O Cynthia! from Cargo Cult by Crush Limbo

This one came together rather spontaneously after I came up with the title and realized--go figure!--"Cynthia" kinda sorta rhymes with "sin for ya."

Well, i just ran with it from there.

It was only after I finished recording it in my patented mad scientist fashion that I questioned whether parts of the song--the "pre chorus"--bear a certain resemblance to Bowie's "Holy Holy" (not so much melody and chords but the general attitude and approach, perhaps). I do love that Bowie song but wasn't consciously thinking of it when I wrote "O Cynthia!"

O well, I guess. I can't really avoid Bowie, Lennon, Ray Davies et al surfacing up from my subconscious now and again. You tell me if you think you hear a resemblance. Maybe I'm imagining it.

Tracklist

8.	O Cynthia!	3:10

Lyrics

O Cynthia
I’ll sin for ya
Will you sin for me
in a symphony
of desire?

No need to
light a fire;
we’re hotter
than the torch
that sets
the Devil’s forge
aflame.

And anyway,
one fine day,
we may wind up
you and I,
as toads
or newt’s eyes
swirling in
a witches cauldron.

Yes one day soon
it’s true
we’ll have to pay
for all our youthful
transgressions;
we’ll be forced to make
(tearful) confessions.

[bridge]
Pointed fingers,
scarlet letters,
all the better
we should not wait
to consummate.

Then we’ll meet our fate
as it comes.
As the church bell tolls
and the hangman
beats his drum.

[pre chorus]
Oh sin with me
Just behind that tree
where the serpent lies
with his wizened eyes
You can sympathize
with his lot in life.

Oh sin with me
before that sad day comes
'fore the setting sun
lights a crimson sky.

[Chorus]
O Cynthia!
I’ll sin for ya
will you sin with me
in a symphony
of desire?

Crescendoing higher
Until we meet our fate
Our date with infamy
and the flames
of the funeral pyre.

Credits

from Cargo Cult, released December 25, 2018

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