The Hound Songtext
von Vulture Industries

There lies a beast
Near the top of the stairs
Weary and weak
In its final years
Still at times you′ll hear
Hear it howl
Howl at the wind
A low haunted lament
For the glorious times spent
Stalking the halls
Of the tower


Close to the sovereign's seat the wretched beast lies
Dreary and riddled with lice
Frail, weak, and dirty
Fur patched and thin
It barely bothers to shake off the flies
Its years of glory now long past and gone
Its body quakes, throbbing in its shame
Of its fall from grandeur into the abyss
To the oblivion of the useless and the maimed
I used to hear it call my name
But the howl turned to a wail
As the hound yearns
The past burns the beast

At the top of the stairs
So weary and weak
In its final years
Still at times you′ll hear
Hear it howl
Howl at the wind
A low haunted lament
For the glorious times spent
Stalking the halls
The halls of the tower
The halls of the tower
The halls of the tower
The halls
The halls of the


Hear the beast's reigning call
A ghost from the past chasing through every hall
A feeble shadow of what was once feared by us all
A reluctant derelict from a bygone time
Still sending shivers down many a spine
But a stranger still
Among its own kind
This pitiful ghost

Oh, I miss it still
Oh, I miss it so
Oh, I miss it so

By the beast's reigning cry
By the beast′s reigning cry
By the beast′s reigning cry

And the hound keeps calling
As it used to know our names
But it can't recall them
As its grip did slowly

And the hound keeps calling
As it used to know our names
But it can′t recall them
As its grip did slowly wane

And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling
(Hear it call)
And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling
(Hear it call)
And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling
(Hear it call)
And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling
(Hear it call)
And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling
(Hear it call)
And the hound keeps calling
(Hear it call)
As its world keeps falling