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Excretia (singer Felicia Devile and her guitarist boyfriend Darrel Pthisis) was a gothic drag act and affectionate pastiche of the witchy gothic rock I was listening to at the time. It was very much what it was, but Felicia was my first full femme stage persona and I still like some of the music I made under this guise, even if the vocal style was underdeveloped.
"Despair" was one of the more serious tracks on Excretia's mini-album "Witching Hour".

lyrics

Despair has been my only friend
He never leaves me, he never ends
He shuts me off from a world that lies
He kills my love for a dream that dies
Despair protects me
He keeps me alive
He brings me tears that purify

Nobody can get me in his warm embrace
He lets me hide in another place

Despair has been my only companion
He lifts me up from so much carrion
He takes my blood and provides me aid
He gives morphine and a razorblade

Nobody can get me in his warm embrace
He lets me hide in another place

Despair

credits

from Music Kept Me Sane: The Best of Quicksand Kerry 1998​-​2008, released June 1, 2019
Felicia Devile / Darrel Pthisis (M P Jackson)
2000

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Kerry JK Northampton, UK

Gender and genre fluid singer-songwriter producing songs of identity, isolation and defiance incorporating jazz, electronica, art rock, vocal looping, poetry and rock opera theatrics.

Be yourself, as yourself. There is no greater fulfilment, and no sweeter revenge.
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