Whilst Defenestration is the opening track to Through The Gash, the introduction to No Man Alive, shows that it is merely a prologue. It opens with an excerpt from the familiar fairground theme, Skater's Waltz (which sets the frame for the remainder of the album) then borrows its rhythm, slows it down and weaves a deceptively simple song hooked by backward percussion and scintillating keyboards. It deceives because of its lyrical depth and vocal complexity, delivered in song, but with sighs, whispered hisses and screams. Four couplets boast desire and malevolence, but nestled throughout is the endless cycle of love and death. Quite how this ties together doesn't become clear until later in the album.

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