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Unspeakable Things

by The Obliging Victims

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1.
The Old Goat 04:26
So nice to meet you girl the pleasure is all mine So sorry if I stare but you just look so fine If you'll just come this way that wiggle in your walk Is so distracting but I’d really love to talk I have the influence and yes I have the means To give you everything you want to hand you all your dreams So take my hand I’ll make you understand This is a church of sorts why don’t you have a seat You should take off all your clothes I’m turning up the heat I have the influence and yes I have the means To give you everything you want to hand you all your dreams Forsake the light for dark and live deliciously Wrap your hands around my horns and take a ride with me So take my hand I’ll make you understand
2.
I came back home to find you there Sitting naked and serene just brushin' out your hair Something was very wrong as you kept humming some old song I saw blood splattered everywhere You smiled and asked about my day I replied and whispered “Is that all you have to say” You pointed to the bedroom door and said there was a little more of a mess we’d have to hide away I won’t say anything I’ll help you clean up everything but I can’t help wondering what happened here You showed me what was on the bed I couldn’t bring myself to ask where was the head I didn’t understand but I just took you by the hand and with a sigh I softly said I won’t say anything I’ll help you clean up everything but I can’t help wondering what happened here You know I love you so I mean it I’ll pretend it’s all a dream and act as if I’d never even seen it I will make it go away push it from our lives and conceal it Baby you’re the one No matter what you’ve done I scrubbed the red from all the walls Scraped the hair and teeth and brains from up and down the halls and I can do it all again if you should make another friend I’ll be there for you when darkness calls I won’t say anything I’ll help you clean up everything but I can’t help wondering what happened here I don’t really need to know What happened here
3.
Simulacrum 07:06
With these two hands I made it from fallen leaves and mud and blood and a lock of your hair I put your red dress on it and left it there waiting for nightfall Then lit the candles one by one black wax melting and dripping staining the circle I drew on the floor Now wake up and open your eyes I’ve had some time to reflect and I’ll be just fine with you gone I made my own version of you who won’t just leave when she’s done with me Sweet simulacrum I heard her footsteps on the stairs and waited there anticipation making me squirm she looked exactly like you except her eyes were black and endless and swirling with stars But she only says things that I wanna hear never anything ugly or mean Even with worms falling out of her hair She’s the most beautiful girl that I’ve ever seen So just go lose my number and find yourself someone new Her breath might smell like a graveyard I still prefer her to you My sweet simulacrum
4.
Shambles 05:44
There isn’t much to say her life is not like your life he keeps her locked away the remnants of his old wife he knows she’ll leave someday and take the whole world with her But that’s the price you pay for love He can’t bear to let her go he can’t let anybody know they won’t ever understand even though she’s dangerous he still wants to hold her hand The girl he knew is gone but he still sees her clearly behind those snapping jaws and knows he loves her dearly but those men she feeds upon their cries they haunt his living nightmares But that’s the price you pay for love She sits tied down in a room that smell like lavender perfume and rot they mix together sick and sweet he can’t feed her fast enough and she can’t get enough to eat What’s not alive but somehow stands dead starlight shines on haunted lands her lips are red to match her hands and when she walks she shambles The doctors grim and grave said she was too far gone to save but a clever man always finds a way some books should not be read and some things are better dead but he just couldn’t let it end that day She never sleeps she never breathes she never speaks she never reads Her hunger goes on and on and on he’s just glad that she’s there and he doesn’t care that she kills she kills she kills she kills What’s not alive but somehow stands dead starlight shines on haunted lands her lips are red to match her hands and when she walks and when she walks What’s not alive but somehow stands dead starlight shines on haunted lands her lips are red to match her hands and when she walks she shambles
5.
It’s been a truly rotten day in the most unexpected unpleasant way Johnny’s gone now I’m alone Johnny’s gone and something killed the phone Johnny’s gone I’ve got to hide but there’s a light shining outside I’m not alone anymore anymore I’ve got someone to help me nail up the door it’s not as bad as it seems Soon this will just be another black and white dream It’s been a really trying day I think I saw the dead walk but I just drove away Here I am I’m on my own here I am outside this house I don’t own here I am I’ve got to find if anyone’s alive inside I’m not alone anymore anymore I’ve got someone to help me nail up the door it’s not as bad as it seems Soon this will just be another black and white dream I don’t think they can get in we will see the sun again when this night comes to an end we will walk out hand in hand and we’ll find your Johnny then safe and sound and waiting for you He’s waiting for you he’s waiting for you Johnny’s waiting for you He’s coming back to get you girl he’s coming’ back to get you He’s coming to get you They’re coming to get you They’re coming to get you They’re coming to get you They’re coming to get you
