Nox Arcana, Album “Gothic”, track, “Testament”, “The House Beyond the Graveyard”
Welcome to Grimstone Manor.
I hereby bequeath to you, my last surviving heir
My mansion and all the secrets it holds
You may still have distant recollections of your ancestral home.
But perhaps some things are best left buried in the past…
Your inheritance is not without condition, however.
Should you wish to claim all that is rightfully yours
You must stay here in this house, on this very night, alone
Where you shall remain locked inside from dusk until dawn
Only by facing your fears can you truly embrace that which dwells in the darkness
Perhaps you shall come to understand and embrace your true heritage as well…..
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The house beyond the graveyard
Is no place to stay the night
For once its ancient doors creak shut
There is no escape in sight
The old house looks deserted
Abandoned and forsaken
But every night as darkness falls
Its residents awaken
Shadows roam the cobwebbed halls
And whispers fill the rooms
And in the cold crypts far below
The dead rise from their tombs
So if you dare to venture there
Leave long before night falls
Lest you join the restless ghosts
That haunt its shadowed halls…