Haunted

Sometimes a movie comes out that is okay, but I remember the music more than the movie. One classic example of this kind of thing is Apocalypse Now. I think the movie is just okay, but in general I react to that movie as a giant video for the great Doors music. And, to be honest, I’d rather just listen to the Doors music. It’s the same—or greater!—emotional impact with less distraction.

But my personal, subjective favorite example of music being better than the movie is the sequel to “The Blair Witch Project” called “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.”

Now, “The Blair Witch Project” is one of my favorite films of all time. But the sequel is just okay. One or two great scenes but nothing to ever make me purchase the DVD. However, the closing theme, the song that runs over the end credits, is great.

That closing song expresses and sums up the themes and emotions of the entire film even better than the film itself did. (And it’s really good “Impossible Kisses”-type stuff, too!)

Here are the lyrics to the closing theme of “Book of Shadows” and a link to the POE album:



Poe: Haunted at YouTube (can’t embed)

Come here
Pretty please
Can you tell me where I am?
You—
Won’t you say something?
I need to get my bearings
I’m lost
And these shadows keep on changing . . .

I’m haunted
By the life that I have loved
Actions that I’ve hated
Hated . . .
Haunted . . .
By the lives that wove their web
Inside my haunted head

Don’t cry
There’s always a way
Here in November
In this house of leaves we’ll pray
Please—
I know it’s hard to believe
To see a perfect forest
Through so many splintered trees
You and me
And these shadows keep on changing . . .

I’m haunted
By the life that I have loved
Actions that I’ve hated
Hated . . .
Haunted . . .
By the lives that wove their web
Inside my haunted head