Corpse in a Nebulous Creek
Carach Angren Lyrics

One year later, still traumatized by her ghastly screams
Even after one year, the person is still affected by the horrifying screams of a woman that they heard.

He tastes and smells her burning flesh
The person can still recall the taste and smell of the woman's burning flesh.

In his most sickening, hypnotic dreams
The person has nightmares that feel so real and are so sickening that they become hypnotic.

These illusions seemed so damn real
The nightmares or illusions that the person experiences seem to be more than just imagination and feel very real.

What a nightmarish ordeal!
The entire experience of the person is nothing short of a horrifying ordeal.

My lady's corpse was never found within the remains
The corpse of the woman is missing from the remains, and it couldn't be found.

Even her skeleton dissolved
The decomposition of the woman's corpse is so extreme that even her skeleton dissolved.

There was no proper burial day
Due to the circumstances leading to the woman's death, there was no proper day of burial for her.

What a shame that heavenly beauty could not stay
It's sad that the woman's beauty, which can be compared to something divine, couldn't be sustained.

And something devilish stayed to play
Something evil or diabolical stayed in the area to do something twisted.

His name was Manfred, his father was a German count
The person in the story is Manfred, and his father is a German count.

Depression hid companion until his pounded, cold corpse shall be found
Manfred's depression was hidden from everyone until his cold and lifeless corpse is found.

Depression!
The song indicates that Manfred's depression is one of the factors that led to his twisted fate.

Now he is suffering a severe form of psychosis
Manfred is currently dealing with a severe mental condition that affects their objective reality and makes it unreliable, making things unclear.

I saw something white dwell through the woods like a macabre dead bride
The person saw something white lurking in the woods, like a ghostly dead bride in a horror story.

Trembling with fear, still cannot believe
The person who saw the ghostly figure is still trembling with fear and can't believe what they saw.

That like a false dog it kept staring at me
The ghostly figure kept staring at the person like a false or faked dog, unnerving them more.

Seriously considering suicide
The person is currently contemplating suicide, which could be considered a result of the traumatic events they experienced.

Shall I drink the poison, cut my wrists or hang myself high tonight?
The person is considering methods of committing suicide, asking whether they should drink poison, slit their wrists, or hang themselves tonight.

He made a choice and took a ride along the farthest trees and then,
The person in the song made a choice and took a ride through the farthest trees.

When they jumped a misty creek, he fell and broke his neck
At some point, the person jumped over a misty creek but fell and broke their neck, which is a gruesome way to die.

Was he insane?
The song puts into question the sanity of the person who died.

No!
The answer to the previous question is a clear no according to the song.

She came back and pushed him, so sad...
The song implies that the cause of the person's death wasn't from insanity, but rather the woman who died earlier came back as a ghost and pushed him.

Broke his neck
During the fall, the person in the song broke their neck upon landing.

Horse shot dead
There might have been a horse involved in the story, as indicated by this line.

Broke his neck
The song repeats the line about breaking the neck, likely to reinforce the gruesomeness of the person's fate.

Now he's dead!
The song ends by stating that the person is now dead, bringing to a close the story of their twisted fate.