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Too Much To Carry To The Devil For The Dead Man

from III by Mal VU

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Appears this entire album is angry.

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We see man, again and again
With something in his hands
He holds his recognition
To define any man
Pick the tool in his hand
Could be any kind of prop
Do you understand?

May be weapons to the fighters
Whips and lassoes to the tamers
Maybe toys with the dandies
Or expression instruments
Shouldn’t even matter
What he holds in his hands
When he dies, and he’ll die
He leaves behind all his things

Death won’t accept the lie material brings
The heavy, heavy hand just won’t be let in
You take only to the afterlife
The spirit within

The woman has a heart and the man has hands
Too much to carry to the devil for the dead man

Cowboy swings a rope and
The pirate holds a map
Magician taps a wand
Pulls a rabbit from his hat
Man in the circus crackin’ whips, wavin’ chairs
The player with the roving eyes and pomade in his hair
Soldier cocks his gun
The painter dabs his brush
Smoker swingin’ gloves hands a bottle to the lush

The woman has a heart and the man has hands
That’s too much to carry to the devil for the dead man

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from III, released January 1, 2001

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Mal VU Chicago, Illinois

Mal VU began in 1993 in Columbus, Ohio by performance artist Vena Gore (Lesley Ann Fogle) and Darrin Brown. After relocating to Chicago in 1998, Vena worked in various recording studios producing Mal Vu songs at night. Mal VU grew to include Traci Trouble and a slew of guest musicians from the Chicago scene. American gothic with dark narrative ballads. Members of After-Death Plan ... more

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