Name: The Cause
Duration: P00H05M42S
Description: ‘The Cause’ closes the EP by addressing the duality of Count Dodo, and by extension the band as a whole. It lays bare the crazed aristocrat that he now is, while keeping in mind the melancholy that consumes him. He rails against his subjects, whom he always suspects are plotting against him, roaring that he will never be taken alive.

The Cause

from The Curtained Sleep by The Fangs of the Dodo

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‘The Cause’ closes the EP by addressing the duality of Count Dodo, and by extension the band as a whole. It lays bare the crazed aristocrat that he now is, while keeping in mind the melancholy that consumes him. He rails against his subjects, whom he always suspects are plotting against him, roaring that he will never be taken alive.

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Why wait?
It’s not gonna start itself
They’re bugs
Encased in their mortal shells
They’re on the floor you’ve got to squash your boot down hard

Watch out
Look down they’re crawling all around
These ants
Mean naught until they form a mound
Set the fire we can’t afford another blunder
Alone they’re quiet together they will sound like thunder

I would die for the cause
(Not enough, not enough)
Let me die for my cause
For I believe in something better than this
I would die for my cause
And I will

Crush them
Mercy will not help win the war
It’s grim
Despite, they must obey the law
You will understand when you are older
Alone a stone together they will be a boulder

I would die for the cause
(Not enough, not enough)
Let me die for my cause
For I believe in something better than this
I would die for my cause
And I will

All I know is we’re better off alone
Can’t you see that?

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from The Curtained Sleep, released February 7, 2020

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The Fangs of the Dodo Bath, UK

“The Fangs of the Dodo are a rag-tag gang of violent
criminals led by the vampire Count Dodo on a mission
to conquer the Rock world. Described by some as Art
Pop meets Goth Rock, it is said that no one has ever
survived a Fangs concert to tell the tale. It is fabled
that their electrifying stage show is a sight to behold,
even if it might be your last. Don’t miss it.” ... more

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