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The Heart of Madness
You might need to get comfy and grab a drink! It's long, which won't be to everyone's taste. All music and lyrics by me, all instruments by me... except the lead guitar from 21:22 until the end, which was by my friend Graham McLeod. Here's some background on the song, since you're going to be sitting here for 24 minutes if you decide to listen to it... In 1992, as one of the principal songwriters for Fury, I wrote a song called Rhone. The song was a snapshot of his time as a killer over a two-year period. I then wrote another song in 1999 as a "what if?" where he'd be found not guilty, would go back to killing, but his first victim killed him and got a taste for it, and took over to continue his work. But I always wanted to tell the full story. I wanted people to know the origins of the character I created, what pushed him to the point of his first kill, and his journey until the end of his spree. So, three months ago, I sat down to start writing what would ultimately be the entire side of a 12" LP to tell his story. I worked on it a little bit at a time most weekends over a three-month period and, as it's now finally finished, I wanted to share it with you all. I'm including the lyrics here, as well as transcripts of the various new reports peppered throughout the track, so it'll be easier to follow. THE HEART OF MADNESS *** i. Overture *** ii. Breaking Point (02:43) Another birthday, another day locked in this empty room And outside, mommy uses. Another visitor another one who wants what she won't do And fists, if she refuses. On the edge of hope, the boy begins to lean. He finds a way to cope with things that he has seen. Deep within the void a childhood fades away. The boy deprived of toys finds other ways to play. Another beating another lesson failed to understand and mommy stands in silence. And while they're sleeping the sharpened steel feels warm within his hands and so began the violence *** iii. Confrontation (05:11) You're not welcome here stay away from us all Your mentality isn't meant for this world Your drawings are twisted Your words have a bite Those ungodly whimpers in the dead of night You show no expression Your eyes have no fire Those torturous heathens that you admire You're my darkest sin and I'll forever pay The surviving twin You sucked his life away Get away from me Put it down I swear I will never lock you away again He's done nothing wrong Please I beg of you Call for help and I Swear I'll never hurt you again Look what you have done They will come for you I will not protect you, my bastard son They will know it's you If you kill me too I can feel my life slipping away.. *** iv. De morte matris (06:43) Mother, can you hear me there's light still in your eyes Together, we will both be free No longer trapped inside. The basement was my prison, and yours this mortal coil Your home for all eternity the confines of the soil As I reach down to feel your skin I feel a presence from within a coldness building up inside a pain from which I cannot hide Your memories will fade Once my mind takes control They'll never find your body and I never found your soul [SOLO: G Mcleod 08:11] [SOLO: M Reid 08:38] *** v. The Struggle Within (09:16) [Instrumental] MALE: "In a shocking turn, police who were called to what appeared to be an abandoned home, discovered the body of an adult male, presumed to be in his forties, who they believe had lain undiscovered for more than six years. The owner of the house and her young son were nowhere to be found." FEMALE: "The FBI have today confirmed that the body of Serena Rhone, owner of the property on Lakeside Park where the remains of a man were found, has been discovered in a nearby woodland. They believe they were killed around the same time. The search for her son, Albert, continues." MALE: "It is indeed a sad day for all concerned, and I know that the people of Lakeside will never be the same." *** vi. The Struggle Without (11:17) I read today they'd found your body. They still don't know if I'm alive. They're digging up the woods around you. They hope the little boy survived. I didn't mean to kill you, mother. I only wanted to give you pain. But when I saw you on the front page. I longed to do it all again. I tried to stop the bleeding But then I saw the feeling in your eyes I should have tried to help you But I was paralysed. I need to find someone who'll love me. Someone who'll show how much they care. They'll pull me in and wrap around me. And gently soothe and stroke my hair. The years I spent alone in silence my childhood cruelly ripped away I never asked to be the one who lived And still you hated anyway. And now I have the feelings from seeing you again The sadness grows inside me and I know how it can end. *** vii. Serena (14:44) You look a lot like her You wear your hair the same I bet you smell like her I long for your embrace I know that, given time If I could save your life You'd learn to love this boy And I could feel alive I hear you beneath me Crying out in vain I'll be your saviour And I'll feel love again Why did you leave me? Why did you give me pain? I'd started feeling But you ripped that away [GUIT SOLO: M Reid 16:16] [KEYS SOLO: M Reid 16:32] *** viii. If At First (16:17) FEMALE: "Reports are coming in of yet another missing woman around the Lakeside Park area, the fifth in as many weeks, all matching the same description of shoulder-length blonde hair. Authorities believe these women may have been taken by the same person and are encouraging women in the area to exercise extreme caution." *** ix.A Stab in the Dark (17:31) [Instrumental] And as the light streams through the basement cracks There's nothing where you used to be Your scent still masks that of the others And so you can't be far from here I look for movement in the shadows But there's only stillness all around When suddenly, a burning in my neck and I fall to the ground FEMALE: "In a startling turn, police have taken a twenty-year-old man into custody for the abduction of the missing women in the Lakeside Park area. The incident is believed to have been called in by his latest victim, who was able to free herself and take down her kidnapper. It is not yet known what happened to the others, or how many." MALE: "And, of course, the biggest story of the day is that Albert Rhone, believed to be responsible for the missing Lakeside women, has now been charged for a total of twenty-four counts of murder. Forensic experts also believe that he is responsible for the death of his mother, Serena, nine years ago, as well as her lover." *** x. The Struggle Ends (19:55) I like how this is feeling A warmth flows through me now This gentle heat is melting The ice around my heart A light above is calling I hear your voice within No longer in the darkness I'm seeing you again And standing there beside you The other part of me Your hands stretched out towards me Together, we are free [SOLO to fade G. Mcleod] MALE: "Lakeside Police Department have today issued a statement wherein Albert Rhone, the twenty-year-old local boy who had been missing and feared dead since age eleven, has not only confessed to the brutal murder of twenty-four women but also the intentional death of his mother's lover. However, Rhone maintains that the death of his mother was accidental." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Were you aware of what you were doing?" ALBERT: "Um, yes." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Was it your intention to kill these women?" ALBERT: "I never meant to kill them. I meant to save them." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Why did you kill your mother?" ALBERT: "I didn't mean to kill her. It just... it happened." PSYCHOLOGIST: "And her lover? Why'd you kill her lover." ALBERT: "He was bad. All of them. They were all bad. ALL bad. He deserved to die." PSYCHOLOGIST: "And the women? Did they deserve to die?" ALBERT:<br> "They didn't deserve to die. That was never my intention. It just... I mean... I'm sorry."more
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