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The Damned – Eighth Day (1985) | Track profile | Dork

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The Damned
Phantasmagoria
Eighth Day

TRACK

Eighth Day

Release date: 1st July 1985

From Phantasmagoria

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Eighth Day" is a track by The Damned, from the album Phantasmagoria, released 1st July 1985. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Damned

The Damned

Lyrics

Eighth Day

[Verse 1]

Dead asleep, the city dreams

Holding up its arms like limbs of steel

Mountains rise like mounds of sand

The boiling sea has swallowed up the land

[Chorus]

On the eighth day

On the eighth day

Dancing dead are knocking on my door

In acid rain, they came to mourn

To raise the flag, to raise the tune

You know they'll be here...

The eighth day

The eighth day

[Verse 2]

Hollow homes and gloomy streets

The people next door are looking more like circus freaks

On the eighth day

Echoes of the midnight chime

The clock moves on, but what a waste of time

[Chorus]

On the eighth day

On the eighth day

Dancing dead are knocking on my door

In acid rain, they came to mourn

To raise the flag, to raise the tune

You know they'll be here soon

[Bridge]

The eighth day

The eighth day

The eighth day

[Verse 3]

Pure white heat and blood of sands

Two clouds of crimson mists are swirling 'round and 'round

On the eighth day

Pools of fear and eyes that shine

The mirrors cracked, but I know they'll be mine, oh, mine

[Chorus]

On the eighth day

On the eighth day

Dancing dead are knocking on my door

In acid rain, they came to mourn

To raise the flag, to raise the tune

You know they'll be here soon

The eighth day

The eighth day

The eighth day

The eighth day

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Track details

From Phantasmagoria

1985

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Album

Release year

1985

1Street Of Dreams
5:38
2The Shadow Of Love
3:50
3There'll Come A Day
4:15
4Sanctum Sanctorum
6:24
5Is It A Dream
3:27
6Grimly Fiendish
3:50
7Edward The Bear
3:36
8The Eight Day
3:46
9Trojans
4:51
—Eighth Day
—Street Of Dreams
5:38
—The Shadow Of Love
3:50
—Is It A Dream
3:27
—Grimly Fiendish
3:50

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Writer: Bryn Merrick, Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, Roman Jugg
Producer: Jon Kelly