The Damned ~ Curtain Call

Damned
Curtain Call

Can you taste the grit
Between your teeth
The heat of the lights
The crack of the whip
The snapping sound
Of someone's nerves
If you pay you get
What you deserve

We're coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds it's skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitare

Three faces come alive
Try and focus and be one
never let it be said that
The jester comes undone
A wreckless gambling pace
With time enough to borrow
Time enough to measure
All of our tomorrows

Curtain call and lights grow dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day

What boundaries to cross
What chances for the taking
Stepping in the angels' way
Not to be forsaken

No more will I roam
Our childish dreams are soon outgrown
But here we stand
In our theatreland
Curtain call
About to fall

Can you taste the grit
Between your teeth
The heat of the lights
The crack of the whip
The snapping sound
Of someone's nerves
If you pay you get
What you deserve
Were coming up from the deep
The lizard sheds it's skin
Night obliterates the day
And all the fun begins
Shadow boxing with yourself
Just seems to get you nowhere
You don't want to cheat
When playing solitare
Three faces come alive
Try and focus and be one
never let it be said that
The jester comes undone
A wreckless gambling pace
With time enough to borrow
Time enough to measure
All of our tomorrows
Curtain call and light go dim
Tragedy, love all lie within
Each player takes his chance to play
And lives to fight another day
What boundries to cross
What chances for the taking
Stepping in the angels wake
Not to be foresaken
No more will I roam
Our childish dreams are soon outgrown
But here we stand
In our own theatreland
Curtain call
About to fall

can you taste the grit between your teeth
the heat of the lights
the crack of the whip
the snapping sound of someones nerves
if you pay you get
what you deserve
we're coming up from the deep
the lizard sheds it's skin
night obliterates the day
and all the fun begins
shadow boxing with yourself
just seems to get you nowhere
you dont want to cheat
when playing solitaire
the faces come alive
try and focus and be one
never let it be said that
the jester comes undone
a reckless gambling pace
with time enough to borrow
time enough to measure
all of our tomorrows
curtain call and lights grow dim
tragedy, love all lie within
each player takes his chance to play
lives to fight another day
we're coming up from the deep
the lizard sheds its skin
night obliterates the day
and all the fun begins
shadow boxing with yourself
just seems to get you nowhere
you dont want to cheat
when playing solitaire
curtain call and lights grow dim
tragedy ,love all lie within
each player takes his chance to play
and lives to fight another day
what boundaries to cross
what chances for the taking
stepping in the angels way
not to be forsaken
curtain call and lights go dim
tragedy,love all lie within
each player takes his chance to play
and lives to fight
lives to fight
another day
another day
another day
no more will i roam
my childish dreams i'll soon outgrow
but here we stand
in our own theatreland
curtain call
about to fall
we're coming up from the deep
the lizard sheds its skin
night obliterates the day
and all the fun begins
shadow boxing with yourself just
seems to get you nowhere
you dont want to cheat
when playing solitaire
curtain call and lights grow dim
tragedy , love all lie within
each player takes his chance
to play and lives to fight
another day
we're coming up from the deep
the lizard sheds its skin
the night obliterates the day
and all the fun begins
shadow boxing with yourself
just seems to get you nowhere
you dont want to cheat
when playing solitaire
curtain call and lights grow dim
tragedy,love all lie within
each player takes his chance to play
and lives to fight,lives to fight ,another day
another day
another day

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• Curtain
• Call

[julieanddavid]

they can't get radio play cos of the name The Damned bible bashers jam the radios switch boards its happened with key 103 its blashphemous of god lol so what everyone swears, its ridulolous i know ive spelt it wrong hahahahahahahaha but like others have said the damned are a underated band and still goin strong

the sex pistols had the word sex init but they have radio play so do frankie with relax that has sex init but they play it

[gentle7ways7]

@julieanddavid agreed in fact the only song they ever played on radio was eloise or on a very rare occasion smash it up,i mean very rare occasion.your talking haleys comet coming around rare! the sex pistols become a branded name from a underground source where they patented them commercially ie everyshop in carnaby street had the sex pistols t shirt personally i think it screwed there image cos they didn't want that retail stuff but its all money in the end.

[zara2255]

...Strange music...but interesting.... Thanks ,Stephen ! :)

[gentle7ways7]

@zara2255 Strange? the damned are the most underated music of there genre they did what the beatles didn't do they covered 3 decades of the most diverse music they even had a punk single first way before the sex pistols..goth rock indies punk you name it they have done it! they never got the fame because they weren't a ready name brand artificially created by the music industry. thanks for comment!

[svengaligraves13]

One night in 1989 at the fashion institute of technology in New York City I played this song for a girl. I dimmed the lights, lit a candle and drank from some red wine. Dave Vanian did the rest with this masterpiece. When it was done she smiled because she said the music plays in in her head. 15 years later we had our daughter, Zoe. Life changes, all the time, too fast , but music like this captures the moments forever.

[ErinM1019]

Classic f'kin album. whole band raised the bar as far as 'punk' was concened -always up there in quality and f'kin bottle, along with the Stranglers and the Clash. Best of British. Long live the suede head.

[jeandepaul]

@lolabeaz I think even the Devil is in despair at how bad music is these days!

[lolabeaz]

Yeah it's not bad this, nearly as good as some of the stuff you get on the Xfactor eh? let's see what simon and amanda bloody holden think of it shall we?...How far has the British music industry fallen (sighs) I despair

[eebo63]

Synths performed by future blockbuster film composer Hans Zimmer :-)

[balearicsoundwave89]

the damned,well there the best fucking punk rock n roll psycadelic band in the whole planet system.i loves em.god bless the damned.

[z11nn11a]

<3 <3 <3

[tallpaddy]

a masterpiece of damned genius- curtain call stays with you forever...

[jeffhallful]

they play the manchester acadamy nov 18th I think should be good

[narly67]

@gentle7ways7 Bravo! Well said! I'm often amazed at how many people know nothing of this epic band. WHY wouldn't "Alone again, or" get airplay?

[graybee40]

At the tender age of 14 I was really into the Damned but this particular track blows me away every time I hear it. Pink Floyd, Radiohead nah The Damned, If anyone needs to know how great The Damned were, just listen to this track, unreal.

[2lots]

CLASS

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