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Wetware - 2019 Remaster

by The Cassandra Complex

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1.
VALIS 04:28
Everything I’ve always wanted… All the dreams that come to haunt me Are right here now I close my eyes And from the skies I feel the presence of a Vast And Living Intelligence Vast And Living Intelligence System Source of energy, source of wisdom Vast and living Vast And Living Intelligence System Information of life insistent Vast and living Vast and living All-forgiving Immanent and transcendent Intelligence Vast and living intelligence Filling my brain, my every sense With ecstasy Of VALIS Vast And Living Intelligence System Source of energy, source of wisdom Vast and living Vast And Living Intelligence System Information of life insistent Vast and living
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Bad Faith 03:56
WETWARE Edit"Wetware" The return of The Cassandra Complex after 6 long years of having a real life… And what a great record it is! The cover art is by the amazingly talented and beautiful Kathy Capri – that’s actually her on the cover photo. She originally took it as a test shot, intending to use another model for the final artwork, but we liked this picture of her so much we insisted on keeping it. The record took a while to make, it was the first one Volker and Rodney had made without Juergen around, so it was a bit of an adjustment. But in the process we really rediscovered what The Cassandra Complex was to us. Several people have said that it sounds almost like a Greatest Hits album, it’s got so much of the whole history of the band packed inside it, but it still manages to sound really modern. It’s a fine record, one we’re very proud of. VALIS (Orpheus/Zacharias) Everything I’ve always wanted… All the dreams that come to haunt me Are right here now I close my eyes And from the skies I feel the presence of a Vast And Living Intelligence Vast And Living Intelligence System Source of energy, source of wisdom Vast and living Vast And Living Intelligence System Information of life insistent Vast and living Vast and living All-forgiving Immanent and transcendent Intelligence Vast and living intelligence Filling my brain, my every sense With ecstasy Of VALIS Vast And Living Intelligence System Source of energy, source of wisdom Vast and living Vast And Living Intelligence System Information of life insistent Vast and living Twice as Good (Orpheus/Zacharias) I have the most beautiful girl in the world But I still want another You’re not the best, I know that’s true But you’re here right now and I want you Lay your hand upon my thigh Look into my changing eyes Cause someday we are going to die So tell me now you will be mine Tell me now, I’ve never understood Why love should be between just two When another would be twice as good And both could love me as they should Another would be twice as good I still don’t know if it’s really true But what’s more true than to be with you? What’s more true than the fire of desire? What’s more true than desire for you? Tell me now, I’ve never understood Why love should be between just two When another would be twice as good And both could love me as they should Another would be twice as good They tell me love is only real When two people meet and share what they feel But if love’s so good… We should do it all the time Tell me now, I’ve never understood Why love should be between just two When another would be twice as good And both could love me as they should Another would be twice as good N.U.D. (Ivancic/Orpheus) Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo Death, destruction, cities dying City streets, cruising city streets Black cities, dying, dying Drugs, blood, sex, death Drugs, blood, sex, sex sexsex Naked, Uniformed, Dead Cruising cities Death streets Life, crying Life, dying Naked, Uniformed, Dead Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo Naked, Uniformed, Dead Bad Faith (Jansen/Orpheus/Zacharias) I’m drowning in the sea and I’m holding my nose I just can’t see where anything goes My life’s been stolen away from me I’m locked up tight and I haven’t got a key Cause I’ve got bad faith So give me money, give me sex Give me something I can respect Don’t give me stories, don’t give me lies Just give me something that is real so I know that I’m alive Cause I’ve got bad faith
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N.U.D. 05:01
Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo Death, destruction, cities dying City streets, cruising city streets Black cities, dying, dying Drugs, blood, sex, death Drugs, blood, sex, sex sexsex Naked, Uniformed, Dead Cruising cities Death streets Life, crying Life, dying Naked, Uniformed, Dead Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosovo Naked, Uniformed, Dead
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When I fall in love It will be forever Or at least for a day If you will only say That’s enough for you To reach across the wires, hold my hand And understand That’s enough for you That’s enough for me That’s enough for me That’s enough for me That’s enough for me I’ve always been romantic Though my friends all laugh And if you ask me for my autograph That’s enough for me So won’t you give me a chance Just one chance That’s enough for me That’s enough for me
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Dion Fortune 04:56
She is the sea that holds all things within her My life is between her hands She is space and earth (and life) and water She is all, and she will understand I go to her across the shadowy river She keeps my soul until the dawn The Dark Queen comes, comes to renew me From Death’s caress, I rise reborn Awaken me with kisses in the darkness Isis, the giver of life I am dead until you come to save me I am dead till you become my wife
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Never 08:04