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7.
Guess I should have known nothing you said was true now I wait here all alone in this crazy-house for you’ On the night we met you picked me up and you took me home To your not quite empty castle and you watched me drink alone I looked in your red red eyes and finally realized That I could never stay angry at you that way all of the spiders and flies in the world can’t make me walk out that door for good even if I still could I will remain unrequited eternally yours But hey I understand I know I’m not your only one I am just a filthy plaything you can use to get things done Yeah I’ve seen her face shining like the moon in this dark place I’d like to warn her about you But I can’t help wondering how her blood tastes I won’t renounce your name I’ll worship you the same all of my life for you all my life for you Just let one thing be true I’ll die and kill for you Give me the blood is the life is the blood is the... But I could never stay angry at you that way all of the spiders and flies in the world can’t make me walk out that door for good even if I still could I will remain unrequited eternally I will remain unrequited eternally I will remain unrequited eternally yours
8.
Time ticking slowly till the sun sinks in the West when shadows march and hungry night-birds leave their nests There is a world behind a wall behind a door and I will climb the stairs beyond to find out what she has in store I know a secret sorceress who sees into my dreams she waits for me with magic and she always gives me what I need Take me to the attic all her spells embracing me Let me feel your magic Take me to the attic Colors change so easily Our own private planet You have to be invited up into her den and once you’ve been inside you want to go again Her hair is dark and wild like wind through winter trees her stormy eyes are ocean-blue and tease their mysteries She conjures fantasy with fire from her hands I can’t get enough ‘cuz she’s the only one who understands Take me to the attic all her spells embracing me Let me feel your magic Take me to the attic Colors change so easily Our own private planet Smoke remembers we stoke the embers Stretch out with your feeling ‘cuz it’s bigger than you think Peel open the ceiling you can see stars laugh if you don’t blink On the sofa beside you she is watching galaxies twirl With a twist of her finger she’s a goddess living as a girl Take me to the attic all her spells embracing me Let me feel your magic Take me to the attic Colors change so easily Our own private planet Smoke remembers we stoke the embers
9.
Damned Again 05:01
It can be hard waking up when you’ve been dead for so long but every hundred or so years you feel like groovin and all your friends are wailing dying to be misbehaving yeah So when our spirits are high we wanna get them higher those coffin lids open wide and all the graves spit fire we rise in celebration brimstone scented reprobation Spinning in my grave is fine if you’re only spinning records I like So baby let me haunt your house now for a little while Before I’m dead and gone ‘Cuz I’ll be damned again by dawn No need to open the door ‘cuz I just walk right through it please drink some bourbon for me ‘cuz I can’t seem to do it and if we should possess you you’ll have so much to confess to yeah Spinning in my grave is fine if you’re only spinning records I like So baby let me haunt your house now for a little while Before I’m dead and gone ‘Cuz I’ll be damned again by dawn Whoa Spinning in my grave is fine if you’re only spinning records I like So baby let me haunt your house now for a little while We wanna keep this going all night Cover all the mirrors and turn out the lights And flip that crucifix upside down Can you play the music backwards till the needle snaps I need to hear that sound before I go back down Before I’m dead and gone ‘Cuz I’ll be damned again by dawn

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A lo-fi, psychedelic trip into the realms of horror, magic, murder and the supernatural.

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released October 6, 2021

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Kelley Kombrinck, with recording assistance from Colin Kombrinck. Engineered at The Magic Attic, Cincinnati, Ohio between March 2019 and August 2021.

Mastered by Carl Saff, Saff Mastering

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The Obliging Victims Cincinnati, Ohio

The Obliging Victims is a band of one—the brainchild of Cincinnati musician Kelley Kombrinck (vocalist/guitarist for longtime Cincy band “Pike”) who writes performs and produces every aspect of the dark psychedelic rock project.
A blend of sixties and seventies rock refracted through a prism of modern influences (grunge, LA psych scene, doom) to create a fuzzy, lo fi, psychedelic trip.
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