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Midnight

from Storyteller by Musical Juice

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (1560 – 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. She has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history, though the precise number of her victims is debated. Báthory and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls between 1585 and 1610. A list of 640 names was found later.

Despite the evidence against Elizabeth, her family's influence kept her from facing trial. She was imprisoned in December 1610 within Csejte Castle, Upper Hungary, now in Slovakia, where she remained immured in a set of rooms until her death four years later.

The stories of her serial murders and brutality are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. Stories which ascribe to her vampire-like tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were generally recorded years after her death and are considered unreliable. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day. She is often compared with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and has been nicknamed The Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

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Something's making me feel uneasy tonight
Can't stop looking behind me, walking in the moonlight
Don;t know what's out of place, but I know it's not right
And was that look on your face just a trick of the light?
No I'm not staying in the shadows with you
I'll be home by midnight

I've got to stop this hoodoo feeling before it's begun
You do voodoo knew you'd catch me on the run
If you're out to steal my soul just for sheer delight
Well, I'm not losing control, but then I just might
So I'm not taking any chances with you
I'll be home by midnight

What's that change in your eyes and strange kinda laugh?
I swear you're casting a spell, they call it witchcraft
And I can hardly speak, the way you excite
And now I'm getting too weak to put up a fight
Oh, I'd better keep my distance from you
And get me home by midnight

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from Storyteller, released September 4, 2018

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We are an indie rock band who compose original songs that have a story to tell. Our music is heavy with strong melody lines and close vocal harmonies. Stories of circumstances and events that may have also touched your life and we hope will have a special meaning for you. ... more

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