The Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft

Idoru Toei's musical version of "The Colour out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 4Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-3
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
West of Arkham, hills rise wild and deep,
Valleys shadowed where secrets sleep.

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Ancient farms, moss-covered, grey and worn,
New England's silence, forever forlorn.

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The folk have vanished, a foreign dread,
Something unseen, a whisper unsaid.

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[Chorus]
A colour out of space, a silent blight,
Stealing the earth, consuming the light.

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No sun can pierce it, no solace found,
Just creeping shadows on hallowed ground.

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It feeds and grows, a cosmic despair,
Leaving behind only dust and grey air.

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[Verse 2]
A meteorite fell, a fiery grace,
Bringing a horror to this lonely place.

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Nahum Gardner welcomed the alien stone,
Unknowing of seeds that would soon be sown.

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The scientists came, with curious eyes,
But found only puzzles and strange surprise.

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[Bridge]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 3]
The fruit turned bitter, the livestock fell,
A creeping sickness, a living hell.

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My family fading, their minds astray,
Lost in the shadows of yesterday.

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I saw it moving, a shimmering haze,
Stealing our life through endless days.

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[Chorus]
A colour out of space, a silent blight,
Stealing the earth, consuming the light.

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No sun can pierce it, no solace found,
Just creeping shadows on hallowed ground.

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It feeds and grows, a cosmic despair,
Leaving behind only dust and grey air.

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[Verse 4]
The trees are twisting, their branches claw,
A spectral glow defying nature's law.

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I saw it in the well, a chilling gleam,
A nightmare rising from an ancient dream.

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It draws you closer, with silent might,
And steals your soul into endless night.

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[Outro]
Colour… colour… fading… grey…
Gone… gone… lost… away…

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Colour… colour… fading… grey…
Gone… gone… lost… away…