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A History Of The Hanged

by Dada Degas

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SONG FROM THE WOMB (Andi McElligott) Lovestruck Johnny sent a message Pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you First born son and civilized With tarot battle superstition Happy birthday, happy birthday From rebel hive to Isis bride Oh Bells of Mary don't forsake me Happy birthday, happy birthday Lost and found in Torremolinos Pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you With hybrid humans in the dog house Happy birthday, happy birthday Laughing comrades here to serve you Pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you Crucified on the back of a lie God in glory is all around you Pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you In the barbarism of religion Happy birthday, happy birthday And now I have to disembowel you Happy birthday, happy birthday Time to cross your heart and hope to die
2.
Radio On 04:16
RADIO ON (Andi McElligott) Wash your hands in the blood of the lamb And never lay down, never lay down Freedom from fear, freedom of the land Where the truth breathed its last forged from the stars Lunatics run wild with the mind of a child Where freedom dreams in that Wall Street machine Word became flesh in those killing fields When dog-day madness unleashed the Beast So never lay down, never lay down Put your backs to the wall and shout out loud Speak from the heart, speak from the heart In the code that keeps us civilized When you're swinging from the tree eternally Never look down, never look down Just drop and dance in a bare naked trance With silver tongue and a silver smile Dithering delay degenerate So beaver on down to shopping town With murder and smiles to satisfy you lay the blame You lay down the blame Never lay down, never lay down Speak from the heart and never lay down. Well miracles are here mysteries are there On the Damascus road of light and fear Those voices cried so long ago scratched in the sand of tormented souls So never lay down, never lay down Speak from the heart and never lay down On the breath of religion up in smoke Somewhere in the dark and in the past From the flames of Louvain to The Sacred Way On a hail-bound Mary and a line of coke Never lay down, never lay down Put your backs to the wall and shout out proud Speak from the heart, speak from the heart And never lay down Never lay down Put your backs to the wall and shout out loud!
3.
DUST STORM DREAM (Andi McElligott) Midget monsters grabbed my balls and the world was never the same Breathe on, breath on Halloween in a dust storm dream Family plan a sudden urge soured by the hour In a dust storm dream Dashboard cam and raiding scams, growing rage and yes we can In a dust storm dream Halloween in a dust storm dream Devastation Delaware celebrities are everywhere In a dust storm dream Lipstick in the corporate suite embellished on a cheating heart In a dust storm dream Halloween in a dust storm dream For those who bite and ditch the meat A mother's plea just let me be In a dust storm dream Work out words but who's in charge? I dread to think of all that shit In a dust storm dream Halloween in a dust storm dream In a dust storm dream
4.
DRESS FOR DEATH (Andi McElligott) God went mad! Every day I dress for Death in case she should come and find me. Oh Mother Night oh light of day, when will you come and take me? Sons of Slough the Holy Cow and the daughters of Ballymena, flirting tongues of silver and gold and winning the hearts of many. Every day I dress for Death in case she should come and find me. Oh Mother Night oh light of day, when will you come and take me? Man made God then God went mad, at times you just can't believe it. My body torn my mind gone bad, I guess I'll just have to take it. Every day I dress for Death in case she should come and find me. Oh Mother Night oh light of day, when will you come and take me? Oh perfect State without a face, the truth you just don't see it. All fall down together, all fall down together. Every day I dress for Death in case she should come and find me.
5.
Whisper King 04:40
WHISPER KING (Andi McElligott) Sing of a Nation State Under the all-watchful eye Broken truths and rag dog tales Smiling Irish eyes Uneasy hearts fall in line Under the watchful eye Darkness sings to the Whisper King "The moon doesn't shine all the time" And gossip girls are popping pills All under the watchful eye The bullet chimes from a .45 For those who live by the skin And rage blinds on the toss of a coin All under the watchful eye Sirens call when the sun goes down While cat bandits play on the side And there is nothing so dangerous As those desert lovers of mine The flame of sacrifice still burns inside For saints and sinners who fall Angels of time, the angels of time Another soul rings for the angels of time From avatar to Shangri-La Over the oceans of time The faithful pray may come the day Under the watchful eye Pedestals and beggar men Stories told from the grave Dare to dance It's your last chance Under the all-seeing eye Angels of time, angels of time
6.
