Seasons change, the night grows wide
Friendly faces reveal their hidden haunts
The lives surreal come out at twilight
Where wolves, hooligans, and other wights
No longer hide in Hyde
Forests of trees and flats everywhere
Nameless shadows masquerade
Where is the man? I see the mask
Hiding within his self-charade.
Only so long can you hide behind the part of Jekyll
For this is the Park's midnight revel
Oh no—it's now grown dark
After five stay out of the Park
This the place where chaoses preside
The darkness abiding there in Hyde
A million shadows—am I one of those?
What sort of fellow has a duo of names?
Things seemed so clear in the daylight walk
Now I'm scared of the face of the clock
When you thought you can trust a name
Then the time begins to unwind
So that the number you knew is not the same.
There are so many things that Hyde can find
All he asks is that you take the mask
And your soul give in to the ghoul within
Oh no—it's now grown dark
After five stay out of the Park
This the place where chaoses preside
The darkness abiding there in Hyde
Now a new parameter blockades the perimeter
And you wonder ever what masquerades beyond the familiar
The confusion of the cuckoo clock begins at two o clock
(Or does it?)
This is the twilight carnival spirit.
Only so long can you hide behind the part of Jekyll
The six songs on this record combine the brass-heavy sounds of jazz and afrobeat with pulsing dance beats to intoxicating effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2020