beli'al and other demons

by aaron bachelder

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released 03 May 2011
Aaron Bachelder: voice, steel and nylon string guitars,
marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, drums, electronics
Tim Boyer: trombones
Anita Cirba: trumpet
Brian Daub: pedal steel
Bryan Gallimore: fiddle, nylon string guitar
Jimmy Johnson: electric guitar
Andy Mabe: bass and bass guitar
Bü Scherf: viola di gamba
Liz Simmons: backing vocal

1. Beware Belial
2. Bye Bye Moonshine
3. Nose And Feet Are Cut Off
4. Inside

Cover designed by Aaron Bachelder and Jimmy Johnson, Beli'al portrait by Morgan Woolverton, photos courtesy of NASA and Jimmy Johnson.

Written and arranged by Aaron Bachelder
Recorded, mixed, and produced by Jimmy Johnson
Trumpet recorded by John Pfiffner
All songs (C) 2010 Aaron Bachelder (ASCAP)
Published by Where’s the Music, Loverboy? (ASCAP)

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Track Name: Beware Beli'al
all of your lovers
have heroic cognates
but I've haven't seen mine
why didn't I
fall in love with you
after what I took from you

crystals cluster in veins
crystals cluster in veins

things I have seen
caught
in a magnetic bubble
with the poles wrong
where were you?
I know you saw it coming
and yet you did nothing

you had your head
in the ground
to escape
the unholy sound
of a soul decaying

we filled our bellies
we filled our lungs
we even filled our noses and covered our tongues
but now I'm done

crystals cluster in veins
crystals cluster in veins

oh Gemini
one open palm stretched to the sky
and one shaking fist

December's child
shoot your prayer's arrow to the sky
every time your four hooves miss

beautiful Scorpion
dancing with Pan all night long
and then running from the sun

fragile Scorpion
charter your ferry
and pay with your tail

oh Gemini
one open palm stretched to the sky
and one shaking fist

December's child
shoot your prayer's arrow to the sky
every time your four hooves miss

beautiful Scorpion
dancing with Pan all night long
and then running from the sun

beware belial
belial the liar
Track Name: Bye Bye Moonshine
bye bye moonshine
you let the earth come between
and there you go drowning your heart again
just when you swore you'd never stop shining

bye bye moonshine
I drowned in your heavenly high
but now the bottle's run dry
and here I am, hungover, under a dark moonless sky

bye bye moonshine
was your glow nothing more than reflected light?
was my love nothing more than a drunk's midnight lie?
was my love nothing more that an arrow pointed straight up in the sky?
Track Name: Nose And Feet Are Cut Off
Let's have another
don't you think twice
we'll drink to your mother
and grandma's good advice
I think that they love you
in some foreign way
so let's forgive them
but swear to never be the same

Let's tell all your family
why it is you ran
and why you're still running
let's tell them all we can
let's hunt down the doctor
mark him with your tears
we'll give back to him
all of your pain and fear

if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you

from all the men you counted
when you were still a child
let's take the right hand
let 'em beg a while
with scarlet kneecaps
unable to hide
the stump that they earned
in trade for a stolen pride

if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you

tonight let's dance with each other
one last time
and pretend we're still lovers
like we did last night


we'll dance with each other
one last time
and pretend we're still lovers
like we did that night

if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you
Track Name: Inside
Well the weather is fine/ and so are you
and I’ve got the time/ for whatever you want to do
I want you to know/ I don’t mind
hanging with you/ and staying outside.

Darling, we’ll go inside when its time

I believe that I’m ready/ to leave it all behind
tomorrow and yesterday/ wiped clean from my mind
put out my eyes/ I’m tired of what I see
all that is crumbling/ in front of you and me

we’ll embrace with our idle hands/ and raise up our glasses
that we might see better/ than how we have seen
and we’ll talk to the animals/ and learn how to be
and learn how to be

Darling, we’ll go inside when its time