MIDNIGHT DARLING (Andi McElligott) Runaway love is looking good Forever run and hide It's just the way that the game is played At the end of the world Submissive hearts always pay the price And never come clean With pastel eyes and kaleidoscope smiles At the end of the world Freetown I'm here again From beauty to obscene Cold-blooded killers Keep our eyes open wide At the end of the world For the sake of looking good Forever on the eye Some skin you just cannot hide At the end of the world Radicalise those hidden eyes And caress away the pain All those years you cried inside Lost to the beauty of the world Oh midnight darling Your words were never sweet Time to fly and dream again At the end of the world I'll bide my time And then I'll make my move At the end of the world.
7.
DEVIL IN A BUTTON-DOWN SHIRT (Andi McElligott) The tumble gods fell from the sky So open up your ancient eyes Said the pelican in her piety The tumble gods never smile The devil in a button-down shirt The preacher’s wife and the thief No secrets on the street of shame Run towards the big nothing And let the honey tongues shout your name The devil in a button-down shirt Fuck the head, fuck the head! Trickle-down economy On the belly of the Big Society So open up your mouth real wide You have nothing to lose but your pride Fuck the head, fuck the head! But true love has come of age For you and your painted face On the shrouds of those who cried out loud Forgotten in the strangest place The devil in a button-down shirt Fuck the head, fuck the head, fuck the head!
8.
COLD WHISPER JESUS (Andi McElligott) Too many eyes to see The blood of my life Here to stay Why not take all of me today Today Don't kiss the blood of a stranger And don't mess with fast moving China It's the ballet of bulldogs and clowns Can't you see? Can't you see? I crushed that tongue-bitten killer In the arena of all that glitters But time to leave and fight Another day Another day Shout and scream, shout and scream Nature is the mother of the world I sleep at night on the other side The old lady sat by the grave And pissed on her high school dream Then danced on the corpse of her master At the end of time At the end of time Shudder my coat shudder me There's blood on that silver screen Where old lovers came looking for me How I cried, how I cried Shout and scream, shout and scream Nature is the mother of the world I sleep at night on the other side Sleep at night on the other side Hello, hello, hello! Hello, hello, hello! Hello, hello, hello! Hello, hello, hello!
9.
DEATH MASK MUSSOLINI (Andi McElligott / Piero Balleggi) Don't say you love me, don't tell me that, no. Don't say you love me, don't tell me that, no. Cutter and bone in the beauty of the world. Shock therapy is your pain so wonderful? Oh sweet madness here I am, here I am. Death mask Mussolini I'll wear my best face. Death mask Mussolini I'll wear my best face. Don't say you love me, don't tell me that, no. November 17 in the sickbed of the world. Militia babes in the cornfields of ballet. The religion of life doesn't come with a knife. With a handful of stars we create who we are. Death mask Mussolini, I'll wear my best face. Death mask Mussolini, I'll wear my best face.
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Judas 03:51
JUDAS (Andi McElligott / John Rigby) Shining blue talk to you all alone in your room Among the shrouds of those who cried out loud and paid the price A symphony in that abyss of dreams and sacrifice Lifeless eyes, hidden lies and secrets never told The jury stands before a broken man who lost his soul Judas hangs like a silent rose And no one cried in the quiet grove In the silent grove
11.
HERMES LAMENT (Andi McElligott / John Rigby) Stormy eyes from oceans past, doctor drones that move too fast Bloody red the rose remains, always Time to slide your national pride where dead-end boy meets mother By the grave where martyrs lay, always Love came down but could not stay, always It hit my heart but not my soul, always Love came down but could not stay, always Broken words drip from my tongue of what I've seen and what I've done I swear it on my very soul, always Words to find an empty page, always All is clear and all is clean, always I heard the shot and closed my eyes, always It hits my heart but not my soul, always It hits my heart but not my soul, always It hits my heart but not my soul, always

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A HISTORY OF THE HANGED

The debut album from DADA DEGAS
The new art music project from Andi McElligott (Andi Sex Gang), singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and founder of post-punk bandits Sex Gang Children. Featuring the bass of fellow SGC cohort John Rigby.

Eleven tracks from the ballet of bulldogs and clowns with songs from the sky and stories from the grave.

It's a brave new world.

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released February 4, 2022

Produced, mixed and arranged by Andi Mac & John Rigby
Death Mask Mussolini produced, mixed and arranged by Kitty Lectro

Album art: Lara McElligott
© Liberation London 2022

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Liberation London - UK record label - Founded in 2016 by Andi McElligott, (frontman of historic goth/ post-punk band Sex Gang Children).

Please look forward to the many projects that will emerge from this independent label.

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