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- - - CRIMSON TIDE - - -
Far from the shore there's a great beast stirring
His slumber disturbed by a million cries
The trenches tremble across the ocean
Harrowing the skies when daylight truly dies
A doom foretold
In scribes untold
Cthulhu waits not yet dead but dreaming
Of a smorgasbord of human tissues
To feast on delicate delicacies
Awash in slime and blood, primordial drool
A doom unfolds
That bards foretold
Deathspawn, Hellbound
From a time of turbulent waters
Comes a scene of visceral slaughter
On a crimson tide
Old God, Awake
Lost in time and the whiff of incense
Comes a scene of dementia laments
On a crimson tide
The chorus of pounding drums
Penetrate the inky black
A chanting growing louder
"Ia, Ia, Cthulhu, fltagn!
Ia, Ia, Cthulhu, fltagn!"
The great beast awakens!
"Cold was my tomb
Briny and dark
But I have heard your cries
In the abyss
I have come
To destroy the world
Of man and false icons!"
Old God, Awake
Lost in time and the whiff of incense
Comes a scene of dementia laments
On a crimson tide
Deathspawn, Hellbound
From a time of turbulent waters
Comes a scene of visceral slaughter
On a crimson tide
(c) 2016 Frank Green
Published 21st Feb 2016
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21st Feb 2016 6:38am
Okay...this is what I know...
the Cthulhu..an octopus like being monster. .fltagn...awaits...
The end of days...water runs red...
other than that..a lil dizzy...but it sounds beautifully dark...and i enjoyed it very much....
love
j
the Cthulhu..an octopus like being monster. .fltagn...awaits...
The end of days...water runs red...
other than that..a lil dizzy...but it sounds beautifully dark...and i enjoyed it very much....
love
j
21st Feb 2016 6:44am
I kinda expected it to come across as hearsay from old superstitious sailors. Not sure if that worked or not. But thank you anyway.
21st Feb 2016 7:07am
Anonymous
23rd Feb 2016 1:44am
Hades, my King. . .Only you can weave a tale in the darkest and dangerous inhibitions of our minds. . .The ocean, the seas, though beautiful and serene, vast and harmless they, too, can harbor such deathly secrets if disturbed or disrespected. . .I would think Pirates of The Caribbean but I think I would only end up insulting you instead as the Pirates nor it's Caribbean have nothing on this!. . .Excellent. . .~yours, Devil~lyn.
23rd Feb 2016 3:38am
Dearest Devil-lyn, you give me such praise but in truth if it wasn't for Lovecraft we wouldn't have the Cthuhlu mythos. A comparison to Pirates of the Caribbean wouldn't be an insult. I like rum as much as the next pirate. Argh! Thank you.
