Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Isobel Campbell is the former cellist and backing vocalist for Belle & Sebastian, as well as leader of The Gentle Waves. Mark Lanegan (1964 - 2022) used to be the frontman of the Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees and subsequently played with Queens of the Stone Age, and formed (together with Greg Dulli) The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also released solo albums.
Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. Read Full BioIsobel Campbell is the former cellist and backing vocalist for Belle & Sebastian, as well as leader of The Gentle Waves. Mark Lanegan (1964 - 2022) used to be the frontman of the Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees and subsequently played with Queens of the Stone Age, and formed (together with Greg Dulli) The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also released solo albums.
Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. They released a series of albums: Ballad of the Broken Seas, which received a nomination in the 2006 Mercury Awards, Sunday at Devil Dirt, which was released in May 2008. The album received US release in Fall 2008. Their third album Hawk was released in August 2010. The same year the live album "Live At The Barbican London 2010 " was released.
Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. Read Full BioIsobel Campbell is the former cellist and backing vocalist for Belle & Sebastian, as well as leader of The Gentle Waves. Mark Lanegan (1964 - 2022) used to be the frontman of the Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees and subsequently played with Queens of the Stone Age, and formed (together with Greg Dulli) The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also released solo albums.
Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. They released a series of albums: Ballad of the Broken Seas, which received a nomination in the 2006 Mercury Awards, Sunday at Devil Dirt, which was released in May 2008. The album received US release in Fall 2008. Their third album Hawk was released in August 2010. The same year the live album "Live At The Barbican London 2010 " was released.
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Snake Song
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan Lyrics
Well you can't hold me
I'm too slippery
I do no sleeping
I get lonely
You can touch me
If you want to
I got poison
I just might bite you
Lie in circles
On the sunlight
Shine like diamonds
On a dark night
Ain't no mercy
In my smiling
Only fangs and
Sweet beguiling
Well the future he don't
Try to find me
Skin I been through
Dies behind me
Solid hollow
Wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of
Venom wasted
Well you can slip in
Try to find me
Hold your breath and
Flat deny me
It makes no difference
To my thinking
I'll be here when
You start sinking
Contributed by Taylor V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Ant Blake
Love it. Dark atmospheric western music is a billion times more superior than modern flash politicized country music.
David Swanson
RIP Mark
Oded Niv
RIP Mark Lanegan
mat11trick
Let it be known this is a Townes Van Zandt number. And a damn good version at that.
jacob magill
good to know, thanks
John Green
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ThePhiZzo
The Bootleggers Feat: Ralph Stanley-Fire in the blood
Katrina Whitney
love it! best townes van zandt cover in a long time.
Missy Blanchard
I absolutely love this song!!
Et in Arcadia ego
God, I love this song. EVERY. FUCKING.VERSION. I first heard this song on the film Lawless, the Emmylou Harris cover of it. Then I heard the orginal by Townes Van Zandt on the film Cavalry. I just discovered this version today, and I like it, not as much as the other two, but its still pretty damn epic.