(c) 2011 Simon Mas (p) 2011 Simon Mas

Appears On…

Return Of The Ulysses

Personnel

Liam Gaughan: recording engineer
Massimiliano Stano: mixing and mastering engineer
Matthew Roberts: drums
Peter Morris: bass, vocals, producer
Simon Mas: vocals, guitars, producer

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Lyrics

he came out from the woods last night     the man now drinking at the pub     they say he’s my brother who has returned     but that’s not me, that can’t be right     he has the keys to my brother’s house     he’s wearing my brother’s fine blue coat     he told everyone he got lost     lost in the woods like a little mouse. but i left him there in silence     i left him there his face all red     i left him there in the dark     i walked away and didn’t look back.
he looked like him even to his wife     who cried for him well into her nights     he talks the same fooling everyone     but no, not me, i don’t trust my eyes. ‘cause i left him there in silence     deep in the woods his face all red     i left him there like sleeping     his face all red – i simply walked away. oh, how they laughed, they all laughed at me     when i proposed i could hunt the beast     that came from the woods where monsters sleep     to plague our land and to taint our dreams     oh, how they laughed until he stood tall     “i will join my brother if you all allow”     then all the sneers turned into cheers     my brother, the hero, they could really trust him. we entered the woods and there we got lost     we stepped across a stream, the hours passed     then we found a glare, a deep hole in the ground     and the beast jumped out, bloodthirsty, ferocious. i ran and hid to save my life     my brother shot, the beast fell down     once again, he had saved the day     once again, i felt ashamed     and even though he couldn’t tell     deep inside i felt a strange rage. i left the corpse in the hole in the ground     i cleaned his blood off my old clothes     then i left and found my way back     i told them the beast had killed my brother. but he came out from the woods last night     i will be damned, that can’t be right     they say my brother was saved somehow     that’s not true, i can’t believe my eyes     i don’t feel safe when the sun goes down     that man is roaming our streets at night     his face taints my dreams somehow     i must escape or i’ll lose my mind. ’cause i left him there in silence     his bloody dead, his face all red     his lifeless corpse like sleeping     into that hole i left it before i fled     yes, i left him there in silence     laying underground his face all red!     yes, i left him there as i fled     i left him dead     his face was all red!

Extras

This song was inspired by Emily Carroll’s comic of the same name. Please, check it out.

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