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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Coil
Coil
Performer
Cliff Stapleton
Cliff Stapleton
Hurdy Gurdy
Tom Edwards
Tom Edwards
Marimba
Ossian Brown
Ossian Brown
Modular Synth
Mike York
Mike York
Duduk
Thighpaulsandra
Thighpaulsandra
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Christopherson
Peter Christopherson
Songwriter
Danny Hyde
Danny Hyde
Songwriter
John Balance
John Balance
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Coil
Coil
Producer
Danny Hyde
Danny Hyde
Producer

Lyrics

Does death come alone
Or with eager reinforcements?
Does death come alone
Or with eager reinforcements?
Death is centrifugal
Solar and logical
Decadent and symmetrical
Angels are mathematical
Angels are bestial
Man is the animal
Man is the animal
The blacker the sun
The darker the dawn
Flashes from the axis
Flashes from the axis
On the hummingway
To the stars
Holy holy, holy holy, holy, oh holy
Holy holy, holy holy, holy
Holy holy, holy holy, holy
Man is the animal
The blacker the suns
The darker the dawns
Written by: Danny Hyde, John Balance, Peter Christopherson

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