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The Mermaid's Crimson Bough

from Anthology I (1988 - 1992) by Mutiny in Jonestown

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1 2 3 4 5 are gone - all you children come along
As I tell a story now - of the Mermaid’s Crimson Bough

Two days out hit stormy seas — sailing on to Martinique
Icy windstorm howling loud - like a waiting funeral shroud

Superstitious sailor cried, “Taste the wind - tonight we die”
Ocean daemons haunting us - take us under dust to dust

Shredded sails, broken mast — end was near I prayed it fast
Ship was sinking, crew was dead - underwater, kept my head
No more air, can’t hold my breath - proudly set to swallow death
Whirlpool from below - rising towards me spinning so

Gasp for death (I was prepared) - expecting sea yet tasting air!

Where and How and What and Why - something came to save my life

When I woke I found myself - perched on underwater shelf
in a cave of riches vast - sunken treasures from the past
“Take these gifts we’ve brought for you” - the mermaid said “Your heart is true”
To the surface we’ll go now - you may ride our Crimson Bough

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from Anthology I (1988 - 1992), released March 19, 2016

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Mutiny in Jonestown Washington

Influenced by classic 70's progressive rock bands like King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator & Genesis - along with late 60's psychedelia from The Beatles, Procol Harum & Pink Floyd (with a little 70's Black Sabbath thrown in for good measure), Mutiny in Jonestown has always sought to take these influences and synthesize them into something new.

The band has released 42 albums since 1987.
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