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Based on the HP Lovecraft story, "The Doom that Came to Sarnath".

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There came unto the land of Mnar
a shadow cast a shape
of secret symbols by the hour
All sacred eyes turned to the sky
in vain attempts to speculate
the meaning from on high

“We hold the keys of knowledge past
Your present futures rest upon our first rate simulcast”

As hours followed, day by day
The holiest did meditate
To isolate the fate that might await
By now the shepherds cross had won and Mnar lay broken
a wasteland in the sun
Too late to save too many lost ones
Who by the hand of fate were placed into harms way - too late to run

The cursed city tried to take me amidst the darkened streets
the shadows did betray me
And often lost, alone I wander
It seems the only way to truth is known to everyone but me

And on I seek to find a city
A modern day Narcissus I
a search for ruins standing nearly
where I last bid my Mnar goodbye
But all I see is desolation
and sense a loss I can’t explain
There are no ruins, there is nothing
to carry on except a name
I saw imaginary daemons
the ghost of long lost devil eyes
I entered into this agreement
to help destroy one final lie

And so the name of Mnar will die here
behind these lips of firm resolve
It’s fading memory will appear
as thin gray dust which soon dissolves

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from The False Hollow Phantoms of Beauty, released December 31, 1991

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Mutiny in Jonestown Washington

Influenced by classic 70's progressive rock bands like King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator & Genesis - along with late 60's psychedelia from The Beatles, Procol Harum & Pink Floyd (with a little 70's Black Sabbath thrown in for good measure), Mutiny in Jonestown has always sought to take these influences and synthesize them into something new.

The band has released 42 albums since 1987. ... more

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