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Really nerdy fans of H.P. Lovecraft's imaginative fiction will get the references. This song represents the interstitial point between lighter slumber and deep REM. The word salad of the verse is indicative of the disordered impressions as the sleeper departs from the rational thoughts of their waking mind.

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Kind Speckled Fritillary
Mystic, random
Coda lamplight
To our new mental lore
Lemon sailing
Strangers to our shore
Snakes and ladders
Nothing matters
I wish that you could be here
But they wouldn’t set you free here
If you came
If you try to find it
You’ll just sail blindly by it
Crystal headlands hold the way
Old magic, but I know it’s here to stay.

In time the reality fogs
Are gonna catch up to the
Secret pretenders
And you who’ve so carelessly tiptoed
One day we’ll meet as friends
You’ll see

Clear blue waters,
How they love my daughters
I wish that you could be here
But they wouldn’t set you free here if you came
And if you try to find it
You will sail blindly by it
Crytstal headlands hold the way
Old magic,
But i know it’s here to stay.

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from Her Majesty's Secret Circus Vol. 1, released May 21, 2022

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The Great Speckled Fritillary Vancouver, British Columbia

The lovely butterfly-dragons of Sona-Nyl are insectoid creatures with beautifully-patterned wings, insect-like legs and long, curved necks and tails. These creatures feed solely on nectar, fragrant odours and silence. If threatened, a butterfly-dragon responds by emitting a rose-coloured mist from glands along the sides of its body. Anyone inhaling or even touching this mist goes deaf. ... more

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