...Then I Defy You, Stars

The Receiving End Of Sirens * Track #6 On Between the Heart and the Synapse

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Album Between the Heart and the Synapse

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The Receiving End Of Sirens

2005

...Then I Defy You, Stars by The Receiving End Of Sirens

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The Receiving End Of Sirens

Produced by

Matt Squire

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The title comes from a line from “Romeo and Juliet,” a Shakespearean play, uttered by Romeo when he learns from his servant that Juliet is dead (whereas she is only in a temporary coma).
The song makes additional references to the play in the lyrics.

...Then I Defy You, Stars Lyrics

The apparitions tango to the sound of their heels tapping
A procession of prosthetic limbs and mannequins
They're all perfect models of imperfection
With marrow made of cellophane

Strap on your ballroom best
Breathe in and don't exhale
Oh, Juliet! Oh, Juliet!
Deny your name, your father
(x2)

Rearrange the cells that form my skin
See them through kaleidoscope eyes
Because everybody feigns sometimes

Blur your eyes
(Romeo)
Bend the lines
(Romeo)
Do you like what you see?
Oh, Romeo

Where art thou?
I've dressed up this canvas skin;
Painted something colorful
Self-inflicted surgery is now routine
It erases all traces of faces
(x2)

Where art thou now?
Wherefore art thou?

Where art thou?
I've dressed up this canvas skin;
Painted something colorful
(just for you)
Self-inflicted surgery is now routine
It erases all traces of faces
(we have all known; We have all owned)
(x3)