Name: THE MESSENGER
Duration: P00H05M06S
Description: Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft poetry

THE MESSENGER

from DESPAIR (EP) by VIGIL

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Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft poetry

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THE MESSENGER
H.P. Lovecraft (November 1929)

The thing, he said, would come that night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;
But crouching by an oak fire’s wholesome glow,
I tried to tell myself it could not be. it could not be

Then at the door that cautious rattling came
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!

Surely, I mused, it was a pleasantry
Devised by one who did not truly know
The Elder Sign, bequeathed from long ago,
That sets the fumbling forms of darkness free.

Then at the door that cautious rattling came
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!
... like a flame

He had not meant it no but still I lit
Another lamp as starry Leo climbed
Out of the Seekonk, and a steeple chimed
Three and the firelight faded, bit by bit.

Then at the door that cautious rattling came
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!
Then at the door that cautious rattling came
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!
Then at the door that cautious rattling came
And the mad truth devoured me like a flame!

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from DESPAIR (EP), track released September 9, 2016
Lyrics : H.P. Lovecraft
Composer : Ludovic Kierasinski
Vocals: Julien Bardou
Instruments / Programming : Ludovic Kierasinski
Recording : Ludovic Kierasinski
Mixing : Ludovic Kierasinski
Mastering : Manu Cabrol

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“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”
― H.P. Lovecraft

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