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A Dream Within a Dream
03:53
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Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
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At the Altar of Venus
06:05
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Golden threads spilling down—gateway to the next adventure
Sunlight on my hands—grabs ahold and whisks away
Dawn before my eyes beckons me to feast and come
I taste the food of the gods at the Altar of Venus
Golden threads touch the ground—engorged with life’s promises
Sunlight scattered now as pawns and clouds march ‘cross the sky
Twilight dims my eyes—the feast intoxicates the flame
I sense the truth that lies ‘neath the Altar of Venus
Golden threads turning brown—devastated broken dreams
Desperate night arrives—grabs ahold to pull me down
The black around its eyes—the feast alive—must get away
Refute the food of the gods—escape from the Altar of Venus
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The angels of madness are looking for me
I ran before and must run again
Saddest existence brought from the abyss
Claws dipped in venom puncture skin
Assurances coming—the promise of love
Hollow hope that the sting subsides
Burning affection leads only to pain
Carves you up deep inside
The feigning salvation revealing itself
Enjoyment fades—wasted years
Mistrials—misfires go on and on
Drown sober in tears
I stand here in grief as it happens again
I’ve lost count the days misplaced
A bold-faced lie when I’m told nothing’s wrong
What’s right is cold and disgraced
The angels of madness so close—I can feel
They pierce the dark with prying eyes
The saddest existence they seal with a kiss
And yet they seem the less of lies
Tonight I will rest and their chase is at end
I’ll be damned, I've been charmed
Look past their eyes at what's hopeless behind
We leave arm in arm
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Isolation
01:33
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(instrumental)
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Thunder & Gray Skies
04:16
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Black magic woman – now you’ve cast your spell
Brought on the heartache – turned all joy to hell
Engage the agony to win at any cost
I fight the tears and count the years – I know I’ve lost
No option now except to move along
A waste of time in arguing who was right or wrong
Gaze into my eyes as I say my last goodbyes
Gaze into you and I see thunder and gray skies
In solitude now – within the wind and rain
At loss to figure out – answers sought in vain
Love bites – jaws of death snap across your chest
Spits out half of you and then consumes the rest
The part of me that’s gone still pains me in the dark
This ragged scar may heal but never fades the mark
Pathway uncertain as rain fills up my eyes
While roaring on above – the thunder and gray skies
Will you remember me – all the time we had
Differentiate good times from bad
The storm will linger for a while but then
Something will come along and make me live again
Meantime I’ll wander until I find the light
One spark that I’ll embrace to end this weary night
Now I await the day when puddles have gone dry
And sun has chased away the thunder and gray skies
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Screaming Mad Dee Frederick, Maryland
Dee Calhoun was the final voice of doom metal legends Iron Man, and fronts metal band Spiral
Grave.
Dee has released four albums on Argonauta Records: "Rotgut" (2016), "Go to the Devil" (2018), "Godless" (2020), & “Old Scratch Comes to Appalachia” (2023). He also released the independent EP "A Dream Within a Dream" (2020).
In addition to music, Dee is a published author and does voiceover work.
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