What else are you doing? You smoked your cigarette.
Come on there’s nothing on the tv.
The Slaughterhouse is open, every Friday night,
There’s a party you can go with me.
And from the blood on the floor, the gristle on the saw
the piles of glasses, teeth and car keys,
And the scratches on the door tell us those that came before
Went down, down, down to the Slaughterhouse.
Let’s get killed.
There’s tinsel on the handles, and flowers on the grates
The boys will follow girls wherever they go.
And the blades will make the rhythm, screams will make the tune
When the first cut comes that’s the start of the show.
There is petrol in the air, and the smell of burning hair
When the angel’s dress goes up she does a striptease.
And at night the only lights on anywhere in the town
are down, down, down at the Slaughterhouse.
Have ourselves a time.
Your bedroom smells like newspapers, your linen smells like smoke
and the cities are all empty but for people.
And you can hear the road from anywhere, the tiny clacking sound
machinery to keep a corpse alive.
See how much you’ve grown, have you ever seen your bones?
Don’t worry every part of you is used.
And when all that’s left is shoes, someone else will sing the blues
Down, down down at the Slaughterhouse
And have ourselves a time.
credits
from The Lost Cat Podcast,
released November 15, 2019
Written by: A P Clarke
Performed by: A P Clarke and W Walker-Allen
Produced by: A P Clarke and W Walker Allen
supported by 21 fans who also own “Slaughterhouse”
This is a great adaptation of Arthuriana and a brilliant narrative album. I love how the queerness of the characters is handled as an integral part of the narrative and plot development without it being the end all be all of the characters themselves. my boy Gawain deserved better though maritarvaniti
supported by 18 fans who also own “Slaughterhouse”
TTBT has some of my favorite songs written by The Mechs. Iphis is my personal favorite due to its ties with Greek Mythology, but it's definitely an album I have on repeat constantly. yumeinati
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