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Not of Roses / Call of the Clove

from The Stinking Rose by Kev Hopper

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Burn all your bibles and banners
Turn the ashes in
Here's a crown of noxious pearls
Clothed in angel's skin

If a pilgrims road passes our abode
Then his ears resound to a secret sound

Are your wounds open and raw?
Embrace the camphor of the poor
Do you fear a hidden power?
Then wear a badge of badgers flower

Children of allium
Blessed with a subtle air
Wherever you are found
We will be gathered there

Here's an aroma grenade
Curled like Satin's fist
Here's the egg the great snake laid
The one that Hecate kissed

Be a friend of fear
There is magic here
You will learn it all
When you hear the call

We are the lily's kind
Ready to welcome you
If you've an open mind
Here's what you have to do

Are you slave to dark desires?
Then seek the salve that never tires
Dreams and demons to endure?
Embrace the camphor of the poor

We are one... We are one...

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from The Stinking Rose, released January 1, 1993

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Kev Hopper London, UK

Over the years I've been involved in three bands: Stump in the 80's, Ticklish in the late 90's and 2000's and Prescott since 2012.

In addition I have made over a dozen solo records; most of them available here.

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