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Checkmate

from EP#1 by River Rats

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lyrics

Queen, fair lady, my love
Why do you torture me so?
(I have) given you the kingdom my love
But still your evil heart grows

And so I wait in fear for the moment
When your move will come
Heavy lays the crown, heavy weighs my soul
You must have spawned from below

Captured by your beauty, your subtle grace
The fall of your hair, your angel like face

Yes my queen you were the apple of my eye
But little did I know you were in the devil in disguise

So I wait in fear for the moment
When your move will come
Heavy lays the crown, heavy weighs my soul
My queen was spawned from below

And though I showered you in the finest of roses
Conquered lands in your fair name
But you always want more, your evil to the core
And now my queen moves to checkmate

credits

from EP#1, released August 29, 2015
Words & Music by Matthew Monahan
Arranged by River Rats
Recorded & Mixed by Virgil Segal at Goldfisch Studios

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River Rats Berlin, Germany

From the depths of the Spree and its canals come the River Rats! They drag two guitars, double-bass and violin through the gloomy tunnels of Berlin to their moon-lit sessions.

Influenced by the diminished lines of Django.R, the heart of the variété française and the complexity of World Music, the Rats wander between the ragged niches of Kreuzberg’s street jams and the glamorous grand theater.
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