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The Wheel and the Knife

from The Snakebox Singles: 01 by 7th Victim

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The demo version of this track may be found on Electronic Saviors VI.

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There's a book on a table in the room of a house
In a land that's driven by the wheel
There's a knife on the doorstep of a parish church
In a town where the sky is the color of steel
There's a fool giving order to the farmer and the priest
In a land where no one has enough to eat
There's a shadow that moves across the wheel
Until it settles on the knife in the farmer's field.

Chorus:
In the month of the wheel / in the season of the knife
In the year of the fool / when the shadows come to life

There are songs that sing on the tenement steps
Where the children play with gruesome things
Filled with secret words that they can’t forget
Made to tug at your heart strings

Chorus:
In the month of the wheel / in the season of the knife
In the year of the fool / when the shadows come to life
In the month of the wheel / in the season of the knife
In the year of the fool / when the sun comes out at night

The wheel forever turning/turning
The Knife stabs and slashes and cuts away
The fool’s eyes are burning/burning
In the Sun in the Shadows in the Night and the Day
The Wheel forever spinning/spinning
The Knife so cold, so sharp, so bright
The Fool foolishly grinning/grinning
In the Shadows in the Sun in the Day and the Night

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from The Snakebox Singles: 01, released May 31, 2020
Words and Music by J. Bressler and R. Linderman

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7th Victim Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

When you think of Philadelphia-based electronic acts, only one name comes to mind.
That name is Void Vision.
But sometimes they're not available. For those times, there's 7th Victim.
Formed in Stocksbridge, UK in 1976, 7th Victim has played shows with Joy Division, The Clash, The KLF, and Depache Mode.. Except for when they haven't. Which they didn't. Why are you still reading this? ... more

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