Jesus for the Jugular
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tinhuvielWhen I was in England and B came a-visiting ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
falkenna's house in Brighton, we were all treated to a preview of the Veils sophomore album that would later be called Nux Vomica. There was one song on the album that really stood out to me because it sounded so...Shriekback...but in a totally different way than B's Shriek. Finn truly can shriek and he does it in the song 'Jesus for the Jugular.' Sadly, Nux Vomica was never released Stateside because those evil bastards I used to work for dropped Rough Trade from the American label roster, so I never got the chance to snag the album. Now, I've been hoarding some fundage on iTunes from a gift card I got around the Christmahanukwanzayule season, and it occurred to me that maybe the song might be available there. It was. So I spent 99 cents of my 7 remaining dollars. Three years almost to the day of my hearing this soul-shattering song, I got to hear it again, and I'm very happy about this in one respect, yet kinda freaked by it in another. The song drips of Cadmus, which I really didn't need at the moment, but everything has a reason and purpose, I guess, so there you go. It also struck me as a song I could use in a Joker fic, just for the chaotic sound of the music and for the one line "Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound." I could probably use it in the very dark J-fic I'm writing now, since Bruce Wayne makes an appearance at the beginning of the story to set the letter up. I'll finish it soon if I can get my insomniac head out of my arse.
Anyway, I strongly suggest that anyone reading this give the song a listen. The lyrics are below.
Jesus for the Jugular by the Veils (written by Finn Andrews)
How do you preach the word if you don't know how to read
When they hold your soul once you sign the deed
Would the sun still rise if there's no-one round
Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound
Let him go from me
This whole world spins with her feet off the ground
She'll make the stars applaud when she sits back down
There's a bulls-blooded fountain in the pit of a moan
That I'll summon an eclipse on my way to the lord
Let him go from me
Jesus for the jugular - one at a time
Ain't nobody ever gonna ever have to die
falkenna's house in Brighton, we were all treated to a preview of the Veils sophomore album that would later be called Nux Vomica. There was one song on the album that really stood out to me because it sounded so...Shriekback...but in a totally different way than B's Shriek. Finn truly can shriek and he does it in the song 'Jesus for the Jugular.' Sadly, Nux Vomica was never released Stateside because those evil bastards I used to work for dropped Rough Trade from the American label roster, so I never got the chance to snag the album. Now, I've been hoarding some fundage on iTunes from a gift card I got around the Christmahanukwanzayule season, and it occurred to me that maybe the song might be available there. It was. So I spent 99 cents of my 7 remaining dollars. Three years almost to the day of my hearing this soul-shattering song, I got to hear it again, and I'm very happy about this in one respect, yet kinda freaked by it in another. The song drips of Cadmus, which I really didn't need at the moment, but everything has a reason and purpose, I guess, so there you go. It also struck me as a song I could use in a Joker fic, just for the chaotic sound of the music and for the one line "Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound." I could probably use it in the very dark J-fic I'm writing now, since Bruce Wayne makes an appearance at the beginning of the story to set the letter up. I'll finish it soon if I can get my insomniac head out of my arse. Anyway, I strongly suggest that anyone reading this give the song a listen. The lyrics are below.
Jesus for the Jugular by the Veils (written by Finn Andrews)
How do you preach the word if you don't know how to read
When they hold your soul once you sign the deed
Would the sun still rise if there's no-one round
Would the fox be as quick if he hadn't his hound
Let him go from me
This whole world spins with her feet off the ground
She'll make the stars applaud when she sits back down
There's a bulls-blooded fountain in the pit of a moan
That I'll summon an eclipse on my way to the lord
Let him go from me
Jesus for the jugular - one at a time
Ain't nobody ever gonna ever have to die
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