The Music of Erich Zann
H. P. Lovecraft Lyrics


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There's a flame that leads all souls astray
No one's safe from its tender touch of pain
Everyday it's looking for new slaves
To celebrate the beauty of the grave

We are like the living dead
Sacrificing all we have
For a frozen heart and a soul on fire
We are like the living dead
Craving for deliverance
With a frozen heart and a soul on fire

Again we're falling for disgrace
And hate will shelter us from the rain
We are enslaved by the sacred heart of shame
And gently raped by the light of day

Addicted to our divine despair




The venom of the cross we bear
The guilt will follow us to death

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft seem to be describing the internal struggle of the desperate human soul. The opening lines, "There's a flame that leads all souls astray, No one's safe from its tender touch of pain," suggests that there is something inside of us all that pulls us towards our impending doom. This flame is then personified as a master, always looking for new slaves to celebrate the beauty of the grave. It seems that the human soul has become numb to pain and is no longer in control of its own desires.


The chorus then expands on this idea of being like the living dead, sacrificing all we have for a frozen heart and a soul on fire. It is as if people are not only dead inside but also moving towards a fiery finale. The lyrics suggest that people are addicted to their own divine despair and that a sense of guilt will follow them until the end of their lives. The song seems to be a depiction of the ultimate internal conflict of the human soul, one that ultimately leads to its demise.


Line by Line Meaning

There's a flame that leads all souls astray
There is a destructive force that tempts everyone and leads them towards a dishonorable path.


No one's safe from its tender touch of pain
No one can escape the pain that the temptation causes once they fall under its influence


Everyday it's looking for new slaves
Everyday the temptation is seeking for new people who will fall prey to its destructive nature


To celebrate the beauty of the grave
To extol the virtues of death and its associated darkness


We are like the living dead
We are alive but without direction or purpose


Sacrificing all we have
We give up everything we possess, including our humanity


For a frozen heart and a soul on fire
We lose our human nature and grow emotionless, while becoming consumed by a fiery passion for darkness


Craving for deliverance
Desiring liberation from eternal despair


Again we're falling for disgrace
We are continuously falling deeper into the clutches of evil


And hate will shelter us from the rain
Our hatred and anger will become our refuge from life's challenges


We are enslaved by the sacred heart of shame
We are trapped and controlled by the feeling that we are of little value to society


And gently raped by the light of day
Describes how our inner darkness is destroyed by the light of day forcefully and without mercy


Addicted to our divine despair
Having hopeless thoughts has turned into our livelihood, making it very difficult for us to let go and move on


The venom of the cross we bear
The temptation and evil that burdens us was created by our own decisions and actions


The guilt will follow us to death
We will live with eternal regret that will remain with us until our dying day




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Written by: VILLE HERMANNI VALO

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Monster? No. Definable? Never.

Erich Zann is a stand-in for the most embarrassing and maddened occurrences of which H.P. himself caused; A story to portray his own starings into that abyss that maddening men see, that twists them off the edge. To portray how he wrote and rambled into that dark abyss in a fearful attempt to make it stop, but it only mocked him.

catgod kain

Cold air

Monster? No. Definable? Never.

@Sir Mount no viol goes (unintelligible)

Sir Mount

Haha viol goes brrr

James Shore

An SCP video and a free audiobook? You are too good to us Mangg, thanks for all the hard work.

Nick

Lovecraft, not SCP. At least get your genre right.

catgod kain

Scp..no...

BacH

@Joshua Swidrovich he has a patreon

James Shore

@Joshua Swidrovich Me too man, I'd hop on that shit like a fat kid on cake.

Recent Rogue the protag

He spoils us

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