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The Gate

from Dungeon Master by Gus Englehorn

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about

This one was inspired by Hitchcock’s Rebecca. I actually woke up in the middle of the night after having watched it the night previous and I wrote out most of the lyrics in one shot. It’s about (I think) facing your own mortality. The protagonist awakes in a pit and sees a man peering down at him laughing, then he is taken on an astral journey. First he comes face to face with death, then to a dark house that bursts into flames that he must enter. Next, he is drawn back to the pit by a faint voice and when he looks down into the pit he sees his own face lit by the moonlight. The face in the pit warns him to be ‘’clear of spirit’’. It is at that moment that the protagonist is drawn back into himself and begins to ascend upwards towards salvation singing ‘’The Gate, me voilà!’’.

lyrics

-- Lyrics --

I awoke in a pit
With a man starring down at me
Laughing!

Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha

I came to a gate a closed gate
I passed through like a spirit
I came face to face with death
Though I did not fear it
I came to a house a dark house
I had to squint to see it
Then a fire burning bright
Burned so bright that I was drawn into it

Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha

I was led by a voice to a pit
And when I looked into it
I could see a face at the bottom
For the night was moonlight
The face spoke at last with a faint voice
But I could clearly hear it
Ye who seeks the key to The Gate
Be ye clear of spirit

Laughing!

Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha

And now that you feel much better, much better
Now that you feel alright
And now that you fill in your sweater, your sweater
Now that they’ve cut you down to size

And now that time rolls backwards, rolls backwards
Now that you see it with new eyes
And now that you feel much lighter, much lighter
Now that you’ve seen into the light

The Gate, me voilà!
Me voilà!
The Gate, me voilà

credits

from Dungeon Master, released April 29, 2022
Gus Englehorn – Lead vocals, Guitar, Back vocals
Estée Preda – Drums, Back vocals, Keyboards
Alex Ouzilleau – Bass, Baritone

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