Orpheus Circuit

S. Kilbey / D. Thayer
(Funzalo Music / First Warning Music (BMI))

Appears On:

• Hex - Vast Halos (1990), Track 7
• Hex - Ethereal Message (an anthology) (2024), Disc 2, Track 7

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Lyrics (unofficial)

Backstage when I was twenty-three
The count and lieutenant fought a strange duel over me
And I screamed as I ran down my hotel corridor
Each mirror reflecting more deep than before

Deep dark
Deeper than I could stand

Hands everywhere
On the orpheus circuit they drink from my mouth
And our hands touch and link and we drink and we drown
With land everywhere
On the orpheus circuit and everyone came
But the dark always starts past the cages of flame

On the stage fright
I can still taste that smoke
My voice
Ten seconds after I spoke

And my crush vivid gloves
That crawled up my arms
And white eyeless creatures
All hatched from the foam

Deep down
Deeper than I could stand

Hands everywhere
On the orpheus circuit they drink from my mouth
And our hands touch and link and we drink and we drown
Land everywhere
On the orpheus circuit and everyone came
But the dark always starts past the flames on the stage