
For their skin is dull
Somebody please awaken the sun
And never let it fall
Somebody please stir up the sky
Emotionally so it must cry
Somebody please polish the stars
(Lilies may grow)
For their skin is dull
(Even through the snow)
Somebody please awaken the sun
(The sun will rise)
And never let it fall
(Sparkle your eyes, sparkle your eyes)
Somebody please stir up the sky
(The wind shall blow)
Bad trash away when anguish is near
Bad trash away when anguish is near
The wind shall blow bad trash away
When anguish is near
Bad trash away when anguish is near
2. Dissolve
Can you see me going down
I am screaming out loud
And the fear of god
is in me now
Dissolve
In the moonshine
I leave no trace
My visions have gone
Far away from this place
They've dissolved
Can you see me going down
I am screaming out loud
And the fear of god
is in me now
Dissolve
Dissolve
Dissolve
3. Wallflower
Slowly she moves underground
Far below is where she is found
Quickly now she's moving up
Seed of need it will erupt
Something is happening
underneath the ground
For she's been waiting to bloom
Thinking and wondering
Of her climb up to the sun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting for her
Thinking now she can't ever get in
Dizzy now from the earth and its spin
Forcing her she must give up
Seed of need it will erupt
Waking so sweetly
The earth she has outgrown
For she's been waiting to bloom
Stretching she's growing
Her time has just begun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting for her
Let me grow
The soil it strangles me
Let me grow
The soil it strangles me
Something is happening
Underneath the ground
For she's been waiting to bloom
Thinking and wondering
Of her climb up to the sun
For she's been waiting to bloom
Waiting to bloom
4. Wrecking Yard
Gather round to hear this tale
A story which has grown old
Torn of their pride
Stars crash and collide
The wrecking yard's grown cold
They may laugh and they may say that
This doesn't happen oh no
If you happen to see them just listen
Take away some of their pain tonight
These are saddened times today
This sickened place we live
We walk right through the wrecking yard
It's nothing that we give
Listen now to the songs they sing
They try to stay warm
But the cold it stays
Houses are worn
Absent of storm
They're learning how tonight
Dancing in the night
They're shining up above the sky
Laughing in their darkest times
You'll see them asleep in the rain tonight
These are saddened times today
This sickened place we live
We walk right through the wrecking yard
It's nothing that we give
These are saddened times today
This sickened place we live
We're walking right on
through the wrecking yard
It's nothing that we give we're going
We're going
We're walking right on
through the wrecking yard
It's nothing that we give
Gather round to hear this tale
A story which has grown old
5. Clown
Crying loud you are crawling on the floor
Just a beautiful baby
You're nothing more
Close your eyes
You are crawling into sleep
I swear I won't break you
If you let me take you
Where the willows never weep
Where the willows never weep
Coming quick into your wonderland
Flying high on bleached white sand
Tranquilized by lights you'll lose your way
Well just come with me and I'll make you see
With me you'll want to stay
Can baby come out to play
Down you're going
Down you're going
Down you're going
Down
Circus lights are shutting slowly down
But still you're up in the air
And loving your wings
My dear you play the clown
You're still up in the air
And loving your wings
What's gonna happen when you come down
6. Cocoon
She is flying
Soaring through the air up there
My butterfly
In the sky she loves to spy
She's way up high
My butterfly
Floating in the sky
Is her state of mind
She is flying
Soaring through the air up there
My butterfly
7. Dollhouse
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
It's getting bad
I can't breathe
I won't let them in
I won't let them in
Crushing, pushing me down again
Crushing, pushing me down again
I need to get away
Listen now to their hurting words
They rip and they do tear
Pushing out all of my hidden things
Hold my hand and take me there
Sickened eyes seem to mesmerize
They're melting as they glow
Mesmerize your alibis
They're laughing in the snow
People climbing up the walls
Breaking all of my wretched dolls
Fingernails they scratch outside
In the attic is where I'll hide
People climbing up the walls
Breaking all of my wretched dolls
Fingernails they scratch outside
In the attic is where I'll hide
I won't let them in
8. Sweet
Broken people
Hollow and feeble
They're rolling
Rolling up the hill
Rotten ingrate
Stupid mistakes
They're rolling
Rolling up the hill
Wishing wells and
cockle shells
They swim
throughout my
head
My eyes are
closing slowly
As I'm lowering my head
Wanting and getting
Silent setting
They're rolling
Rolling up the hill
Robbing and burning
Wasted learning
They're rolling
Rolling up the hill
Wishing wells and
cockle shells
They swim
throughout my
head
My eyes are
closing slowly
As I'm lowering my head
Breaking in
In my eyes
I can't see like this
I can't let go
Please help me down
I can't be like this
Seeing(Fearing) them
Them all around
How can they be so sweet?
