Antarctica

[bnewman]

 Based on "At the Mountains of Madness" by H. P. Lovecraft.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Africa" by Toto

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I hear the winds whistling tonight

But you hear only whispers of some quiet consternation

We're getting out, last desperate flight

The moonlit wings reflect the stars that spiral towards damnation

 

I searched the old ones' crumbling tombs

Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies

But all I read there was this doom:

Hurry, something's waiting there for you!

 

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It's gonna take a lot to take me away from here

There's nothing you could say to wipe away that faceless fear

I curse the snows in Antarctica

Had to face some things I guess I'll never understand

 

The dogs cry out in the night

As they grow restless, warning of some unexpected company

I know that I must do what's right

Sure as nameless mountains rise above the glaciers towards infinity

 

I seek to cure what's deep inside

Frightened of this thing that I've become

 

It's gonna take a lot to take me away from here

There's nothing anyone could say to erase that faceless fear

I curse the snows in Antarctica

Had to face some things I wish I didn't understand

 

And now you say that you'll return

One more ill-planned expedition to that undiscovered continent

Some things weren't meant for us to learn

You don't know what's waiting there for you!

 

For the love of God, man, stay away from there!

There are things the mind of man was never meant to bear

I curse the snows in Antarctica

I curse the snows in Antarctica

I curse the snows in Antarctica

Had to face some things I pray you'll never understand