The Outsider Lyrics - Singles - Bethzaida

Music: Krbl/Svee February '94 

Lyrics: Hirsch April '94 

Inspired by a short-story by H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937) 

"Climbing up the tower, I'm on my way to light 

Escaping from the castle, I've been locked up day and night 

Have to find my way out, or I will go insane 

Lust for light is leading me, flowing in my veins 

At last I am free... what strange things to see 

Marble slabs and columns staring at me 

I'd better keep to the road this dark night 

So I will not be led astray in my search for light" 

Voice of fate: "Longing for light, you're to find death instead 

Out from the dark into darkness you're led" 

"Following the road to a castle in the night 

People there are screaming, going insane with fright 

What could it be there that scares them so 

Well... I hope that I'll never know" 

Waiting until day-time he sleeps beneath a tree 

The wild animals avoid the thing they see 

Not even the wolves of the forest dare come near 

It wakes in them an arcane fear 

Looking for water when he wakes up from his dreams 

Thirsty and dirty he goes looking for a stream 

Finding a river he sees his mirror image in it 

The thing he sees, he knows it is himself 

"This is too hard to live with", he cries in desperate tears 

Recognizing the unearthly fear 

Drowning himself is the only escape 

There is no way to escape your fate