This Mortal Coil was a project of Ivo Watts-Russell (from Northamptonshire,… Read Full Bio ↴This Mortal Coil was a project of Ivo Watts-Russell (from Northamptonshire, England), president of the British 4AD record label, which began in 1983 and lasted until 1991. This Mortal Coil (TMC) is an example of a supergroup, and performers include members from bands on 4AD's roster, such as Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Colourbox, The Wolfgang Press, Dif Juz, X Mal Deutschland and Modern English. The records consist mostly of dark and moody interpretative cover versions of a wide variety of artists ranging from Big Star and Talking Heads to The Apartments and Tim Buckley. The group recorded three albums; It'll End In Tears, Filigree & Shadow and Blood.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet's soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; "coil" is used in its archaic sense of "disturbance, trouble":
"What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
The group takes its name from Shakespeare. In particular Hamlet's soliloquy To be, or not to be, where it refers to dying; "coil" is used in its archaic sense of "disturbance, trouble":
"What dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause."
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, line 67.
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Filigree and Shadow
This Mortal Coil Lyrics
Alone Alone, with too much generosity. A theater mask of hostility…
Come Here My Love Come here my love. This feeling has me spellbound. Yet the s…
Drugs And all I see is little dots Some are smeared and…
Firebrothers In the valley where the moon and lovers play. Lived two…
I Must Have Been Blind Here I am believing words again. Here I am trying to…
I Want To Live I've gathered all my lifetime memories of you. My lusty sent…
Morning Glory I lit my purest candle close to my window. Hoping it…
My Father My father always promised us that we would live in…
Strength of Strings "Billy, Billy, we just had a baby" In my life…
Tarantula I'm living but I'm feeling numb. Can see it in my…
The Jeweller Jeweller has a shop on the corner of the boulevard. In…