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The Phantom of the Wood

from Crossroads of Galahad by Austin Moffa

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I'm by no means a religious man, or even a particularly spiritual man, but when you walk through a dense forest alone you can't help but feel like there are preternatural things watching you. This song is a little bit about that - nature being able to defend itself in a very literal way, but also how we tend to look for the easy, familiar answers when the truth exists outside of our frame of understanding. The phantom is a harsh character but only to the unjust. He's a bit of a ghostly, murderous Robin Hood in a way. I'm not certain myself whether the phantom is a literal or figurative spirit.

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in a sullen springtime pasture, some cattle sought to graze
but there a lifeless body threw their patterns out of phase
the owner of the farmstead plead he was not to blame
to bolster his account he offered up a whispered name

the phantom of the wood
the phantom of the wood

the constable grew cross as he heard this silly claim
only superstitious fools are the sorts to fear a name
and as he grabbed his whip with which the farmer for to knout
a tapping on his shoulder caused the man to turn about

you who do not fear the things you cannot understand
I stand before you now neither specter nor a man
I bring with me hellfire the likes of which none can contend
for those who seek to judge me for the lives I deign to end

my story long predates you, and will long surpass yours too
the forest bends to my will like dead leaves under shoe
I am the primrose chorus summer's scream does not beget
and to you I lay my claim so that others won't forget

and so the spirit left and took the constable along
and none dared to allege that what the spirit did was wrong
for who among the righteous think the truth need not be learned
those who mangle justice, it will give them what they've earned

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from Crossroads of Galahad, released May 3, 2021
Guitar and Vocals - Austin Moffa
Written by - Austin Moffa

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Austin Moffa Fairfax, Virginia

Austin Moffa is a musician based out of Fairfax, VA. He has previously released 10 industrial/ambient albums under the pseudonym "ROZKOL". Moffa was born and grew up in a small Pennsylvanian town along the Allegheny Mountain Range.

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