(An experimental metal lyric in honor of H.P. "The Man" Lovecraft. But I only really needed something to match this photo. Check out the original story for a good chill.)
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Buried treasure beckons
From the roof of the world
So I won't take their advice
I've got a ship and a map that says
"There is SOMETHING IN THE ICE"
They say it can't be done
They say no one can survive
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
I bet a million to one
That I'll make it back alive
FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Forcing our dogleds
Through a maze of ice and snow
My crew are hearing voices
But it's just the wind, I know
Dreams of death or glory
Have caught us in Their spell
Somewhere a buried paradise
Lies in this arctic hell
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
To the crystal walls we're led
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
To the empire of the dead
Count the days on nerveless fingers
That've turned black from the frost
Now the compasses are useless
Yet I dare not say we're lost
The dogs have eaten each other
The crew has gone insane
But now I've found the city
Where the Old Ones yet remain
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Voices call me from the core
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
What evil waits beyond this door
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
These Gods aren't yet dead
They just wait here dreaming
I killed my own crew
To stop them from screaming
I ate cold human flesh
To keep up my strength
Until I broke the Elder Sign
To set Them free
Into our world
That They'll rule
until the end of time.
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Reviews of "At The Mountains Of Madness"
Reviewed by ngaio beck (Reader)
Reviewed on December 2, 2007
I enjoy his stuff.My favorite Lovecraft poem is"Psychocompos".
To paraphrase The Tentmaker"A loaf of bread,a jug of wine,a lid of blow,and Lovecraft is paradise enow.
Ngaio
I like a good horror poem or story. This one had my interest from beginning to end.
Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on April 18, 2003
Very good. Bill Murray
Reviewed by TRASK
Reviewed on April 18, 2003
4-18-03
Weird, but, Interesting!
TRASK
Reviewed by Tiana
Reviewed on April 18, 2003
Hey KK! What an imagination you've got. Great imageries a little too graphic (lol) but I loved it. Great to read your posting again, handsome. Happy Easter - hugs Tiana ;-p
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WEIRD RHODY is a short story collection featuring five strange tales all set in Rhode Island and written by five Rhode Island authors. The anthology is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft, the Ocean State's famed author of pulp horror.
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Ngaio
(I prefer "the Outsider")
Dark as night
Out of normal sight
But still interestly right
Mind of the abyss
Couldn't beat Kupstis
GEM
Weird, but, Interesting!
TRASK