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Well I first set out in twenty-twelve
and bid my home farewell
a full grown man, sure of himself
but soon enough I fell
to poker and John Jameson
and laudanum as well
and I blew all my inheritance on
a beautiful
illusion
of Hell.
Then I heard it from the distance
the summoning of a bell
calling me to witness
calling me to tell
of everything that came to pass
from Parnell Street to Calvary Hill
where Jesus and Barabbas glimpsed
their beautiful
illusion
of Hell.
So I testified as best I could
with every living cell
spoke of fire, spoke of blood
spoke blasphemy as well
quoted every source of worth
from Seneca to Packard Bell
invoked in every place on earth
my beautiful
illusion
of Hell.
I spoke with priests and Pharisees
consulted with the oracle
listened for the rising seas
my ear against the shell
all things had one thing to impart
one story they could spell
the human mind, the human heart
is a beautiful
illusion
of Hell.
So now I’ve reached the end of it
I am escaped to tell
of the devils I’ve consorted with
the shit I’ve seen, it's biblical
the scholar and the halfwit
the solicitor in her citadel
and when all is done, all men are one
in a beautiful
illusion
of hell
Because them bells of hell they ring
for you but not for me
O death where is thy sting
or grave thy victory
from the Royal Canal to Skinner’s Hill
from Colmcille's to Portobell
from last to first
all men are cursed
to toll the bells of hell

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from Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance, released July 24, 2020

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Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance Wexford, Ireland

An eight-piece head-on collision between post-punk poetry, noise-rock and ambient atmospheres. Based in Wexford, Ireland.

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