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In The Garden

by M Stevens & The Ghasts

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Saltpetre is potassium nitrate. It's used in gunpowder and also is said to reduce carnal urges. Salt, as well as being a condiment, was also used to pay Roman soldiers and is thus the basis of the word salary and the phrase 'worth your salt'.

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In the Garden

In the garden they do come to you
Like some flesh-eating R2-D2s
Or a round-up of lady cleaning crews
Saying "Hey have you heard the news?
You're gonna, gonna
Judas has got new shoes"
He's gonna, gonna
Lead a legion of tin men to you
And we might ask them to lend us an ear or two
So you've come here to play the new god
Well he's been buried for centuries odd
He's gonna, gonna
Rebrand himself as Zod

Are you my friend?

Well flesh is the weakest thing
And the proof's gotta be in the eating
Cash it in now for real
In the airlock they break the seal
You're gonna, gonna
Seal up that aching deal
You're gonna, gonna
Hang with the sons of virgins
Like that cross on that guillotine surgeon
Who says he was born for the theatre
You better feed him that old saltpetre
Gonna gonna
Feed him his due salt, Peter

Are you my friend?

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released September 25, 2022
Written by Michael Stevens
Performed by The Ghasts, who are M Stevens (vocal, acoustic guitar) Ciaran Canavan (bass), Mark Jordan (electric guitar and backing vocals), Hugh McCabe (mandolin and keys) and Donagh O'Brien (drums).
Cover concept by Fiachra McCarthy. Photo & design by Hugh McCabe.
Recorded by Stephen Shannon at Experimental Audio.

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M Stevens & The Ghasts Dublin, Ireland

You may know M Stevens as Mike, that speccy guy from a string of Irish alt folk & indie pop bands like Settler, Groom, Lie Ins and Skelocrats. Or as co-founder of celebrated indie collective Popical Island.

M's band The Ghasts are Mark Jordan, Hugh McCabe, Ciaran Canavan, Donagh O'Brien and sometimes Norah and Anna Stevens and Sadhbh McCabe. ... more

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