RITUAL TRANSCRIPT: Sandviken, Sweden (May 23, 2025)
here is a transcript of all the song intros / speeches Papa did between songs. i did not transcribe all the little ad-libs Papa does during the songs. due to Papa's weird way of speaking, and the fact that i do not speak Swedish, there are a few words missing here and there. but other than that, this is a transcript of the complete concert. link to the audio source is included. enjoy!
BEFORE "SPIRIT"
Alrighty, peoplesโฆ Are you ready?! Are you ready? You? Ha!
BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"
God afton! How are you feeling? Good? It's a Friday night in Sandviken. Have you been [WHISTLES + DRINKING GESTURE]? A little? You're working on it? Okay, good. Well, me too. [FAKE COUGH] Well, anyway! Uh, the times are dire and dark, which is good in a way, but also bad. But I want you kids to remember one thing: nothing ever, ever lasts forever. And, wellโฆ We'll cheer one day. But remember now that the future is always a foreign land. Don't forget it.
AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"
Let's see how Satanized you are, people! You start off by giving us a little clap! Everybody clapping! Yeah! Who knew you could get the claps in Sandviken of all places? Some good old ants in your trumpet, man! Unh!
AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"
Hej! How are you feeling now? It's way hotter in here than it was outside. Yeah. Today, we all learned a new word: bandy. Are you bandy fans? No? Wait a minuteโ How many of you are actually from Sandviken? [CHEERING] Hell. Uh-huh! Sorcery in the house? So the rest of you are from where? [OVERLAPPING AUDIENCE NOISE] Alright, that was dumb. That was dumb. Alright. We're all from somewhere; that's cool. I wish we could get to know each other really well on all parts, all fronts, but we don't really have time to be that close. [PAPA WHINING] But you know what you can get? You know? You can all get a kiss, how 'bout that, huh? Alright!
AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"
Mwah! Ahโ Mwah! Mwah! Ah! Alright, Sandviken, mwah! Yeah! Nowโฆ we're gonna get physical, after all! Gonna go andโฆ and findโฆ your taints!
AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"
Yeah! Oh yeah?! You like that? Did it tickle? Hm? Good. I felt it too, actually, yeah! After all these years, you can still find a little spot to tingle. And that's a good thing. Ahem. Nowโฆ we've got a lot of bills here. These were supposed to be yours. I have no use for these. So maybe Richโ Richie, you can help them out here in the front, at least. Yeah. Oh andโ Sandviken, a big round of applause for Richie Surrency here in the front! Yeah. He's the [INAUDIBLE] looking guy in the front, who'll have your money. You should say nice things to him. How 'bout that? How 'bout a big Richie chant? Richie! Richie! [AUDIENCE CHANTING] [PAPA ROLLS A MUMMY DUST JOINT] Here's a little dough doobie for ya. You ready? There you go! Are we having fun, people? Yes we are! Well, not for long, though. You know, it's Friday night, and I know you got other places to go to. [AUDIENCE: NO!] No? I thought you were real raggare. No? I thought you were cruising. I'm sure you wanna go out to the bar! [AUDIENCE: NO!] Well you can't stay here, that's for fucking sureโฆ Ah! Because we're almost done. We're almost at that point. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Come on! Fuckingโ Ugh! We've had a great time together, alright? Exactly, that's the spirit! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Don't be giving me any fucking grief. Shh! But! [BUTT] โฆ And I meant men, mmkay? I just wanna take this little time to acknowledge the fact that we're all here and that you came, and we didn't look like a bunch of fucking assholes here, all alone with this stuff all set up. So big round of applause for everybody who put this shit up! And, uhโฆ I want to thank you, for all these years. Obviously, this is my first visit, but uhโฆ I've read up on what the band has done before, and they told me specifically that every time they come up north โmaybe not exactly here, but aroundโ you always treat them so well. Yeah! You're always so cool and passionate! And you show up! Like you give a fuck! And that means the fucking world! So from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage and from the bottom of mine: tusind tack, Sandviken, Sverige! We're almost done. Uh. So. We're almost done. We're almost there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So conclusively, I give you all Monstrance Clock.
BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"
Well, thank you! Are we having fun, or what?! Wellโฆ that was predictable! We try to, sort of, do things cool and unpredictable, but it's so damn hard. So y'know, we always go out and give it 70, 80 percent and this is what you get? That's good right? Not bad for a shitty [INAUDIBLE] Soโฆ we've got a little bit of, uh, an issue, though. I don't know if you youngstersโ I don't know if you like to hear like really new stuff, like contemporary things? And all that stuff? Because the only song that we really have now, coming up, is like a really old song. This is a song my daddy used to sing. So sing along, motherfucker!
AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"
Mary on aโฆ You wanna dance? Everybody here now! Do you wanna dance?! Everybody! One! Two! One! Two! C'mon! Go!
BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"
Have you [INAUDIBLE]? One more song! Want that? You have to yell louder than that! One last song! Well look at this dude! He's been kicking your ass all night with a broken foot! Yeah! Really stepped in the [INAUDIBLE]. [PAPA STUTTERING] Alright! Well, toss 'em, turbo! Sock it to 'em!
