We are highlighting some of the superb lyrics on Brass Camel (2026) all week long here at Progarchy.com, with commentary on each one of the album tracks.

Daniel Sveinson of Brass Camel (electric guitar and vocals) comments on the sixth track of the album:

Who doesn’t love a scary story?

I read about the myth of the Leeds/New Jersey devil and it provided me with lots of visceral imagery — a human baby who transmogrifies into a vicious winged beast right there in the delivery room, surprising and terrifying everyone except the baby’s own mother who predicted this fate for her unwanted 13th child.

I thought “Fuck it, let’s write a spooky song.”

Relevant lyrics:

“The mother on the table

cackled as she knew

her prayers had been answered

and were all coming true

the priest in the corner

trembled and clutched his chest

as this paragon of evil

hewn from living flesh

confronted the indignities of infancy by rising to his feet

be careful what you wish for, Mrs Leeds“