Bethzaida The Outsider
Music: Kråbøl/Svee February ´94 Lyrics: Hirsch April ´94 Inspired by a short-story by H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937) "Climbing up the tower, I'm on my way to light Escaping from the castle, I've been locked up day and night Have to find my way out, or I will go insane Lust for light is leading me, flowing in my veins At last I am free... what strange things to see Marble slabs and columns staring at me I'd better keep to the road this dark night So I will not be led astray in my search for light" Voice of fate: "Longing for light, you're to find death instead Out from the dark into darkness you're led" "Following the road to a castle in the night People there are screaming, going insane with fright What could it be there that scares them so Well... I hope that I'll never know" Waiting until day-time he sleeps beneath a tree The wild animals avoid the thing they see Not even the wolves of the forest dare come near It wakes in them an arcane fear Looking for water when he wakes up from his dreams Thirsty and dirty he goes looking for a stream Finding a river he sees his mirror image in it The thing he sees, he knows it is himself "This is too hard to live with", he cries in desperate tears Recognizing the unearthly fear Drowning himself is the only escape There is no way to escape your fate