There’s something wrong and I don’t know why I lie awake staring at the sky Crying silently so you won’t hear Invoking succubi that don’t appear Staring at my souvenirs Dreaming of someone that isn’t here Waiting for the pain to disappear And I can never change the way I feel It can never be the same It will never be the same You will never be inside my dreams You can never walk with me You will never walk with me And though I love you baby It will never, never Never be the same When we make love I’m never there I close my eyes and think of her I feel her body instead of yours My heart is belongs to her And I can never change the way I feel It can never be the same It will never be the same You will never be inside my dreams You can never walk with me You will never walk with me And though I love you baby It will never, never Never be the same It will never be the same As it was with her As it was with her Was with her All you give is all that’s mine When we kiss it’s a crime You tell me that will change in time But I know it will be forever
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There’s nothing ever can replace The feeling of belonging to the one you love The feeling that the chain is round your neck The feeling that the chain cannot be broken The feeling that the chain is always there The feeling that the chain is always there My possession My possession At last we’ve found the Golden Dawn At last we wake from all our dreams At last we’ve found the life inside At last we’ve found a Love Supreme My possession My possession My possession I’m blind with fear when you’re so near I’m deaf and dumb when you are here I’m everything when you’re inside I come alive when you arrive My possession At last we’ve found the Golden Dawn At last we wake from all our dreams At last we’ve found the life inside At last we’ve found the Love Supreme My possession My possession My possession You are my slave girl You are my toy You are the scorn of the world You are my joy You’re my possession You’re my possession You’re my possession At last we’ve found the Golden Dawn At last we wake from all our dreams At last we’ve found the life inside At last we’ve found the Love Supreme My possession My possession My possession
8.
Phoenix 05:26
I have become comfortably brilliant, comfortably brilliant I have transcended the reptilian I hardly can control myself, I hardly can control myself I am more than human now, I am more than God allows Look at me, look at me Tell me now what you see A man among men, or something else Something gone beyond, something gone beyond Something new, something ideal Something precious, something half-concealed Something not quite right, that sets your mind alight Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, something wild and rare Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, Phoenix Don’t get me wrong I love you for your beauty,I love your helplessness Don’t get me wrong I love the way you worship me Don’t get me wrong We will survive Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, something wild and rare Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, Phoenix I don’t know if it’s in my genes From where it comes or what it means I only know without your help I hardly can control myself Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, something wild and rare Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, Phoenix The world of mind is ours forever We’ve made a link that can’t be severed In a world that values treachery, our honesty is plain to see Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, something wild and rare Phoenix in the wetware Phoenix, Phoenix
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Invisible, eternal (rpt) They move among us (rpt) They move between our lives They sacrifice their lives for us And we Can never see what they do We live in ignorance Of everything that ever was But arrogance will not prevail We draw aside the veil And rise up from the tomb Our rose will bloom We wait in silence Someday we will ascend Your rule will end Your rule will end We carry no flag No man has our allegiance We live between your lives All knowledge, all power Alive Invisible, eternal Invisible, eternal The mob will rule again
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Blood Vessel 08:31
I can feel the blood pumping inside my head My own life, killing me I harbour another life inside A secret life, placed there by my friend It grows inside, steals my energy It grows inside me I am a vessel Sailing the sea of time I am a vessel Empty, and making a useless noise I am a vessel Of my family I am a vessel I am everything except me I am a million cells A million prisons that enclose my life Trapped like a silent monk Worshipping something I will never see I am nothing but the universe I am all life And nothing Nothing at all I am Therefore I am Therefore I was Before I will be But what will I be? What will I be in the days and years to come? What will I be? And will I ever be free Of the destiny that calls to me? The destiny of long slow death My body falling to pieces And my thoughts dying with every breath I take With every breath I take With every breath I take I come closer I come closer to something I cannot see
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It's OK 09:19
Last night you lost your temper again Shouted at me about silly things And I walked away I walked away But I think I know What you were trying to say And it’s OK It’s OK It’s OK We live our lives alone But we try to share it It doesn’t work It never did But still we try To make it real And it’s OK It’s OK Who do you criticise Now you’re alone? Who does for you What I used to do There’s no-one No-one except for you And it’s OK It’s OK

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released January 30, 2020

Rodney Orpheus: vocals, computers
Volker Zacharias: guitar, bass

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