By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram ← Julia Verne Previous track by this artist → Hermit of the Half Moon Rock Next track by this artist.
Released 8/9/2024.
Duration: 3:07.

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General contributors:

• Bijan Eghtesady melancholyrobot Bandcamp melancholy_robo Twitter ← Julia Verne Previous general contribution by this artist → Hermit of the Half Moon Rock Next general contribution by this artist (drums)

Lyrics:

Come one, come all to the midnight ball
There's trouble brewing in the banquet hall
Take a leap through the line and you'll be just fine
I've seen your face all over the unwanted signs
Have a toast to your host who's got the least
He's secretly something of an awful beast (Oh)
With a bulletproof plan for the also-rans
And an awful lot of time upon his idle hands

Everybody's going on about the end of the world
In fact they seem a little excited
It's a party and your pity's invited
Dinner and dessert provided

Vampire State - home to all the miscreated
Where nightmares are related and dreams annihilated (Oh)
Vampire State - pierce the moonlight with your steeple
We're not your kind of people anymore

Slow down, look around, take in all the sounds
Your cup ranneth over ‘til it nearly drowned
Take a few small sips, leave a few tall tips
And you can keep on dancing when the record skips
Don't you try to sneak out of any exit routes
‘Cause the scent that you're dispensing is a sense of doubt (sense of doubt)
If you show off your back, you're just an easy snack
You must impress upon them that you're always on attack

Everybody keeps talking while their mouths are full
But you know every word they're saying
And you get the feeling you'll be staying
It's an urge you can't resist obeying

Vampire State - where the jawline meets the collar
It's a real hoot and holler of opulence and squalor (Oh)
Vampire State - rising over the horizon
You'll wish that you'd been wise enough to run

High on that heathen tower (Oh), clock strikes the midnight hour (Oh)
Down from the belfry comes a cloud of wings (Cloud of wings)
Kaleidoscope of teeth and shadows underneath
Eclipsing all these wretched things (Oh, oh)

But at the end of the night, if your cards are right
You might get out of there with only just a couple of bites
Keep your sleeves rolled down when you reach the ground
And no one else will have to know when you get back to town

Everybody looks different in the light of the day (Oh, oh)
At the masquerade's adjourning (Oh, oh)
But when the midnight oil is burning
You know that you will be returning

Vampire State - climb the hundred-story talon
A crimson Irwin Allen exploding by the gallon (Oh)
Vampire State - calling all the anti-saviors
Be on your worst behavior at the
Vampire State - dreaded fang as high as mountains
An oozing scarlet fountain a billion served and counting (Oh, oh)
Vampire State - where the wounds are freshly severed
You'll wish that you had never heard its name