In honor of our own Screaming Lord Byron: The Devil is an Englishman

[Az]

A poet walks amongst the Gods
But jealous men have pulled me down
Now exiled in a foreign land
I coax my demons into life
While people cross themselves and say
The Devil is an Englishman

Beelzebub in human form
I mingle with the noblemen
Young girls fall pleading at my feet
As I defile them one by one
Devouring half of London Town
The Devil is an Englishman

A nest of tiny scorpions
Are breeding in my cranium
Poet Laureate of hell
The Devil is an Englishman

In yet a hundred years from now
As leeches suck upon the flesh
For those who trek beyond the grave
This dark demented soul lives on
The Devil is an Englishman

© Thomas Dolby

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Why thank you. I'm more of the Spring Heeled Jack type guy myself.

[Az]

2. Interesting, I know that picture

Where'd you get it from? :evilgrin:

For the record the above song is from the movie Gothic which is about Byron, Shelly and a particular interesting evening.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. Yeah. A Ken Russell movie, about my little sojourn in Italy

with Shelley, Polidori and Shelley's bird. Shelley's bird wrote this mad story about some sort of animated corpse. Crazy shit. Sank like a stone of course.

[Az]

4. But didn't it simply reek of atmosphere

Plus any movie that gets a soundtrack including Thomas Dolby gets points in my book.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Yeah. His new-fangled harpsichord arpeggios are really quite pleasant.