Things aren't going well in Carcosa.
Edmund has lost most of his memories. Mercy has read The King in Yellow in order to follow him. And now Hastur has found his favorite little human.
You're Mine
Hastur welcomes Edmund to Carcosa.
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Verse 1
Well, well, well...
If it isn't
My favorite little scholar...
Wondered when
You'd give me a holler...
How do you like it here?
Did you find your answers...
Or did you just find fear?
Now that everything
Has become clear...
Welcome, my boy,
To Carcosa.
Do you enjoy
My black stars?
Do you miss
Your little scars...
Out there
Beyond Mars?
My knowledge
Is now ours...
This archive
Has no bars...
Each answer
Opens one more door...
Tell me...
Are you still
Hungry for more?
Chorus
Don't sulk.
Don't pout.
Don't you dare try
To find a way out.
You read
The King in Yellow,
And now you've met him...
What a lucky fellow!
Don't cry.
You're mine.
I've given you
Something sublime.
Don't forget
That I'm Hastur—
Your marvelous master,
All-powerful,
Cosmic,
Divine!
You're mine!
Verse 2
Well, well, well...
If it isn't
My favorite little mortal...
I knew that you'd find
My little portal...
You couldn't help it.
You were so curious...
Oh, don't pout...
It's so laborious!
So welcome, my boy,
To Carcosa.
I hope you like
Towers that gleam.
You're on my team.
That's what I deem.
I won't be mean.
Just keep your nose clean.
And tell me...
Have you enjoyed
All that you've seen?
Chorus
Don't sulk.
Don't pout.
Don't you dare try
To find a way out.
You read
The King in Yellow,
And now you've met him...
What a lucky fellow!
Don't cry.
You're mine.
I've given you
Something sublime.
Don't forget
That I'm Hastur—
Your marvelous master,
All-powerful,
Cosmic,
Divine!
You're mine!
Bridge
Now come with me
Before you age.
I think I'm gonna
Make you my page.
You'll keep my court.
It'll be such sport.
Human pets
Will become all the rage!
Now come along.
Don't prove me wrong.
I think, in truth,
You've been enjoying my song.
You'll meet the Old Ones.
It'll be such fun.
We'll be together forever,
Just like the twin suns.
Final Chorus
Don't sulk.
Don't pout.
Don't you dare try
To find a way out.
You read
The King in Yellow,
And now you've met him...
What a lucky fellow!
Don't cry.
You're mine.
I've given you
Something sublime.
Don't forget
That I'm Hastur—
Your marvelous master,
All-powerful,
Cosmic,
Divine!
You're mine!
Outro
Never forget...
For all of time...
You're mine...
The stars are old, the seas are deep. And none know where the Old Ones sleep.
Edmund and Mercy have found each other as the Old Ones converge on Carcosa. With memories partially restored by Mercy’s magic, they reflect on their journey and wonder if they will ever make it home.
Eldritch
Edmund and Mercy contemplate what they've discovered.
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Edmund
Nothing makes sense anymore.
Why did we open up that door?
I thought I had to know the truth.
I’d give it all up for a booth
Where we’d sit and talk about
Our boring days....
Chorus
Eldritch...
The stars are old.
The seas are deep.
And none know where
The Old Ones sleep...
Eldritch...
The cosmos spins endlessly vast.
And there's no future.
There's no past...
Eldritch...
Some things are better left unknown...
Eldritch...
Will we ever...
Make it home?
Mercy
I should have listened when you said
Impulsive people end up dead.
I thought I knew enough to know better.
Wish I'd left someone a letter,
So they'd know where I had gone...
And maybe they would care?
Chorus
Eldritch...
The stars are old.
The seas are deep.
And none know where
The Old Ones sleep...
Eldritch...
The cosmos spins endlessly vast.
And there's no future.
There's no past...
Eldritch...
Some things are better left unknown...
Eldritch...
Will we ever...
Make it home?
Edmund, Mercy & the Lost Ones
We are lost... in a dream within a dream.
We are lost... where nothing's as it seems.
We are lost... in Carcosa.
Yellow signs...
His designs...
We are lost...
Ohhhh-oh, we are lost...
Final Chorus
Eldritch...
The stars are old.
The seas are deep.
And none know where
The Old Ones sleep...
Eldritch...
The cosmos spins endlessly vast.
And there's no future.
There's no past...
Eldritch...
Some things are better left unknown...
Eldritch...
Will we ever...
Make it home?
Outro
Eldritch...
Eldritch...
Eldritch...
Ohhhhh-oh-oh...
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Wow, this is intense! I never thought reading could lead to such a cosmic encounter
I'm obviously biased, but among your things I've seen, this is your best work.