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-- The Haunting at Helmbrook --
Dark clouds fill the sky, as the storm crept in that night
Thunder was crashing, lightning was flashing
Rain came pouring down, flooding this quiet town
Winds they were swirling, howling and hissing
The Asylum sat on a hill, Helmbrook was the name
Hidden by the surrounding trees, 3909 Old River Lane
Once you go there, you'll never be the same
They will take you, they will break you
84 inmates, 84 tortured souls
13 guards, 9 nurses, 1 head doctor
This twisted unhappy family, thriving upon the chaos
Several cases of strange burns
Inflicting the younger girls
Bruises all over their bodies
Claiming to have no memory
Nine of them came forth
The truth it seemed to contort
Twelve others would not speak
A pale color covering their cheeks
They deemed it the haunting at Helmbrook
Authorities did not take a look
They called it the haunting at Helmbrook
Authorities did not take a look
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Victoria
06:59
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-- Victoria --
"wake up my darling, you were screaming in your sleep
It must've been a nightmare, from the terrible storm outside
Go back to bed now, for there is nothing to fear
I am just in the other room, I swear I'll keep an eye on you"
But what they didn't know, the nightmares were real
And that they should've known, they'll never save her
They awoke to another scream, but Victoria was missing
Her mother shook in a panic
Her father stood there motionless
The window was open, the rain was pouring in
There could've been no intruder
Her room was on the 3rd floor
And on the next day, she was found wandering in the woods
Not a memory of how she got there, mumbling incoherently
"Oh you poor girl, what have you been through
The signs are the same, as the 21 at Helmbrook"
There was no sense in what happened that night
Most of the town believed the girls they had lied
The preacher gathered everyone to the church
"We need to take Victoria to Helmbrook"
Poking and prodding, sticking needles in her skin
But she just lays there lifeless
Testing, molesting every ounce of virgin skin
But she just lays there motionless
"This must be the devils work
The marks all over their bodies, it's the touch of evil"
They try to conjure a meaning
Someone to put the blame on
Demons seem the logical choice
The devil needs his souls to destroy
"Those poor innocent girls
What did they do to deserve this?
Their minds enveloped in madness
Their bodies ridden with sadness
Oh Victoria, tell us why..."
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47 Missing
05:37
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-- 47 Missing --
Tragedy swept through this mountain town
A rolling mist flows over the ground
The morning of September 9th
It began with a flash of light
47 Missing, mothers and daughters
47 Missing, feared led to the slaughter
"Fear for your God has spoken
Fear therefore he has chosen them
Fear because of their blasphemy
He has chosen them to die"
All now gather for a town meeting
Voices of skeptics form another meaning
Demonic presence is what their feeling
"Return to the church, for we must pray
Hell is coming, the skies are turning grey"
Incoherent chatter, fills the terrified crowd
The sounds of confusion, can be heard so loud
47 gone to heaven?
47 left to die?
"Judgement day is coming
Don't test your faith in the darkness
Cleanse your sins before it's too late
Cast away the madness filling your soul"
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The Dead Eyes
05:13
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-- The Dead Eyes --
"Oh Victoria, you were so innocent
they came and took you away
What did they do to you?
Your eyes were as blue as the sky
Your smile would light up the day
Now your just an empty soul
What did they do to you?"
They locked her away at Helmbrook
Now institutionalized
Burdened with a straight jacket
To keep her from harming herself
Her poor tormented soul, trapped in this agony
On and on they questioned her
"Tell us what happened that night girl
Who was it that took you?
Where have you been all this time?
14 days you were gone
Where are the other 46 girls?
You've got to tell us now
If there is hope they can be saved"
But she has deaf ears and dead eyes...
She awoke the next morning, her eyes were glazed
And with a whimper, she said...
"They came with the lightning, they came with the thunder
And then they pulled me under"
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Samuel Hayden
05:53
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-- Samuel Hayden --
They nicknamed her the demon girl
Now becoming dead to this world
Speaking tongues while in her sleep
The darkness in her soul runs deep
The town had turned on her
A victim or a murderer?
