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Seven Friends and a Cat are Technically Dead!

by Salem Trials

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1.
Where The Flowers Went 08:49
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I want to take you back to my house I want to keep you all by myself I want to critique you to my friends I want to be sure that this night never ends I want to make sure your comfort is addressed I'll show you to all the friends I have left I will make sure you want for nothing I wanna make the noises under my skin I wanna be the only person you need I wanna make you safe from all this hunger and greed I will clothe you in diamonds and pearls I'll keep you safe from all the hurt in the world I ask for nothing for myself in return I only ask that you live and you learn I will return and I will lie on my own You leave this house when you like I'm alone Just leave my shrine and my life alone my bits and pieces my pips on the phone just don't ask where my other proteges went and the pits in the garden where the flowers went
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Perception 01:43
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Open the door and you will see All of time open to me Time here moves at its own speed Faster than you want or need Perception is in the Eye of the beholder When these doors Are thrown open Open the door and you will see All of time open to me Time here moves at its own speed Faster than you want or need Perception is in the Eye of the beholder When these doors Are thrown open
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Swung 02:31
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it’s the sort of day where you can’t cool down and the tar melts out on the street there’s no way you can cool down yourself so you spend the day out on your feet it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something done when you’re young it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something done when you’re young something else has begun it’s the sort of night where you just can’t sleep and thoughts run around in your head you’re doing a job that really needs you to think but you spend the day technically dead it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something to do when you’re young it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something to do when you’re young you’re damned if do or if you don’t so you might as well get up and do you can only regret when you’ve never done but the only one hurt is you get off your knees and get on your feet you might as well live as give in at least you’ve done something you never did and you’re sweating in your skin it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something done when you’re young it’s swung it’s swung, it swung it’s something done when you’re young it’s swung it’s swung, it swung Something else had begun
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Inter City Blues 03:14
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This is an inter city blues Some of us have nothing left to lose This is an inter city blues This is an inter city blues This is an inter city blues Not everybody gets to choose This is an inter city blues inter city blues Born to lose inter city blues The likes of yous This is an empty song This is an empty song from when everything goes wrong This is an empty song This is a business suit This is a business suit The wall says vegetate – commute This is an inter city suit inter city blues Born to lose inter city blues The likes of you This is a mean old scene This is a mean old scene Don’t matter where you’ve been This is a mean old scene
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And The Pain 03:10
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At first it feels like The pain will only last an instant But then it deepens Unfolds behind your eyes And the pain goes on and on it goes Then it feels like it will last forever There’s an empty part of your soul An unending sense of loss A hole that will never be filled And the pain goes on and on it goes And the pain goes on and on it goes And the pain goes on and on it goes And the pain it goes I just went with the current Fell in too deep Unable to eat Unable to sleep And the pain goes on and on it goes And the pain goes on and on it goes And the pain And the pain And the pain And the pain By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes By the thumbing of my prick I can’t escape from something sick And the pain it goes on and on it goes
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Praise 04:08
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Call me suspicious But don’t you have to do something To gain the praise of strangers Not simply be there But I’m getting applause From people I don’t know And I have done absolutely Nothing of which I am aware I’m being lined up for something I can’t see All I can think is that it must be No good for me I’m being lined up for something I can’t see All I can think is that it must be No good for me Maybe my youthful arrogance Has twisted over time Into something less appealing And I’m something of a twat But I haven’t done a thing And yet it’s drawing praise After all I know I’m good But I’m not as good as that I’m being lined up for something I can’t see All I can think is that it must be No good for me I’m being lined up for something I can’t see All I can think is that it must be No good for me
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James Bond 03:48
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Knee 04:53
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What is a knee? Part of an organic machine It should be easy to replace Don’t let the blood get you in the face I just need A sharp enough blade I don't know how long the pain lasted feels like my leg was blasted I can cut through And ignore the blood I can fix it myself No need to worry about your health It doesn’t have to be so cosmetic Like when I cut that lump out my head I comb over the scar instead And if I fail I can Always try again After all I cut you out my life And then I didn’t need a knife

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This album was assembled from tracks recorded during several different sessions from December 2020 & between June to August 2021.


Mixed and produced, November 2022.

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released December 2, 2022

Russ: vocals / harmonica
Andy: guitar / bass
Boss: drum machine / keeper of time

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©2022 Spence / Goz

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Salem Trials UK

Salem Trials started life in the northern, industrial, town of Bradford in 1987. We recorded lots of songs but did very little... until we broke up in 1991. Reformed in 2018 and still doing very little except record lots of songs.
May 2020 we joined Metal Postcard Records! ... more

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