Preparing my solo album, Tantric Machine, for its release in October (finally) and came across this tune which I had more or less forgotten about. It was recorded during the TM sessions late one night in a single take. I made up the lyrics as we went along. I think the song has a nice loose feel and is emotionally true to the moment it was created in - a night of wine, diddling the Muse and spewing the Devil’s music in a studio in Tribeca.

Hugh Pool twisted the knobs and played guitar and beer bottle. “GC” is an unmastered rough mix and will probably remain so.

Indulge me.

I was born in the darkness
I was born in God’s cunt
You can call it whatever you like
Whatever you want

I was born in the bathroom sink
I was 2 minutes old and I needed a drink

You make it your exit
Or is it your entrance?

I was born in the darkness
I was born in God’s ...

Kind of liked the starkness
But the entertainment sucked
Crepuscular walls surrounded my brain
The muffled silence of the Bardo Plains

Well, they turned on the lights and they lit up the flame
They painted my face and they changed my brain
Well, they turned on the lights and they lit up the flame
They painted my face and they gave me a name

The hideous night became my friend
I built the machines of Original Sin

Opened up my mouth and the moon fell out
It was silver, it was cold, it was perfectly round

I could feel the power in my body born
Like a cloud that contained an electrical storm

And in this place Shiva’s daughter
Washes her body in the bloody water

And in this place the Prodigal Son
Starts his engines and fires his guns

I was born in the darkness…

The bone, the muscle, the blood and the brain
Electrical sparks in the gene parade

I was born in the darkness…

Darling, make some room in your womb
I’m coming home”

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