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The Deal

by One Dead Man

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Gabriel: Hi, you wanna use my umbrella…. I’m Gabriel Stormy seas are made for fishing boats Winter days are made for winter coats Autumn leaves are made for kids to kick in Back seats are made for, goodnight kissing And I was made for you. Saturday nights are made for watching bands Sunset walks are made for, holding hands Sunday mornings made for, us to sleep in Memories are made for, just for keeping And I was made for you. I was made for you and you were made for me I love you and you, you love me My heart is yours and it is yours to keep My arms are there for your, head to sleep The sky is there for the, moon and the sun And you were made to, to be the one. And I was made for you
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Gabriel: Hey I’m sorry, I’m so sorry The daylight, grows heavy with thunder That spell you put me under Is tearing at my brain The Moonlight, is shining into my room I’m dizzy with your perfume And hazy with Champagne Every time that you look at me, you’re driving me insane By the time that the sun comes up, I want you gone again In the morning, I just can’t stand to be with you I just can’t wait to see you Walking out my door But in the evening, I’m tired and I’m lonely I just want you to hold me, raméne ton amour I’ve got drums there pounding in my brain I’ve got lava, it’s flowing through my veins I’m aching, it’s painful and it hurts I can’t stand it and I’m about to burst
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Did you, feel like superman? doing all you can, to save my feelings. and did you, think of me at all? when you built that wall, i guess you had your reasons. and you, you just ripped my heart, tore it all apart, and soon you'll feel like I do. Down with me, I'll drag you down with me you took me under I could not breathe. Look at me, can't you just look at me? I'll bring you down, down to your knees.
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Gabriel: Hello? Oh hey, OK yeah, yeah OK, I'll be right down… I traced the ink on her pale skin 'cause I can't stand real love All I need is danger 'cause I can't stand real love. Does this old key your door? I don't know, I don't know. Does this old key still open your door? I don't know I don't know. Can you lay down here beside me, I just want your real love I've searched through sins to guide me I just want your real love Does this old key still open your door? I don't know, I don't know. Does this old key still open your door? I don't know, I don't know. Does this old key still open your door? I don't know, I don't know. Gabriel: I do anything to get her back, absolutely anything (The Devil laughs) Anything
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Angeline Do you regret the things you said to me do you regret the things you did? I opened up my soul for you, you kept your feelings hid If you saw me how I am today, I know you'd be surprised Are you sorry that you hurt me, are you sorry that you lied? And when you kissed me my whole world came alive, In came the tide and out came the knives Angeline you took the best of me, took me to the edge of hell, I'm learning to love myself Angeline I gave my life to you I fell in love and fell apart I suffered and sacrificed for you, Angeline you broke my heart my darkened soul is dying now, overwhelmed with fear and dread Satan's choir is calling me into the world of the dead And when you kissed me my whole world came alive, In came the tide and out came the knives Angeline you took the best of me, took me to the edge of hell, I'm learning to love myself Gabriel: It was the Devil that made you love me. In return I gave my soul Angeline, please go without me I deserve a life alone I can hear the choir calling me The golden voices of the end They’re singing my spirit home To the tune of your revenge Angeline you took the best of me, took me to the edge of hell, I'm learning to love myself
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I said "come back to me, I won't hurt you anymore" you came back to me but i'm me......then again, you're you. You love them and you leave them but you always leave them in love Your hair of Autumn shades and you skin of Summer hue Your face of Spring time beauty and your eyes of Winter blue You were the colour of my life and I loved you My god! how I loved you! So welcome, to the world my love, Welcome to the world of the dead!
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Satan: Come to me, let me see your face… You wanted the easy way out you deserve what you get come to me now come and pay your debt The Choir:Every soul needs selling Every heart needs breaking Every Sinner needs saving And every Saint needs Satan Welcome to the world of the dead Where deals are made and lost this is the end Sacrifice is afterlife Eternal suffering, no surprise Satan:you regret the deal you made with me I can see it in your eyes but I gave what you what you wanted now it's time to take my prize Welcome to the world of the dead Where deals are made and lost this is the end Sacrifice is afterlife Eternal suffering, no surprise Satan and Choir: The deal is done so stop pretending there's nowhere for you to go so pay up this is your ending there's one last thing that you should know Angeline, she screwed you over she sold her soul for her revenge so climb aboard your time is over you're not alone to meet your end The Choir:Every soul needs selling Every heart needs breaking Every Sinner needs saving And every Saint needs Satan Welcome to the world of the dead Where deals are made and lost this is the end Sacrifice is afterlife Eternal suffering, no surprise
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You can't take my love 'cause it's no longer mine You can't take my soul to sell You said I'd be safe in your loving arms, but I was safer in the fires of hell You can take my heart my hopes and my dreams You had me right under your spell You said I'd be safe in your loving arms, but I was safer in the fires of hell Now the train of the damned closes its doors My heart dies at the sound of the bell You said I'd be safe in your loving arms, but I was safer in the fires of hell I wish you good luck in all that you do As I sit here and rot in this cell You said I'd be safe in your loving arms, but I was safer in the fires of hell, fires of hell. Now the train of the damned closes its doors My heart dies at the sound of the bell You said I'd be safe in your loving arms, but I was safer in the fires of hell
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I was on the outside looking in I craved a better feeling I craved a warmer feeling Just like a shadow needs the sun and every weed needs rain just like a bad man needs kindness and a good man needs pain just like an ocean on a roll, like a river out of control I'll keep hanging on, hanging on for the one The one that sets my heart on fire my obvious desire my obvious desire I tried to do the right thing I really tried to do the right thing I'm going to need the patience of a flower that waits for summer to begin a flower that longs for the light at darkness end
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I regret the things I said to you, I regret the things I did you opened up your heart to me, you thrilled me but I sinned Angeline you gave your life away, for anger and revenge our souls twisted and dying now until the bitter end and when you kissed me, my whole world came alive in came the tide and out came the knives Angeline, you are my destiny, after what you put me through I'm still in love with you Angeline, you are my destiny I paid the final price, eternal sacrifice
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A simple smile, a forgotten fear An empty heart and a lonely tear Snake-eyed treasure, pushed up pleasure, easy action got me near it was the daughter of the devil that left me here excuses, excuses, lies and lies A moment of kindness, her baby blue eyes Snake-eyed treasure, pushed up pleasure, easy action in her thighs it was the daughter of the devil that left me here Take me back to the fires of hell You can beat me, you can treat me Put me under your spell It was the daughter of the devil that left me here
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about

