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King Crimson Lyrics for Song: Catacomb
 Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - King Crimson
 
 
 
 10243>Down into the dark i go, armed with just a candle and then my soul
 
 Cryptic messages written on the floor
 
 Rats are nibbling at my feet, i send one off to nevermore
 
 Too much darkness, spiders on my eyes
 
 Webs are hanging from my thighs, the fatter ones must die
 
 I see shadows walking straight and tall
 
 I don't know how they move, dancing on the walls
 
 Presence of fear, a presence so near
 
 I wonder what could be so powerful beyond the dark
 
 Human bones... in little chambers all along the narrow halls
 
 Catacomb, death over life... catacomb, am i here to die?
 
 I see a light, i push some bones aside
 
 Down into the dark i go, another chamber, a chamber with a glow
 
 Could this be a doorway to another world?
 
 Or darkness playing tricks, with my little mind?
 
 The virgin mary is standing tall
 
 A full size figure carved in wood up against the wall
 
 Her face is peeling from all the years gone by
 
 Is it just a statue, or is it what i'm looking for?
 
 I break her face and see another one instead
 
 The mummy's face appears as the bandages they fall
 
 Dried out face with hate upon me gaze
 
 How grotesque... the mummy wears a crown of thorns
 
 From the empty sockets where its eyes should be
 
 An entity of light is pouring out towards me
 
 And then the sound... jesus christ,what have they done to you?
 
 I'm running for my life, i'm running from the night
 
 But it's so hard to breathe, the stench down here is much too much
 
 Satan help me, help me god
 
 Help me anyone, anyone who hears my cry of fear
 
 Cold winds from far beyond the dark
 
 Chasing through the catacomb and breathing down my neck
 
 Human bones... in little chambers all along the narrow halls
 
 Catacomb, death over life... catacomb, am i here to die?
 
 I know i'm here to die
 
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