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The Strange Tale Of Samuel Gonzalez

from The Strange Tale Of Samuel Gonzalez by Hesper Payne

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Dedicated to Samuel H. Gonzalez

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curiosity is fell beast
tempting those whose resolve is weak
promises of great secrets
entice the hungry
to their demise
Samuel received a missive
from an uncle long forgotten
in the old world he'd sought knowledge
in places others shunned

leaving panama on the first boat
travelled eastward cross the ocean
reading tales of ancient madness
in his uncles spidery hand
in a small town on the north coast
fog shrouded wraith haunted
he asked questions of the locals
prodding secrets best left to rot

Beware beware
your uncle was fool
beware have care
of suffer the same fate
and fall to your doom

in a cove just south of the town
there is cave that leads down and down
shunned by the locals regarded as cursed
deep in the moist guts of the earth
carvings and idols the likes are unheard
madness and whispers around every turn
older than Egypt, Sumer or Leng
I thought it abandoned but then THEY returned

The Stories where true
my warning to you
tread not this path
lest you meet THEM too

Cyclopean in scale
an ancient city beneath the dales
what breed are THEY
that live without light and breath through gills
obscene idols
built from materials I cannot discern
they seem amused by my presence and lead me further into the darkness

now they tell me things I do not wish to hear


when we last walked beneath the sun and sky
the world was young and our people thrived
but time moves on the earth will always flow and change
and we declined with the coming of you mammals

they told me tales of the ancient land Pangaea
upon the shores of the Panthalassic ocean
the ancient races from the stars and within the earth
forgotten secrets of the antediluvian world

now they show me things I do not wish to see

I beheld their god
he who dreams
down in the deep
the secret madness
gnawing at the minds of men
waiting for the stars
to come right again

in a cove just south of the town
Samuel went down and down
left by the locals regarded as lost
searching the caverns regardless of cost
carvings and idols the likes he'd not seen
most he regarded insane and obscene
older than anything constructed by man
here in the darkness his terror began

curiosity is fell beast
tempting those whose resolve is weak
promises of great secrets
entice the hungry
to their demise
what happened in the darkness
will never bear witness
seeking treasure in knowledge
only led them to their doom

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from The Strange Tale Of Samuel Gonzalez, track released January 8, 2012

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Hesper Payne Liège, Belgium

Doomed Heavy Metal inspired by the myths and landscape of North East England. Formed in 2004 and not dead yet.

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