The Black Abyss (Innsmouth Pt II Excerpt)

from The Witching Hour by Mutiny in Jonestown

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This is an excerpt of the last section of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", a 42+ minute song setting HP Lovecraft's infamous short story of the same name to music.

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My map won't help this morning flight, I move out by instinct hoping I'm right
I wind and roam dead streets and lanes
don't dare to look back if they have gained

Finally I gave in and could not resist, looking to Devil's reef shrouded in mist
For what I saw haunts and attracts me still
The ocean alive and daemon filled

The throng did hunt for my escape, and what I learned of their townscape
So now I run along a route, abandoned railway evading pursuit
But still they gained, I kept my head, planned I did
Jumped in the brambles and there deep I hid
My head was down, made no sound there with my eyes shut tight
The mob was approaching and passed me right by
I had to see aware of the trajedy, fearful of madness
but still I was bold
The hideous swarm of bleating and froglike forms
I silently screamed and fainted out cold

The next day I awoke at noon somehow not insane
I walked the tracks to Arkham took a bus and then a train
The Boston FBI I found receptive to my tale
They later raided Innsmouth took the locals off to jail

Couple years passed without thought of Innsmouth or the look
Then dreams began to haunt my nights, I found a dusty book
of family history photographs and names of those before
Some family treasures of the past and relatives no more

Seems my great-great grandfather was captain Obed Marsh
His wife's repulsive gold tiara now just seemed bizarre
My nightly dreams of watery depths grow stronger day by day
While gazing in my mirror shows the blood I cannot change

I feel a strong regret and fear for actions I have done
But all will be forgiven when to Innsmouth I return
And swim out to that Devil's Reef, and dive the black abyss
to join my deep ones dwelling in eternal ocean bliss...

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from The Witching Hour, released January 19, 2016

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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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