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Parlour Games

from Ariadne by Trashcan Phoenix

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Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly 

He curled into the moonlight 
The archway of his spine 
Was a tangled coliseum 
An attack on the sublime 

She tied him to the blanket 
Chewed the feathers out 
He looked a bit like Icarus 
As he began to shout 

She was one of the most beautiful things we'd ever seen 
She walked up to the front of the cafe, and paused 
We could see her breath cloud the glass 

And we'll implore and we'll adore you 
Just won't you play par, play par-, play par-lour games? 
Oh won't you play par-, play parlour games? 

Won’t you, won’t you play parlour games?

Pinecones on her collarbone 
She was deciduous tonight 
On a leaf of dog-eared lust 
She extinguished every light

Won’t you play parlour games?
Won’t you play?

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from Ariadne, released May 1, 2020

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Trashcan Phoenix London, UK

Trashcan Phoenix’s music is a film noir evocation of artists like David Lynch, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Portishead. It is by turns melancholy, mischievous, sensual and nightmarish.

It is the solo project of Martin Bowman, based in London. ... more

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