No solution to fantasize
The madness seemed to mesmerize
Samuel Hayden, minister of the church
Right hand of God
He has the influence to eliminate common sense
Thief and a fraud
They all rely on him, cleansing them of their sins
Spreading the word of God
As black as the winter ahead, as cold as the rotting dead
His morals true to the heart, were evil from the start
He spoke to the parents, of the 46 girls
"She knows what happened
She knows if they're dead or alive"
Through the night he convinced them
She had become a murderous soul
"The devil had possessed her
That girl is the spawn of evil"
Breaking morals he was supposed to know
Claiming visions of their tortured souls
Behind the mask he hides the intent
Raping Victoria, he wants to keep quiet
The deed he had done so many times
The seed he had sown just cast aside, now...
Tear apart the veil of innocence
Rip apart the mind and consciousness, now...
Resulting in pain and anguish
The tragedy that he would cherish, now...
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Flames Of Hell
05:24
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-- Flames of Hell --
September had brought the rains
Storm clouds nearly everyday
Flooding spread across the land
An act of the devils hand
Helmbrook hasn't been the same
Some believe the staff's to blame
46 missing on their watch
Their lives could very well be lost
Tear apart this mystery
Is there something we cannot see?
Will the truth ever be found
The voice of the lord resounds
Caught within this tragedy, suffer in this apathy
Send your prayers for the end
The madness we can't comprehend
Just a few hours 'til sunrise
The cracking of thunder brings an end to the silence
Outside the church the rain was pouring down
Samuel Hayden was asleep inside
Dreams and thoughts they will waste away
His sins of life would be repaid today
Lightning struck the church and lit it aflame
Engulf the draperies and spread through the halls
The flames of hell
Turn the house of the lord into ash
Beneath the blackening sky
Just a glimpse in the devils eye
It comes with the rising tide
And the sins of a twisted mind
This tragic and horrible story
The smoke was seen in the morning
There was nothing that they could do
The fire in the church completely consumed
Samuel Hayden was lost in the fire
They would not know that he was a liar
The remnants of this tragedy
Behind the shadow of blasphemy
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The Cellar
04:40
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-- The Cellar --
For an hour they had fought the flames
But the church could not be saved
They could hear the screams outside
As the preacher was burned alive
The smell of flesh burning in the air
The horrid stench you can't compare
30 townsfolk standing there
In the smoke filled courtyard square
The real horror they had yet to find
46 bodies hidden inside
In the cellar down below
The secrets that nobody knows
They were not warned of his twisted mind
The vicious madness he kept inside
The night that he had lured them there
The staff of Helmbrook was unaware
"Follow me girls, you need to confess your sins
I will lead the way"
Doctor Monroe was there
Once he led them down to the basement
"There's no reason to be scared
He is here to help with your treatment"
Victoria was the last to be raped
The ungodly things that they did to her
Her mouth and her wrists were taped
They wouldn't want anyone to hear her
Their story is full of this sadness
Rise and fall, and the purity of madness
Buried beneath the ash, was the hidden cellar door
A gateway to another place
Where innocence turns to horror
As they ventured down the stairs
The smell was unbearable
The bodies of 46 girls, dismembered and rotting...
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Devil And The Apprentice
05:02
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-- Devil and the Apprentice --
Moonlight shines in the windows
Glowing through the empty halls
The echoing of distant footsteps
Carries through the paper thin walls
Doctor Monroe and the preacher
Were meeting in his office that night
The shallow cries from a young girl
As she's led into candlelight
It was a meeting with the devil, and his apprentice
She was drugged with a sedative, helpless to prevent this
It was a meeting with the devil, and his apprentice
The torture was repetitive, their sick and twisted bliss
They dragged her back to her room
And it wasn't a moment too soon
The nurse walked around the corner
Just in time to not have seen her
She spoke just to be sincere
"What are you two old fools doing here?"
But she thought it just a little weird
Not enough to spark any fear
But what she didn't know
A side of them that they've never shown
The doctor asked a word with her
"What kind of wine would you prefer?"
He dropped a little pill inside
Just enough to make her die
There couldn't be any witnesses
To maintain their innocence
The devil and the apprentice
The doctor was the devil
And the preacher his apprentice...
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-- Communion and a Cup of Wine --
"Don't dwell in the aftermath
Just take a trip through the past
You've got to tell us what happened that night
And on the morning of September 9th"
What did the preacher do?
Who was it at Helmbrook he knew?
How did he manage to bring you all to the church?"
