I’d searched and searched for years to find a copy of Joel Hamilton, Matthias Bossi, and Carla Kihlstedt’s “The Book of Knots” (S/t).

Lo, Christmas came and how fortunate I was. The Book Of Knots was underneath the tree. The problem? The insert, while creepy and suited to boot, has no lyrics. There’s some original poetry on this thing (which I’ll post) which is just begging to be shared.

I spent an hour last night trying to find the lyrics online but it’s just not meant to be. I’ll never know what the hell they’re saying on this disc.

Next step: E-mail Joel Hamilton and ask for the lyics. I’ll keep you all posted as to how that goes. In the meantime, listen to the attached track, “Captains Cup.” It’s a horrifying story, to be sure.

EDIT: Amazing, the one live show they did was filmed. With the reverb, it’s a little hard to make out his words but on the whole, it’s awesome quality for someone with a camera in the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxp3ZOhiC8I