Mistress of the Vein (Complicated Man album)

Song Length 3:00 Genre Folk - General, Folk - Contemporary
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Disturbed Subject Drugs
Similar Artists Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

MISTRESS OF THE VEIN

Isolated from the mob
She wakes with haunted screams
Her mistress of the vein does rob
The beauty of her dreams

She's got the slightest touch
So gentle yet so obscene
Everyday she rides the golden crutch
A slave to the wicked queen

(Chorus)
Floating / yes she's floating
And the crowd goes rushing by
drifting / now she's drifting
Our baby girl, she only wants to die
Painless / oh painless
Her body now is just a deadly ghost
Clueless / we're so clueless
Our baby girl just shot herself a double devil dose

Such thunderous haunting guilt
Runs naked through her veins
Without the slightest sound
It conquers all her pain

She's ready now to fade
Into that mindless milky haze
Dark angels sing a lullaby
While she gives her soul away

BRIDGE
She straps the leather belt / yanks it tight around her arm
She's on her way to heaven once the poison weaves its charm
She's shooting to escape / one nightmare at a time
No regrets, no tears as the poison takes her life

(Chorus)
Floating / she's floating
And the crowd goes rushing by
drifting / she's drifting
Our baby girl, she only wants to die
Oh she's painless / oh so painless
Watch as her body turns into a deadly ghost
Clueless / we're so clueless
Our baby girl just shot herself a double devil dose

Beautiful and deeply, deeply disturbing. The voice with its vulnerable quaver is perfect for the song. It could have been maudlin and sentimental, but the instrumentation and the voice are so powerful that the effect is deeply moving as well as devastating. This is a dirge, a beautiful dirge.

Lyrics Starburst Music/PGO Media Music Starburst Music/PGO Media
Producer Starburst Music/PGO Media Publisher Starburst Music/PGO Media
Performance Peter G. Olach
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Rock Modernoff & the Jetstream Cowboys Favs 2/12/2013

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