The R’lyeh Rhythm Kings - 4. The Miskatonic Moon

The Miskatonic Moon [Intro — warm organ, piano, brushed drums, saxophone] [Female] There’s a moon on the Miskatonic, Silver trembling on the stream, And every time it touches me, I fall into the same old dream. [Male] I’ve been walking by that river, Every midnight, all alone, And somewhere past the willow trees I hear a voice that sounds like home. [Female] You hear it too? [Male] Every night. [Verse 2 — duet] [Female] I dreamed about a doorway— [Male] I dreamed about a stair— [Female] Going down beneath the water— [Male] Lord, I met you there. [Both] Two hearts beneath a crooked moon, Two souls beneath the tide, Something keeps on calling us To come to the other side. [Chorus] [Both] Under the Miskatonic moon, Hold me close and hold me soon, The river knows a secret That the morning mustn’t know. Under the Miskatonic moon, Hear that old horn crying blue, If I follow where it leads me— [Female] Will you follow? [Male] Baby, I’ll go. [Instrumental — soulful tenor sax] [Verse 3] [Male] Professor Armitage told me, “Son, some dreams are better dead.” [Female] But he went pale as winter When I told him what you said. [Male] What did you tell him? [Female] That I saw a black sun rising… [Male] Lord have mercy. [Female] …and seven towers below. [Both] Then we heard something laughing Where the Miskatonic flows. [Chorus] Under the Miskatonic moon, Hold me close and hold me soon, There are shadows in the water And they’re singing out of tune. Under the Miskatonic moon, Something ancient starts to move, But if madness waits below us— [Male] I’d rather go with you. [Female] Then take my hand. [Male] I already have. [Break — organ and bass] [Female — soul vocal] Oh, river, don’t you take him! [Male] Oh, river, let her be! [Female] Whatever waits beneath you— [Male] Let it take its fill of me! [Both] But the river kept on rolling, And the moon turned sickly white, And a thousand voices whispered: [Backing vocals] Come down… Come down… Come down tonight… [Final Chorus — full band] [Both] Under the Miskatonic moon, We can hear them singing now, A song that wasn’t made for us But we know the words somehow. Under the Miskatonic moon, No more running from the truth, If there’s something waiting down there— [Female] I’m going down with you. [Male] And I with you. [Backing vocals] Come down… Come down… [Both — softly] Under the Miskatonic moon. [Outro — saxophone and organ] [Female, distant] Do you see the city? [Male] …yeah. [Female] It’s beautiful. [Final unresolved chord]