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The Conquest of Hellhouse

from Atlanta Monsters' Ball by The Atlanta Monsters

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This is a story of what happened,
what happened so long ago,
a story of a place called Hellhouse
underneath a driven snow -
at the center of the structure was a screeching seed
which fell from a hanged man's dangling feet,
death grip of a witch on execution day
while his dying eyes are clouded by the dancing flames,

and watch now as it rises
from deep within the walls,
sprouting from its sunless nook
to reach behind the halls,
and they'd never know.

They were so unaware
of the shadows which crept behind,
they went about their dealings
so routinely and so blind,
'til it came one night in a vision, grim indeed
to the mind of a man in a terrifying dream,
death dripped from the tip of a spiritual blade,
poisoning his conscious with the voices of the grave,

and on the full moon rises
from Charon's blackened dalls
enlightening the sunless eyes to see behind the walls
and stray ever low.

On the door came a heavy rapping,
from the floor came a sinister glow
as the teeth of the yawning hell mouth
unsheathed over fallen souls,
at the center of the winter was a damning flame
which burned across the cinderous victims' frames,
death reached from the phantoms 'cross ethereal halls
while their dying cries are muted by the cold, grasping palms

and now the stars are righted
above this winter's night,
calling to the sunless depths
to come and drown the light,
and take it below.

Down...

I told 'em the story of Hellhouse,
I told them not to go,
still you never listen!
They never listen, no.
Every time it just happens again,
same old game you never win,
death grip on the handle at the slots arcade,
spinning the wheels, spinning the wheels of hate.

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from Atlanta Monsters' Ball, released May 21, 2023

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