LADY GREY - Official Lyric Video

Hello there astonishing patrons!

Happy Halloween from the orange pumpkin Mishkin ;)

This month we have a real visual treat for you. 

Our next single from THE WORLD CONSPIRES is going to be the epic rock ballad "Lady Grey". 

We've been working with Andy Pilkington of Very Metal Art on this one, a talented animator and lyric video creator. 

Earlier this year we just gave him the song and the concept and he's come back with a masterpiece!

His video work is really worth checking out, it's not full on animation but beautiful to watch. He works with some pretty amazing bands too including SkinDred, Otep and Rotting Christ, nice to be amongst some names here too.

Anyway, this song deserves a bit of an explanation.

I'll start with the lyrics...

Lady Grey

She walked into the open arms

Of a city laced in grey

Her shadow fell upon their farms

Feet heavy as they tread

She lassoed up those city folks

With a clicking of her tongue

And made their dreams vermillion

And blackened by the sun

In our lost lonely cage

In the absence of grace

We were shadows

In our trust uniteth

For the faithful mind is

Circles five by art

For my Lady Grey

A sighting at the city gates

Was not enough to scare

The children lay awake in bed

For her name they do not dare

To ricochet her memory

Or drag it through the mud

Her name like nightmare reverie

To curse the royal blood

In his sleep he would stray 

To the place where she lay

Bloody fingers

In her grave she remains

But the ghost of her pain

It will linger, he screams

The morning came in mockery

A guilty sky in grey

The sun rose up like calgary

Lit where the bodies lay

I come to claim their innocence

For my sister and my son

My love will wander back to me

And all my sorrows one

She’s my Lady Grey

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We based the song on the character Lady Catherine Grey who was a prisoner in the Tower of London. She had two children whilst in imprisonment by her lover Edward Seymour (also a prisoner) and died young (so the story goes) of a broken heart.

This song was written by me and Garry on the long road through the Nevada Desert in 2017, on one of our longest and most insane tours - this is when the album was forming and the world was indeed conspiring against us.

That tour included hurricanes, floods, riots and an earthquake. Shows were cancelled. We got stuck more than a few times. It was gruelling, but kind of beautiful in it's own way.

The song is about Lady Catherine exacting her revenge upon the entire city and the royals who were responsible for her life of unhappiness.

I also pushed my vocals harder than previous recordings. I'm pretty proud of it ;)

We hope you like it.

Love & Feathers,

X Mishkin X