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Journey into a Castrato's dream

from Edgar Ph​œ​te's Remaining Signals by Edgar Phœte

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« Dear intrusive diary, last night my dreams had been stolen.
Lost in a witty landscape, words were no longer mine.
Rivers were floating, mountains were falling.
From nowhere I could see an end.
To elsewhere I could ever wend.
But still, a danger I could scent.
Like a vague smell here and there,
Between life and death.

Ethereal feelings would start seizing me
Until I faint again. »
April 4, 1927 ~ E. Phœte

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Music & Lyrics: Phœte, Rachmaninov
Voice: Stylish Freddy

I. The Super-Ego’s Awakening
Tout semble être comme un rêve.
Everything seems like a dream.
Überall ist wie ein Traum.

De mes songes suis-je naufragé ?
Das ist doch lächerlich!
No wait that cannot be real

Here must end eternity
What else could it be?
Wind is dancing with despair

I’m losing lucidity
I feel something drear
Mais qu’aperçois-je au-delà ?

II. Inner fears

Ciel, Evil roams!
Is that you Kaligan?

* Whispers and incantations of the Biogenic Conjoined Triplets *

III. Blaring ode to a lost hero

Siegfried, please help me!
My lord, rescue me!
He conspires,
He’s a liar,
Once he knows, it’ll be dire.
Siegfried, please help me!
My lord, rescue me!
Siegfried, save me from mob and monstrosities!

IV. Until regrets fade away

Non jamais tu ne m’abandonnerais
Même si l’arbre où nous nous sommes aimés
Now is tarrying,
May fly our leaves,
Where dawn and dusk cry,
Where crowns and busts die,
Inevitably…

Dismays move away
Regrets fade away
You promised the passion
You left it and never forgave!

V. Romantisch Impromptu
Ich hab’ im Traum geweint
Du lägest in dem Grab.
Wenn Himmel Flügel haben
Damit bin ich eine Träne.

Non ! nous ne nous reverrons jamais
Tes baisers envolés, lessivés!
Die Bilder sind verblüht,
Vom deinem Fenster klingt
Leis‘ das Lied von Tot und Freud.

VI. Hope and Circumstance

Les lys sur notre lit
Des roses d’outre-tombe
Et dans ces miroirs
La lumière dévoile
Plus que mes mémoires
Siegfried c’est toi !
Non c’est Kaligan !
Rien d’autre que moi !
(Screaming)

VII. The Fall

No, I’ll never hear again
Your secrets, all arcane,
Buried in nowhere places
Kali! That’s not your fault! it wasn’t your!
That’s all my fault, it wasn’t your.

Überall ist wie ein Traum.
Everything seems like a dream.

Here must end my fantasies
Where else could it be?
Wind stopped waltzing with despair

I’m losing lucidity
Mountains are giving way
Farewell clairvoyance
Désirs à outrance
Les portes se balancent !

But real life is nothing else but a dream
A real dream whose you’ll never fall asleep

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from Edgar Ph​œ​te's Remaining Signals, releases March 25, 2025

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Edgar Phœte Wien, Austria

Edgar Phœte was born on November 25, 1900. He was a renowned pioneer in new means of telecommunication, an ondes Martenot player and an unsuccessful writer.

One night he started receiving bizarre signals broadcasted from nowhere and a bit further.
Nobody's ever figured out what they were about so far.
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