Sweet
They panic so
Just hold them down
I could live like this
I'm closing in
Hey, all around
I could be like this
Hearing them
Them in my head
How can they be so sweet?
Sweet
They're all around
Hey, hear me say
They're all around, yeah
They're all around
Hey, hear me say
They're all around, yeah
They're all around
Hey, hear me say
How can they be so sweet?
Sweet
They're all around
(Breaking in)
All around
(In my eyes)
All around
(I can't see like this)
They're all around
(I can't let go)
All around
(Please help me down)
All around
(I can't be like this)
They're all around
(Seeing them)
All around
(Them all around)
They're all around
(How can they be)
They're so sweet
Sweet
9. Gutter Glitter
Irridescent eyes of
the seahorse rise
Treasure she loves
Others dispise
A shooting star shan't fall very far
Dim fireflies held in glass jars
April showers brings May flowers
Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts
The trap door is open
The window half closed
The tapestry curtain
vivaciously closed
London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
What is the reason to lock her up
When already she's had
such rotten luck
Bracelets of silver adorn my wrists
Candy kisses from sugared lips
Candy kisses me
Kisses me
The London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
(My fair lady)
The London bridge did fall down
My fair lady nearly drowned
(My fair lady)
London bridge is falling down
Falling down
Falling down
London bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Take the key and lock her up
Lock her up
Lock her up
Take the key and lock her up
My fair lady
10. Mine Eyes
Will the angels sing tonight
Or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light
Will we crumble into dust
Will we blow away
Like the ravens did yesterday
Can we mend this broken reed
Seal the doom of this house of cards
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
Will the candles burn all night
Or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight
Can we go to the same ground if the nightengale sings
Gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes?
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes?
I only want to hear the angels laugh
Are they sleeping on the edge of the sky?
I only want to listen to the angels sing
Are they crying on the glimpse of mine eyes?
11. Bloody Knuckles
(Instrumental)
Chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain
Chain, chain, chain, chain
Leave us alone
Leave us alone
Shadow is drifting
under the door
Your venom is trickling
down the floor
My tears,
I will give them my trust
And when they hit you my friend,
your power will rust
I can't break away from the chain
Fatal friend the chain
Shadow is drifting
under the door
Your venom is
You are weak,
and confining to me
But the lock you have created does
have a key
I can break away from the chain
Fatal friend the chain
Leave, chain
1995 Cleopatra Records
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Current 93
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26:19
great reason for me to adore them
i can see that beauty playing as CASTLEVANIA soundtrack⚡🖤⚡
I Always thought they really had that nice Siouxsie and the Banshees inspiration on them
but they also have a very unique soul to it
love that darkwave Cyber-Goth-like soul of them
and very beautiful females in it, my kind of girl
and the haunted voices ..
i can also relate with the way the Guitarist sounds
i play lots of similar riffs mixed with lots of Doom Metal cores XD
man really wish the best for this girls
really don't know much about what they are doing currently
but hope they still doing what they love
Always
i know got a softy for this underground band
Okl. im crying now, i want more sbs.... why..why can't they reform!
Tina is a realtor now, doubt she would do music again
Please get them back together again just for one world reunion tour! Please, please, please!
Back in the 90’s saw them all the time at club performances. Memorizing performance and theatric costume not to forget a personality to greeting people after the performance. So many songs are just awesome on this. By far one of the best goth bands with so many great songs. I miss those times. Your amazing Tina! Miss you at height street Dino.
My god, i swear as i get older the more i like their stuff. I so wish there were more. I don't get why but, just seems to be more amazing with time.
Still got that in my olde CD tower, that album was *very* special to me when it came out and still gets a lot of play. Proof that talent and knowledge, not heaps of money, produces exceptional albums.
One of my favorite albums to listen in its entirety.
Saw them in 00' with spahn ranch in Chicago at house of blues. Love them.
Such a huge fan, my friend met them in the 90s, I'm like dude i wish
It reminds me my young years so much ! I'll never stop loving these girls. Cheers from Chile xx
Switchblade Symphony is one of my favorite bands.
Google some of Tina Root's other side projects like Tre Lux and Small Halo, which were also very good.
Matt Jolly : Not really! Her other projects aren't comparable to Switchblade Symphony!
@@filipematias5127 That is HIS opinion, douchebag!
