Coral Castle Songtext
von Joshua Powell

Fear and loathing in the glade!
The reptilian arousal
Of hot beneath the collar, the lush
Of summer′s cactus blossoming crush on me
(According to all palmetto leaves)
Heard there's a seer in this swamp
I′m sure he wouldn't mind some company

Well I'm as meek as moths
But getting riper with the rage
Borne of our clusterfuck engagement
Don′t get upset
I′m not upset
Are you upset baby?
I wish it could have been
Like, somewhere in Chicago


But I built your castle from the corpses
Of a million tiny seahorses and shells
Barnacles up in the belfry
But now with how fractured I feel
I've become an electric eel
Inside a pool of plecos
And I′m cool with it

In my catatonia
You came to me from in a forest fire
Said, "I'm only stopping through for the night
We can order pad thai
Settle in and have a long talk"

So, you′re not coming out
Have I always been so dumb?
How couldn't I see this coming?
So I′m upset
Yeah I'm upset
Aren't you upset baby?
I gotta tell these cryptid kids
Their mom isn′t coming

Well tell me what′s a girl to do when Satan shows up on your stoop
I'm at a loss--he is inverting all my crosses
But turns out to be a lovely dude
And I wanna show off my home studio
And we bond over which Black Sabbath LPs we dig


Old Scratch with stingray bass in hand
And I make up a metal band
So full of fuzz
And so downtuned that it′s disgusting
Plus I've got a spot we can rehearse
So cool, crepuscular, and cursed
That you could laugh
Like over the credits of a slasher film