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So this is a bit of an unusual one. Bear with me, here..
There's a meme that's been floating around on Facebook lately that goes along the lines of, "The song, 'Jolene' but the singer never stops describing Jolene, going into more and more details and getting more and more disturbing until you're not sure what Jolene is except that you're afraid of her".
Well, there was recently a thread where folks did just that, and wrote a bunch of verses. One of my friends that was involved approached me and asked if I'd be willing to accept a commission to edit it all into a playable song and record it.
The idea amused me so much, and I figured that I had enough patrons with equally twisted senses of humour, that rather than just do a quick and basic audio recording for my friend's ears only, I'd put in the extra work to do a full release and share the madness with all of you!
So here it is.. Dolly Parton's "Jolene", as imagined by maybe H.P. Lovecraft.
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"JOLENE (HP LOVECRAFT VERSION)" - Music written by Dolly Parton
Lyrics written by Shelby Tzimiskes, Duncan Gledhill, Sai Morgan, Sara O'Brien, Aystyn Z, Pictogeist
Compiled, edited, and arranged by Michael Kelly
Commissioned by M A Hood
[CHORUS:]
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my soul
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
We're at your mercy, don't consume us whole
Blackening the summer skies
with flaming wings and countless eyes
please take pity on us all, Jolene
Your smile is like a gaping maw
Your voice, it is a sirens call
I can't survive the sight of you, Jolene
They gibber madly in their sleep
And desperate hope is all I keep
From being like your worshippers, Jolene
For I could never understand
Your power beyond the ken of man
And I will never sleep again, Jolene
[CHORUS]
Your darkness rends and burns my skin,
Your soul is made of pitch and sin,
Your whole existence - pain to me, Jolene.
The universe’s screaming scars
Your shadow is the death of stars
Your birth was all our primal fears, Jolene
Your piercing howl, the bane of light
The wolves obey and bats take flight
Your servants now through longest night, Jolene
Cities perish in your wake
Your laughter makes the mountains quake
Your fury is the howling storm, Jolene
[CHORUS]
From abyssal depths you rise
Mocking mortals' wailing cries
In your bid to end all things. Jolene
Its easy for us all to see
How you'd devour all land and sea
Oh lord we beg you give us peace, Jolene
In ancient dark and shrouded halls
Your evil forms a cloying pall
The bindings failed, God save us from Jolene
Your screech depicts the sins of man
Our time of judgement just began
Our fate is in your awful hands, Jolene
[CHORUS]
Jolene... [NkbFeu6IZwY] |