Gnome in the Shadows

4 weeks ago by @complexissimple

Liner Notes

The demo isn't a full demo. I read through the lyrics until I found the part where they started to feel like they sung off the page for me (and I should have been recording the first time through the chorus, I had to try to recreate it). Normally I would go back and sing the first couple verses with the same melody but my phone is full up.

Lyrics were written by the AI at freshbots.org. I fed into it these three phrases, and told it to make a metal song:
1. I think I saw a live gnome in the bushes behind the worn- down trailer park. Or maybe a dead one. I ran, either way.
2. Do you know where the vampires go to get high? Carrying your keys between your fingers like teeth won't save you.
3. If I know fairies - and I do - they don't believe the stories that they read or that you tell them. Have been too many humans telling lies. They're all jaded, with no imagination.

I thought I would follow up with pop and then probably mash the two together and edit into a new set of lyrics, but I like this one too well. Except for "ghostly strife", which I will take suggestions to replace.

#metal #fantasy

Lyrics

Gnome in the Shadows

(Verse 1)
In the heart of the night, where the shadows creep,
Behind the trailer park where the secrets sleep,
I stumbled upon a whisper, a flicker of life,
A gnome in the bushes, or just a ghostly strife.
His eyes glowed like embers, in the brush he did hide,
With a crooked smile that twisted my mind inside.

(Chorus)
Run, run, through the haze and the fear,
In the garden of nightmares where the whispers leer,
In the twilight's embrace, they dance and conspire,
Gnomes in the shadows, lost in the fire!

(Verse 2)
Do you know where the vampires go to get high?
In the alleyways of darkness, where the fallen dreams lie,
They sip on the sorrow, and bathe in the night,
With a hunger for chaos, they feast on the blight.
With keys clenched like daggers, I trudge through the dread,
But carrying wishful thinking won’t keep me from dead.

(Chorus)
Run, run, through the haze and the fear,
In the garden of nightmares where the whispers leer,
In the twilight's embrace, they dance and conspire,
Gnomes in the shadows, lost in the fire!

(Bridge)
Oh, the fairies are tainted by the tales we weave,
They've heard all the lies that the humans believe,
With wings like shattered mirrors, reflecting our plight,
They mock the illusions that fill up our night.
No more will they twinkle, no more will they shine,
Jaded and weary, their hearts intertwine.

(Verse 3)
In a world full of liars, where shadows collide,
I ran from the gnome, but he still lives inside,
A specter of sadness, a trickster with glee,
In the bushes behind me, where the nightmares run free.
So I shout to the heavens, while the blood moon glows,
In the heart of the darkness, the truth is exposed.

(Chorus)
Run, run, through the haze and the fear,
In the garden of nightmares where the whispers leer,
In the twilight's embrace, they dance and conspire,
Gnomes in the shadows, lost in the fire!

(Outro)
So if you dare wander, where the wild things creep,
Remember the stories that hurt and that bleed,
In the trailer park ruins, where the echoes arise,
The gnomes and the fairies, they’ve seen through our lies!
With knives wrapped in wisdom, and secrets to keep,
We’ll all run together, through the nightmares so deep!

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