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The Ape of Naples
Fire of the Mind

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Fire of the Mind

Release date: 2nd December 2005

From The Ape of Naples

About This Track

"Fire of the Mind" is a track by Coil, from the album The Ape of Naples, released 2nd December 2005. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Coil

Coil

Lyrics

Fire of the Mind

[Verse 1]

Does death come alone

Or with eager reinforcements?

Does death come alone

Or with eager reinforcements?

Death is centrifugal

Solar and logical

Decadent and symmetrical

Angels are mathematical

Angels are bestial

Man is the animal

Man is the animal

[Refrain]

The blacker the sun

The darker the dawn

[Verse 2]

Flashes from the axis

Flashes from the axis

On the hummingway

To the stars

[Bridge]

Holy holy, holy holy, holy, oh holy

Holy holy, holy holy, holy

Holy holy, holy holy, holy

Man is the animal

[Refrain]

The blacker the suns

The darker the dawns

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Track details

From The Ape of Naples

2005

Album

The Ape of Naples

Release year

2005

—Amber Rain
—Cold Cell
—I Don't Get It
—It's in My Blood
—Going Up
—Fire of the Mind
—Teenage Lightning 2005
—The Last Amethyst Deceiver
—Triple Sun
—Tattooed Man
—Heaven's Blade

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Credits

Writer: Danny Hyde, John Balance, Peter Christopherson
Producer: Coil, Danny Hyde
Credited: Danny Hyde, John Balance, Momus, Peter Christopherson