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Great God Pan

from Evil Against Evil by The Psychic Alliance

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The song part of this song only exists so that there would be something to attach to the intricate intro part, hence the C/Am simplicity of the verse form. The song wound up sounding a lot like early David Bowie to me, so I included the line "high above the ivory vibrant clouds" as a tribute to him. He died shortly thereafter, and that's who I'm picturing playing a gold guitar whenever I sing that line. This song takes it's title from an Arthur Machen story, but instead of a tale of genetic recidivism, the concept is the ascendancy of a dark messiah from the Mesoamerican tradition (with a touch of Mormon and Greek mythology thrown in). The "feathered serpent" line refers to the Mesoamerican figure Quetzacoatl, who was cast out from Teotihuacan by the Aztec demon-god Tezcatlipoca. Now that Trump is in power I sort of shudder at the line "praise all that I am," as this song suggests that in short order a Nero-like figure will rise to control North America and usher in a new dark age for the Western hemisphere.

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I climbed up the mountain from that fine old West Virginia soil
and drank to the Pharisee "A lie alone is sold."
Flung forth from the fountain, feathered serpent, bright in trembling coils
clung to the candle in the canyon of the soul
I'm the Great God Pan
gonna do what I want to
I'm telling you man
You better burn your eyes
Praise all that I am
pile up peril upon you
Because there ain't nobody else here in the dark who knows
the light is fading,
just anticipating on your soul
And after all is said and done, you're just an actor, 6 foot 1
and all this common earth will drag you down
I dreamt of a city on the cold North Ontario shore
with twelve golden pyramids and I alone it's lord
I watched from the window while the fires of oblivion soared
and fell five foot forward when the wolf was at the door

Sysyphus? Can you handle this?
All this talk of words and only yesterday you spurned me oh
Eurydice? Are you into me?
All this talk of maybe, c'mon baby save me from myself.

Whilst somewhere on the brightest star, Jesus plays a gold guitar
high above the ivory vibrant clouds

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from Evil Against Evil, released April 30, 2017
Tasty percussion by Matt Van Slyke. Wah solo by Shaun, Flanger Solo by Marc.

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The Psychic Alliance Vancouver, British Columbia

The less you know about this band, the better. Rumor has it that they're very bad people, paranoid, misanthropic, frequently given to melancholy and intellectual dullards to boot. Stories of vicious infighting and naughtiness follow them like a black cloud, and the threat of immediate collapse is constant. Fortunately they look cool. ... more

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