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Three Stones For St. Stephen (Christmas 2015)

by Three For Silver

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Hot Breakfast! Not only was "Three Stones for St. Stephen" the finest Christmas song of 2015, it's one of the best damned songs of the year. Chaotic and beautiful, "Three Stones" is the sound of your personal angel and devil making out on your chest as you drive deep into a Christmas Eve tunnel, unsure if it has an exit. I don't know how to describe it; it's the sweetest nightmare you'll ever have. Merry Xmas, y'all. Favorite track: Three Stones For St. Stephen.
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three stones for St. Stephen on the edge of town four roses left out on the shore five brown feathers i keep in my hair against the six winds howling at my door it's Christmas, it's Christmas they seem to say though I've heard it all before my eyes see the world to be but now it's Christmas, it's Christmas once more keep your kettles on the stove your irons in the fire come with me we'll be singing carols in a devil's choir boil me in a pudding a stake of holly through my heart serve me up when the feasting starts red stains the white in perfect time cold grows the gleam in my eye the frost will keep the flames at bay as the wild hunt reels across the sky like the bow atop your gift like the year's light almost spent like the knife held to the bull's throat I'm a sacrificial instrument your hand's on the wheel my feet on the dash gas in the tank, but I wonder how long will it last? we're leaving town tonight we got our getaway stake might be back by Christmas Day it's Christmas, it's Christmas they seem to say though I've heard it all before my eyes see the world to be but now it's Christmas, it's Christmas once more you forgot the music? bet you still know the words you forgot the steps? i bet your body hasn't heard take what you like and throw the rest away it'll all come out on Christmas Day
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hideous discoveries and monstrous crimes always happen at Christmas time hideous discoveries and monstrous crimes always happen at Christmas time the Old Year's lies and indignities become the New Year's serious calamities what could be more sad than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard what marred the Christmas festivities was a New Year septuple catastrophe while the workmen were digging the ground the bones of all the human beings they found a man was arrested but it was too late the poison he drunk sent him to the gate what could be more sad than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard number one was the stonecutter's son all soaked in cane and rum number two was a captain fresh from the sea strangled in a length of cable was he number three a contortionist from the circus who was found folded inside of two what could be more sad than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard number four was a cook put to the grate then sprinkled over his mates number five was a watchmen among the rest number six had has hands and feet on his chest number seven was anyone's guess seeing as there was so little left what could be more sad than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard mark my words, hear my oration during your Christmas celebration while the New Year approaches with a certainty the Old Year may yet come to feed walk not alone like Loup Garou lest a Christmas spirit be made of you what could be more sad than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

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Wherein Three For Silver, against all odds, writes a Christmas song.
Too long have we suffered under the tyrannical false cheer of Christmas "Classics",
Three For Silver is here to remind everyone of the true spirit of the season, and the body count is rising.
Engineered and mixed by John Neff, industry legend and longtime collaborator with such luminaries as David Lynch and Donald Fagen, "Three Stones For St. Stephen" is bigger and crazier than anything Three For Silver has done before.
Whether you prefer cozying up by the tannenbaum with a mug of eggnog and a candycane, or ritualistically slaughtering a bull to ensure the sun rises for another year, Three For Silver has got the song for you.

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released November 27, 2015

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