Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago
LYRICS:
He stopped me at the crossroads and said I owed a debt
I asked him, "Do I know you, sir?" He answered "No! Not yet!"
The stranger calmly asked me which road I planned to take
"The easy one!" I answered not seeing my mistake
"All roads lead to Rome," he said, "Except for this one here!"
A shiver ran right through me accompanied by fear
He grabbed me by the forearm I cried, "Unhand me, churl!"
He grinned and held on tighter as fog began to swirl
I looked him in the eye and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"I'm calling in your debt, my friend. It's time to pay!" said he
"I owe no man, you crazy fool!" said I with ill effect
"You owe your master now!" he snarled, "and I'm here to collect!"
"You shunned your God!" the stranger said, "Now Satan claims your soul!"
My fate was sealed and I could hear a distant church bell toll
And so I walk along this road too late to turn around
The devil's hand is on me now to take me underground
The devil's hand is on me now to take me underground
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"Subterranean Journey" - Words & Music copyright Robert Haigh 2024
#notautotuned #notpitchcorrected
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A fantasy song about meeting a stranger, who turns out to be the devil -- or one of his demons -- at a dark crossroads. The stranger has come to collect payment in kind, for the debts of a reckless and profligate life!
LYRICS:
He stopped me at the crossroads and said I owed a debt
I asked him, "Do I know you, sir?" He answered "No! Not yet!"
The stranger calmly asked me which road I planned to take
"The easy one!" I answered not seeing my mistake
"All roads lead to Rome," he said, "Except for this one here!"
A shiver ran right through me accompanied by fear
He grabbed me by the forearm I cried, "Unhand me, churl!"
He grinned and held on tighter as fog began to swirl
I looked him in the eye and asked, "What do you want from me?"
"I'm calling in your debt, my friend. It's time to pay!" said he
"I owe no man, you crazy fool!" said I with ill effect
"You owe your master now!" he snarled, "and I'm here to collect!"
"You shunned your God!" the stranger said, "Now Satan claims your soul!"
My fate was sealed and I could hear a distant church bell toll
And so I walk along this road too late to turn around
The devil's hand is on me now to take me underground
The devil's hand is on me now to take me underground
_________________________________________________________________________
"Subterranean Journey" - Words & Music copyright Robert Haigh 2024
#notautotuned #notpitchcorrected
_________________________________________________________________________
A fantasy song about meeting a stranger, who turns out to be the devil -- or one of his demons -- at a dark crossroads. The stranger has come to collect payment in kind, for the debts of a reckless and profligate life!
