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Ash to Fire

from The Gap (2011) by Coil

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Starting its life in 1978, this song was finished in 2010, 32 years later. it was about telling the truth through lies or stories and if it is possible to tell the difference between the two - especially when someone is ending a relationship. Phil’s guitar and the vocal harmonies are what makes the song endure.

lyrics

So here’s the truth,
Lies, lies, lies.
It’s written on my face, falling from my lips.

Ash to fire,
I am the liar.
I warned you, I’d scorn you,
So what are you waiting for?

Sit by the fire.
I get so tired.
I’m older, much colder,
So what are you waiting for?

In America you sleep, and dream.
Hold your lover in his sleep, and dream.

So here’s the truth,
Lies, lies, lies.
It’s written on my face, falling from my lips.

Now it’s too late.
For reappraisal…
Ash to Fire.

In America you sleep, and dream.
Hold your lover in his sleep, and dream.

Wait forever,
For you to fall.
Burning for a thousand years,
It’s you alone I love.

Love, love, love.
Love, love, love.

You alone I love.

Love, love, love.
Love, love, love.
Love, love, love.

You alone I love.

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from The Gap (2011), released June 10, 2011

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Coil UK

Genre: new wave, post punk, fast, sharp, slightly chippy, good SOH, mature, attractive, desirable, not too stupid.

Members: Phil Dann (guitar, vocals), Tony Harrison (bass, vocals), , Kev Jones (drums), Finbar Lillis (vocals) Steve Curtis (percussion, vocals)
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