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The Crooked Beast At The End Of A Crooked Path

from Here There Be Demons by The Crows Of Albion

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Inspired by the picture (opposite) taken by my good friend Richard Nixon – this tells the tale of those desolate places where demons hide around every corner waiting to collect the souls of the innocent. This is, of course, a metaphor for this whole project – because not all demons are ‘horned beasts’ some hide in the most obvious of places and take the guise of everyday things. Welcome to this collection of reflections in a demon’s eye.

lyrics

The Crooked Beast At The End Of A Crooked Path

I saw him rise like a dark spectre
in the clouds
at the end of a crooked path
his horned head cocked
spreading his cloven claws
astride the graves that nestled
safe beneath the trees
his wings unfurling
across the sky
and gathering in
the long dead souls
beneath the ground
and I thought
I heard the demon say
“I told you I would not forget you
lying here out of sight”
but maybe it was the wind
soughing in the skeletal trees
and blowing away
the thunderheads
or perhaps
the silent prayer upon my lips
for when I blinked
they were only clouds again
and the crooked beast
at the end of the crooked path
had taken flight

as I left I passed the wooden sign proclaiming:
'HERE THERE BE DEMONS'

credits

from Here There Be Demons, released September 30, 2015
WORDS: Ian Whiteley
MUSIC: Martin Heaton

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