It sent a shiver right down her spine
Her already pale skin turning even more white
The words began to form in her mind
With every sentence taking her back through time
The night that they had lured them there
Beneath the church to their evil lair
Doctor Monroe was meeting with the staff
As preacher Hayden led them out the back
"Their hands are painted red
They caused the blood that has been shed
I cannot speak for the dead
But straight to Hell the must be led"
COmmunion and a cup of wine
Spiked with a little something inside
Just enough to fog the memory
And enough to numb the senses
Just enough to gain control
And enough for your heart and soul
Now led into darkness
One by one led down the stairs
Light turned into blackness
One by one they were violated
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Suicidal Angel
06:13
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-- Suicidal Angel --
Victoria, she was always his favorite
Long before she had come to Helmbrook
She was the pearl of his sadistic side
The glowing gem of his twisted pride
Walking into the shadows
Shaking hands with the devil
Every Sunday in the house of God
She did not know of his evil plot
It was the madness within his soul
The lusting and confronting to gain control
The deception he hides behind
To grant him access into their minds
Now she sits in a padded room
Touching the blade to her wrist
Hoping death would be coming soon
An escape from all of this
She had found a blade in the grass
Snuck it in hidden in her shoe
She felt the tip pierce through her skin
The warmth of blood trickled down her arm
Slowly draining away all the torment
All the memories she could not forget
Bleeding out all the horrors within
And all the horrible things that they did
They called her an angel, but she became suicidal
Her heartbeat faded fast
Within the hour her soul had passed
Her cold body dead on the floor
Memories won't haunt anymore
Suicidal angel...
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The Last Stand
05:57
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-- The Last Stand --
The doctor sat alone in silence
He knew they would be coming for him
The result was inevitable
That girl wouldn't keep her mouth shut
As the cars pulled up to Helmbrook
He took a glance out of the window
And the smoke rolling off his lips
As he put out his fine cigar
He grabbed a pistol from in the drawer
Just as the nurse knocked on the door
"Miss, won't you please come inside
I've got nothing left to hide"
He put a bullet through her chest
Now making his way through the halls
One bullet for each inmate, one final fatal dose
One serial killer, one dead and withered rose
One bullet for each inmate, one final fatal dose
One serial killer, his evil deeds exposed
They heard the shots from outside the door
It sent a panic straight to the core
As their bloody bodies hit the floor
They wouldn't feel the pain anymore
The police broke in through the back door
Rushing up the stairs from the first floor
A painless ending they were praying for
But the shots rang out more and more
This was his last stand, the doctors end...
And now the stand-off begins
There was no way he could win
Bullets fly as he ducked behind a door
All around him was a scene full of gore
Two shots hit him in the back
Piercing through his flesh
His bones severed with a crack
Putting this story to rest
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12. |
Song For The Dead
02:23
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Aftermath
09:39
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-- Aftermath --
Two long months
After the massacre at Helmbrook
Storms seem to subside
In the wake of all the lives they've took
Inspector Bryce arrives
To report his final say of the death toll
Aftermath of ash, bodies and blood
Ignorance from the townsfolk
The blame of God, blame of the Devil
The blame of an ignorant town, so sinister
They blame the veil of the divine, doctor kept them blind
Fed them wine to numb their minds, so sinister
47 Girls raped and left to die
Their final rest within the unholy cellar
Victoria the saddest of loss
If only she spoke sooner, we could have saved her
One wretched preacher, and one twisted doctor
An oblivious town, a storm that would not weather
In the night, drunk off wine
Took their souls from innocence and burned them alive
The saving grace, God and medicine
Took them to a hell that no one should ever attend
The world must know this evil
The tragic end of this story, too long I'm imploring
A society that's ignoring the truth
Too many live left shattered
A town left blood splattered
Yet none of this ever mattered anymore
Samuel Hayden and Doctor Monroe
Belong in a Hell so far below
Tortured and left long to be denied
How much more evidence should be supplied
All, beneath the embers
All, the bodies so disfigured, never remembered
On the day of September 9th
Forever stained with this heinous crime
Helmbrook condemned to never be occupied
All because of the ignorance and the aftermath
Forever stained, ignorance and the aftermath
Blood drenched, ignorance and the aftermath
Never the same, never the same...
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