The Ballad of Little Lucifer

from Locomotion by The Jack of Spades

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Well I climbed up as high as I could in that tree
but the fading orange glow, it was all I could see
the sun on the horizon was a memory
and then the evening star he appeared to me

He had split himself in two what a fool, oh what a fool
He had split himself in two what a fool, oh what a fool

And hidden in the light he was sending me
some half remembered dreams were mad whole so I could see
He sang to me a song, oh he told me a story
how my brain could comprehend it was a mystery to me

And in the story that he told I was an impatient little child
held up by a string of lightning
hovering in the great blue sky by my fathers side
I said "father in the night I see the faces of your many brilliant wives,
and the ghost of or ancestor asleep in a black sea so wide"
They said "son dont you see, those are all just reflections of my light from different times"

so I said to my dear father "I wanna be like you
would you make for me another so that we can be two"
they said "fool, we are all just tools in an infinite plan
the one that you love is sleeping safe on your mothers skin
upon the land"

so I waited for the time, when it came again, to dream.
I appeared to you to play in golden fields beneath an old ash tree

Do you remember when we thought we'd play in those fields forever
but the time had come for me to fly so we made a pact together
we'd fall for each other so we both could learn to fly
and be free forever with our father in the great blue sky

So I jumped down from my cradle and I fell for the one I loved
but my glorious golden kit oh it was tied around my waist
and it split us both in to what a disgrace a simple mistake

Little did I know I was just stepping on a reverb pedal
releasing a wave of energy that went rippling on forever
but every feedback loop become resolved eventually
and we'll remember that we're one just give it time you'll see
Just trust me




oh I've got a spaceship time machine
I didn't know it was mine, you see
I had forgotten who I was before
I took this form in this beautiful world

Now I float around in it every day
doesn't matter what people say
cause they might think I'm delusional
but I'd say I'm just a fool, who's in love with free will

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from Locomotion, released November 29, 2015

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The Jack of Spades Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hail! And well met traveler! Welcome to the encampment of my band of merry maniacs and boisterous bohemians. IA! IO! Introductions are in order, and it is my most humble honour to introduce you to myself; The Mad Page of the Mental Plane, Le Valet D'Épée, The Jack of Spades. ... more

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