It's Just an Old House

from The Horror Show (2013) by Ian Gordon

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narrative
on the road on a winter's day
the rain is falling down
a clap of thunder breaks the clouds
as the hunters enter town

a house upon a cliff's edge is the place they're out to seek
a house deserted for many years
a hotspot for research

armed with the tools and traps to capture the most elusive ghost
an educated team of students
seven fearless youths

the house upon the hilltop it is coming into view
as the moon's abundant light cascades
this night will own them soon

nervous laughter on the lonesome road
ancient windows stare as they approach
an odour foul lingers it's hard to ignore
tools in hand it's time to knock at the door

hunter
do you think they can see us?
do you think that they're aware?
will they try to foil our plans?
do spectres even care?
i'll start with the looking glass
i'm sure they're in there somewhere
let's find us some evidence
let's start out downstairs...

narrative
darker still they're closing in
an eerie silence greets them
and with the sound of jingling keys
a shadow moves right through them

hesitant and filled with fright
as the door it opens wide
they step into the entrance hall
none alive to wish them welcome

the door behind them closes, locks
now they believe that they are trapped
the time for investigation has crept upon the team at last

but if the laughter coming from the dining room isn't sure to scare them off
what of the crippled boys and twisted girls left screaming in the basement?

tattered paintings hang upon the walls
broken bottles fill the empty halls
silent chambers lead them to their doom
ghostly strangers waiting in the gloom

hunter
do you think they can see us?
do you think that they're aware?
will they try to foil our plans?
do spectres even care?
i'm armed with the looking glass
this time i am sure
we'll find us some evidence
but god what's that sound?!

spectres
welcome to our ancient home
this place you say you've found
it seems you've come to investigate
we don't think that is allowed

we won't perform
we won't entertain
we won't become the truth you've come to claim
in life you leave
in death you stay
we simply cannot tolerate your presence
you must die!

narrative
the team uncertain unleash their hardware
the ghosts don't seem to understand
the technical nature of the 21st century
will serve its masters in life and death

- fight -

humans frozen in their tracks
spirits are moving in
they take the team by their throats
and lock them in the dungeon

ghosts
you were wrong to come here
your fate it is sealed
to spend the bleakness of eternity
in this damp, accursed human tomb

narrative
intently still they sit as darkness descends from up above
the world beyond is all but gone
what are they to do?
they made a fateful mistake that day because they didn't understand
the misfortune of their ways it won't be etched upon their graves

words of wisdom carved upon the walls
trapped in silence
mouthing twisted calls
exit space and time
reality
exit dungeon hell into the sea

hunter
do you think they can see us?
do you think that they're aware?
will they try to foil our plans?
do spectres even care?
i'll start with the looking glass
i'm sure they're in there somewhere
we'll find us some evidence
i know this for sure!

narrative
they step into the light
then fall down to the sea
seven suicides it seems that it was meant to be
ghostly strangers watching from their towers up above
shouting and cursing the end it has come!

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from The Horror Show (2013), released September 16, 2013
Ian Gordon - vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums

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