The Faceless Man
Liner Notes
I watched an old, low budget horror film called Carnival of Souls recently, and wrote these creepy lyrics (very vaguely) inspired by it last week. But I didn't really know what to do with them until I came up with this tango, which I also didn't really know what to do with. It was fate.
Lyrics
i've been dreaming of the Faceless Man again rising from the river water trudging toward me my frozen scream cannot halt his advance forever trapped in the Faceless Man's eternal dance
now i see him silent in my reflection his featureless face is now mine i'm the only one who can see him hiding in plain sight the Faceless Man comes for me at night
what will i do when the lights go out? and there's nothing left for distraction when i can feel him near me can feel his breath on my cheek can hear his thoughts in my head can feel the urges he feels now i become a ghoul just like him
the Faceless Man sees what i see, speaks with my voice but still no-one knows the secret i keep that i am and he is me we'll always be one entity intertwined finally combined
Comments
Fate indeed. This is creepy goodness. Brrrrrrr. I’m getting chills. I like how the instrumental drops out in the second stanza. Adds to the mood. This is very well composed.
Ooh, that guitar tone is great. I'm liking the atmospheric pad/backing quite a bit, too. Good pacing in the melody and vocal performance. Strings are nice. There's a... sinister feel to this that I thought quite impossible when I read 'tango' but now I'm a believer.
The bass tone grabbed me right away. Love the vocal delivery & lyrics. Great tune!