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His Face All Red

from Return of the Ulysses by Simon Mas

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This track is inspired by Emily Carroll's comic with the same name. It's a gripping story and the art is fabulous. Check it out here: emcarroll.com/comics/faceallred/01.html

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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!

©2011 Simon Mas. All rights reserved.

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from Return of the Ulysses, released December 6, 2011

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Composer, arranger, musician... Simon is a tongue in cheek fellow living in Italy, that finds that 400 characters are too little to write a bio. Maybe he can interest you in visiting his website should you be intersted to discover more? Only the future will tell! (Thank you for listening, by the way! :) ) ... more

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