THE BEAST

The 2nd track from the "At the Altar of Death" EP. Released March 18, 2022. Available via Bandcamp at: https://eldritchhorror.bandcamp.com Written, arranged, and performed by Eldritch Horror Recorded at Volume 11 Studio, Raleigh, NC Between January 29 - February 6 Engineered by Mike Dean Mixed and Mastered by Dan Swanӧ at Unisound Produced by Eldritch Horror and Mike Dean Eldritch Horror Logo by Todd Broadwater Cover artwork by Luciana Nedelea Full Lyrics: A silence, then a whisper, then a dream unbidden Of this house, but before, in a different time When the faithful kept their fane in a lightless grotto in the cellar of this house, centuries long ago Alone, I have lived in this crumbling corner Of a street overlooked and unloved by the throng Every darkened doorway has known my footfall Every beam and cellar has felt my touch The dreams, they persist and bewitch (my mind) Draw me down to the cellar.....to the seat of it all An archway of mortared stone and rotten brick Is the scene for lost ritual and sacrifice Forgotten glories and heedless sins Flash before my eyes Shown the path, beholden to him That I yearn to see The cleaving whispers, the graveling call Set me on my way When I awake, every brick lies in pieces And a square of pure black draws my eye Specters flit before me! in service to those that sleep beyond The grotesque call to those tiny dead Lifted up, lurching, heaving to and fro Then they came, from stench-filled pools Their whisper, a scream from my rotten lips Fleshless faces speak a silent song as sightless sockets glow without flame Rejoin my kin that haunt clammy depths Where we dead dream a dream of Pan You've found us! Horror! Come with us! Come down! ----------------------------------------- Lyrics written by David Price