DAMIEN YOUTH : -BRIDE OF THE ASSYLUM- Deeper into the texts of the music: 1-Bride Of The Asylum: When I was a child I had an uncle who had a sex change. At the age of 5 I recall him crying & telling us he was now going to be our aunt. I remember his stories of drugs & gender confusion. Later in life when I got into L.S.D. I would think of my uncle's confusion & his madness. I think this comes up in this song. 2-Katie Called Me Lucifer- Katie was a junkie girl that I spent a few nights with. She would come to my shows & she was convinced I was from another planet. She was very into U.F.O. conspiracy. 3-Wingless & Wildeyed/God Someday- This song deals with my letting go of my occult past. I had a bunch of people that looked to me for a place to live & spiritual guidance. I was a student of the Tarot for years. I walked away from that world & the artist girl I was dating in that group. The tag song "God Some Day" I really wanted a child to sing that song. God was always a spooky being when I was young. 4-Penny Overcoat- After I left the occult scene I spent much time hanging in a coffee shop & writing in my journals. This cute girl in an overcoat came in one day & when she left, I followed her. She never saw me. I watched her shopping & then when she walked home I sat in a field behind her house & wrote poems in my journal. 5-Hermaphrodite Jesus- I was trying to over come the fear of God that was instilled in me. I wanted to lay to rest all of my religious hang ups. I also based this on an real Hermaphrodite that used to work in a middle eastern shop called KRUZ in New Orleans. He/she looked like Jesus! Sometimes he/she would shave & come to work as a woman. He/she lived a double life & he/she is a real person. I used to think. "What if he/she was Jesus Christ?" ;-) 6-Blackbird & The Widow- "We sleep to practice dying, we awake to recall our birth & we dream to practice flying for when our souls shall leave this earth." I'm a bit obsessed with death. I always wondered who would come to my grave stone when I've passed. I get that from my father. My father used to say "When you die, your soul becomes a crow." That is why in the song, I'm in a feather mask. This means I am dead & I am a crow. 7-Ugly Alice- There was an old lady who lived on our street. When we were kids we thought she was a witch. On the walk home from school, my friends in I would dare each other to throw rocks at her house. She would run out on the porch & scream at us. Later in life when I got into the occult, people thought I was a witch. So I put my self in Alice's place. 8-Zoomorphic Kingdom- Alien abduction song. It suggests humans are an alien experiment. This song feels like a fading memory. 9-Mythical Light- This song takes another look at the bible & I point out verses that call Lucifer "The Morning Star" & other verses that call Jesus "The Morning Star". The song suggests that Christ & Satan are the same being. 10- Fountain Heart- In this song, I'm still feeling the pull towards sex & romance, a pull away from the world of misticism. I give my self to romance in this song, but it's still in retrospect, because I always leave the lover & return to the mystic quest. 11-Virus- I was lost on opium, I was in a dim lit room, the music was loud & the room was crowded. My eyes locked with the eyes of a stranger. It seems like we stared for hours. Never did we speak, we just looked at each other & it seemed we were communicating. When I would smile, she would smile. Then a sadness came upon her face, I returned a look of concern. I realized we had all of the same make up. Pain, Joy, Love, Loss, Beauty, Ugliness & dying, the death strand, the virus.... 12-Somebody New- I ended the album with this song because it was child like. I was also feeling light hearted because I was starting a new relationship. My artist’s ex-girlfriend wanted me back & my occult friends wanted me back. I wanted to go & I found a young, innocent girl to lead me away from all of it. "Everything that goes it will come back to you." was a line that hinted, I may be back... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- go back to http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-3.html