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Rasputina is a cello-driven band based in New York that is renowned for their unconventional and quirky music style as well as their fascination with historical allegories and fashion, especially those pertaining to the Victorian era. The sound and visual concepts that began in Creager's 1991 Rasputina manifesto presaged and influenced movements and trends such as Modern Victorians, Steampunk, freak folk, corsetry, and crafting. more »

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1996

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All that I have is this dull paring knife
Peeling potatoes the rest of my life
Dirt floors make dust so I hope for the best
I carry candles with pains in my chest

Face tied together with three-times-used string,
Follow me see what I mean

Fixing a fencepost or feeding a cow
Twopenny saltlick I never ask how 
Animals like me though, folks turn away
I like the pigeons, I like what they say

We come alone and leave alone 
And we look the horse in mouth
We scratch the skin and break the bone 
And see birds migrating south

[Chorus]
By the side of the stump where she told me these things
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings
Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring
By the side of the stump where she told me these things
If you hear a bell ring you get some wings
She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the wind

I saw a wishing well down by the stream 
I never understood what wishes mean
Just ask for nothing you'll get what you get 
I asked for something I've not got it yet

[Chorus]

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