Jolene, Lovecraftian version

[asakiyume]

From a Twitter friend, this link. The singer introduces it:

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."

And so he and some friends created this!

Watch on YouTube

"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]

Comments

[lilysea]

This is lovely, thank you! ^_^

[asakiyume]

My pleasure!

[sartorias]

AIYEEEE!

[asakiyume]

:-)

[mallorys_camera]

Oh, this is too funny. And your friend is a wonderful guitar player with a beautiful voice.

[asakiyume]

Oh LOL no--I don't know the performer! A friend shared it on Twitter, but the friend wasn't this guy!

[mallorys_camera]

Duh! 😃

[green_knight]

That was marvellous. Thanks for sharing!

[asakiyume]

So glad you enjoyed--thank **you** so much for the Vietnamese coronavirus pop song, which I've been sharing liberally.

[shewhomust]

Thankyou - that's magnificent!

[asakiyume]

My pleasure!

[minoanmiss]

EPIC.

[asakiyume]

Spanning the depths, the heights!

[gale_storm]

Most excellent.

Unintentional quote from ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’, but I’m leaving it here! :-D

[asakiyume]

Bill and Ted rule!

[gale_storm]

Yes, they do, and I now see that they're piling on the sequel wagon, with a new one coming out this August. Really? Sh!t, and no George Carlin.

[wayfaringwordhack]

Very Lovecraftian indeed but ever so much more visceral! Very creepy.

[asakiyume]

And yet I found it pretty funny because it's so different from the intentions of the original--the mismatch is funny for me.