The Outsider

<br>Music: Krbl/Svee February 94<br>Lyrics: Hirsch April 94<br>Inspired by a short-story by H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937)<br>"Climbing up the tower, I`m on my way to light<br>Escaping from the castle, I`ve been locked up day and night<br>Have to find my way out, or I will go insane<br>Lust for light is leading me, flowing in my veins<br>At last I am free... what strange things to see<br>Marble slabs and columns staring at me<br>I`d better keep to the road this dark night<br>So I will not be led astray in my search for light"<br>Voice of fate: "Longing for light, you`re to find death instead<br>Out from the dark into darkness you`re led"<br>"Following the road to a castle in the night<br>People there are screaming, going insane with fright<br>What could it be there that scares them so<br>Well... I hope that I`ll never know"<br>Waiting until day-time he sleeps beneath a tree<br>The wild animals avoid the thing they see<br>Not even the wolves of the forest dare come near<br>It wakes in them an arcane fear<br>Looking for water when he wakes up from his dreams<br>Thirsty and dirty he goes looking for a stream<br>Finding a river he sees his mirror image in it<br>The thing he sees, he knows it is himself<br>"This is too hard to live with", he cries in desperate tears<br>Recognizing the unearthly fear<br>Drowning himself is the only escape<br>There is no way to escape your fate