@@Anonymous-wb3nz It's a bad opinion. Tre Lux sounds horrible compared to Switchblade Symphony, even when Tina "covered" her own Switchblade Symphony song as Tre Lux. Was Susan Wallace the true musical talent of the group and Tina just provided the vocals?
I love this band
Forever in my favourites list. everytime it's like the day I first heard the songs. truely amazing.
This was the first goth music album I ever listened to. Living in an isolated religious community, my best friend called me into her room and played me their cassette as secretive as if we were watching adult movies, lol. That was the moment this little goth soul first felt at home 💜
I began this year pretty well getting to know this wonderful band.
Lots of memories to this group.
Fantastic album.
I saw this band at the Metro, in Chicago, back in '97, they were incredible! they still r!
Hey! Did you record it?
This album saw me through high school. A huge part of me becoming the spooky person I am.
Love this band so many dark memories
Listening for over 25 years to this!!!! 🖤🖤
My go to winter album
Excelsis - A Dark Noel is another good album for winter
Good quality of sound in upload.
Seen them 3 times live back in the day. ABSOLUTELY my favorite band. Met Tina Root back then. A sweetheart. My sons lullaby was Witches. I own Serpentine Gallery but not all of these songs are on it?
After 47:09 aren’t on the original album
A masterpiece
👁
Wowwww this REALLY takes me back to simpler times in my life....& looking back now, funny how back then i used to think things were so complex.
I had this album when I was 17, I loved it so much :) and a mix cd with their other songs lol
Just found this and love it SO MUCH!
Still my favorite album by these two tremendously talented ladies, for sure. :)
Just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! I love this band. :)
Much love you underrated beauty of a Goth band
From house of X
The album is awesome!
🖤
Awesome showcase theatre 1998 Christian Death loved it first time I ever heard this beautiful sound
I LOVE Milady Susan Wallace!
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2024 and still
Switchblade Symphony should do a reunion tour!
I LIKE SWITCHBLADE SYMPHONY.....i like...
I've finally found the album for a few songs i heard from them. It is strangely true even here that the bass isn't strong for those songs i knew.
WOW wow wow wow! 💜
Seen them at the Bomb Factory live in 1997.
My first concert.
Great show.
Back to this place again, I know switchblade from my friend that I found at dating app hahaha but we never talk again because I deleted the app 😂 Aleks, it's me
Eu conheci elas em 2008, e desde então nunca parei de ouvir... e sempre pensando na delícia que seria ter vivido na década de 90, e ter presenciado o auge do supra sumo do underground em bandas como estas.
concerteza!queria eu ter sido um adolescente na decada de 90
Igualmente! 😞 Esta banda é incrível.
a sensação é de nostalgia de uma época que a gente não viveu HUE :|
o que mais me impressiona é que nenhuma outra banda se aproximou do estilo SS e suas melodias encantadoras, perseguidoras, por vezes fantasmagóricas :S
incrível e única
Used to be the band id cut to late at night n my angsty teenage years
Mood
Cut? Yeah, poser......
@@Anonymous-wb3nz poser.... Right whatever u say.....
You guys who love this band should check out Gary Numan. He heavily influenced them and Nine Inch Nails, his later work is darkwave. Check out the song Dead Heaven.
Somebody knows whts the name of 00:39:00 song? thanks a lottttt
Gutter Glitter.
Love this album.
Bought this 24 yrs ago on Cd 💿! But I cracked it :( ty for putting this out on you tube !
I love this, all those years , memories ! I love you guys !
I learned about dynamics from listening to this album, lol.
1:13:50 gives me goosebumps every time. So beautiful live. 🥲
thank youuu...
hauntingly beautiful
Listening this album is a pleasure.
90's were more than Grunge or Britpop 😉🦇.
Thanks for uploading 🌺
It does sound like a vintage arcade background music, very genius. ❤ I bet a creepy clown pazuzu ice cream truck would have this blasting out of it, driving thru towns at nite.
Obra Prima ♥
holy shit i just listened to them for the first time today and in out of words
One of my faveorite music
Sometimes I wonder what happened to my old friends and where they are now. I hope you are alright Susan, Tina, Justin & Robin. Miss you guys.
Falling in love with this album again 🥰
I listened to this masterpiece for one and half an our and it's really worth it.
One of my favorite albums of all time. What is the 2nd half of this though?
Amazing band!
I gravitate to this album once fall begins in earnest (as much as it can here in the Houston area).
❤
Loved these guys in highschool! Takes me back :) :) :)
George Earth ♥️🎸🎹🥁🤘
Can someone recommend me music that sounds similar to this
Always love them!
What’s the name of the track at 1:07:00
Ride
Evanancse but actually good
excuse you, Evanescence are amazing
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