Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
Mike Patton
The opening song on ‘Corpse Flower’ has lyrics lifted from famous passages from Oscar Wilde’s ‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’ written following Wilde’s release from prison after a two year sentence for gross indecency. Originally published under the pseudonym C.3.3. (which stood for cell block C, landing 3...
[Verse 1]
Yet, each man kills the things he loves
But each, let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man, with a sword
[Verse 2]
Some kill their loved when they are young
Some when they are old
Some strangle with the hands of lust
Some with the hands of gold
The kindest use a knife
Because the dead so soon grow cold
[Verse 3]
Some love too little
Some too long
Some sell and others buy
Some do a deed with money tears
Some without a sigh
For each man kills the thing that he loves
[Verse 1]
Yet, each man kills the thing he loves
By each, let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man, with a sword
[Verse 2]
Some kill their loved when they are young
Some when they are old
Some strangle with the hands of lust
Some with the hands of gold
The kindest use a knife
Because the dead soon grow cold
[Verse 3]
Some love too little
Some too long
Some sell and others buy
Some do a deed with money tears
Some without a sigh
For each man kills the thing that he loves
Ballade C.3.3. was written by Jean-Claude Vannier & Oscar Wilde.
Ballade C.3.3. was produced by Mike Patton.
Mike Patton released Ballade C.3.3. on Fri Sep 13 2019.