It was a stormy night when she caught my eye, standing at the bus stop in the rain. My God she was beautiful. I took a chance and asked her if she wanted to use my umbrella, she smiled and took it, she thanked me. I told her she was welcome, and I continued to introduce myself. “I’m Gabriel, my friends call me Gabe. “What a fucking stupid thing to say” I thought to myself, she knew it as well, but she just laughed and replied “Well then …… I’ll call you Gabe”. That’s the first time I met Angeline, I knew right away my life would change forever and man! was I right……..


We’d been together for a few weeks. We’d go out most nights to eat and then go back to my place to drink cheap wine and make love until the sun came up. I began to feel trapped, and suffocated by Angeline, I would love her when she was there, but by the next morning I would just want her gone. I was beginning to have doubts, thinking I was missing out on something, something better, so I just ended it, no explanation, just like a coward, I told her I wanted out. She was devastated……


I would see Angeline around at all the same bars, when I was out with my friends. I knew as soon as I saw her that I’d made a huge mistake. I’d spent the best part of that month telling myself what an idiot I’d been.

One night at my local bar, I started chatting to a guy I’d never seen around before, we drank a few and I told him my story, and all about Angeline, how she had been the best thing that had ever happened to me, and that I needed her back, and I would do whatever it would take to do that…… “He said he could help me, I didn’t take him seriously, thinking it was just drunken bullshit. He offered me a deal ……… her love for my soul ………. I took it........what's the worst that could happen.

When I called it off with Angeline, she was crushed and her life had fallen apart. She had been out drinking ...... a lot. Every night she would visit different bars, flirting with different guys, just to make herself feel better, or at least to feel something. Then one night she was talking to familiar dark and mysterious stranger who listened to her story. The stranger said he could help her out, he offered her a deal...……... her soul for her revenge ……... on me.



Angeline came back into my life, she called me up, said she forgave me and wanted me back. I couldn’t believe my luck, I got what I wanted. 
I got her love back, but I didn’t realize it was “his” doing and that he knew me better than I did. It was only only a few weeks later, and sure enough I had grown weary and doubtful of the relationship ….. again! I broke Angeline’s heart……again!

 It appears however, that she got what she wanted also, the deal she had made with the stranger, revenge!. The Devil got my soul and I was bound for eternal damnation.

So there you have it, two souls, two deals, two desperate people. One desperate for love and one desperate for revenge.



It was then, the Devil came to collect…..

I deserved what I got, I accepted my fate with humility. I was deceived by the 'daughter" of the Devil, but she had been deceived by the Devil himself and we were both damned in the fires of hell together.

credits

released February 7, 2022

Words and Music: One Dead Man

Produced, Mixed and Arranged: One Dead Man
All Instrumentation: One Dead Man (except where noted)
Spoken Word: One Dead Man

Kingsley Smith appeared on:
Made For You (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Piano)
Love & Revolt (Vocal, Backing Vocal)
This Old Key (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Piano)
Angeline (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Piano)
Fires of Hell (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Piano)
Angeline Reprise (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Piano)
The Daughter of the Devil (Vocal, Backing Vocal, Synthesizer)
The Deal Overture (Piano, all Instrumentation and arangement)

Chris Shennen appeared on:
Welcome to the World of the Dead (Devil Vocal)
This Old Key (Backing Vocal)
The Deal (Devil Voice)

Lara Wilson appeared on:
Superman (Vocal)

Corinne Rutherford appeared on:
This Old Key (Backing Vocal)
Welcome to the World of the Dead (Backing Vocal)

Glen Wilson appeared on:
Welcome to the World of the Dead (Backing Vocal)

Immense gratitude and love to:
Kingsley Smith for agreeing to be my 'Gabriel'
Chris Shennen for agreeing to be my 'Devil'
Lara Wilson for agreeing to be my 'Angeline'
and Corinne Rutherford for agreeing to be my partner in life xxx

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One Dead Man Tauranga, New Zealand

One Dead Man is the creation of Michael Baxter.

The Deal (Album) is a concept album/rock opera about the anxiety and the extremes of relationships. Based around the idea of selfishly making a deal with the devil and the power of attraction and revenge.

The album was conceived through New Zealand's lockdown in 2021, after unashamedly listening to the dramatic, over the top, work of Jim Steinman.
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