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Artist: Coil Title: Batwings (A Limnal Hymn) Intro: Am F C F x2 Verse:
AmA moon-pieceF to fetch up the golden cCup F AmA snow-pieceF to avoid the grCeat heat of the sunF Is kAmept in the nightF and by the light of the mCoon F
Am F C F
An Amice-pieceF so as they seem forCever fallen F AmA night-piece Fof the dismal suppeCr and strange entertainmentF
Am F C F
A rare chance-Ampiece,F a handsome pCiece of deformity F AmThe skin of a snakeF bred out of the spCinal marrow of a manF
Am F C F Am F
With stCones and illegible inscriptioFns found about great ruins Am F
CPictures of three remarkable steFeples, or towers Am Built purposely aFwry, sCo as they seem eternally Ftipping and Amfalling
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A trAmanscendent perfumeF made of the riCchest odorates F AmKept in a box of transluceFnt scaleC F
Am F C F
AmA glass of spiritsF madCe of ethereal saltF, hermeticAmally sealed upF C F Kept contiAmnually in quicksilver,F of so volatile a naCture F That it will scAmarcely endure the lightF C F AmAnd therefore only shown in winterF C F Or by the light of a carbuAmncle,F or a fireflyC F
Am F C F
And baAmtwings F C F And baAmtwings F C F And baAmtwings sing this liFmnal hymn C F AmA wideness openinFg and closingC F to keep thAme darkness sealed within F C F AmTo keep the darkness sealed within F C F AmTo keep the darkness sealed within F C F AmTo keep the darkness sealed within F C F AmTo keep the darkness sealed within F C F AmA moon-pieceF to fetch uCp the golden cup F
Am[SiFngCinFg in a mysterious language]