The story behind this song can be heard on Roky Erickson & the Aliens "The Evil One (Plus One)" deluxe album. It's in the track "Modern Humans Show 5"
Here's what Roky said: (Please note that I typed the story from listening to the track so there could be some parts that I missed a couple words.)
"It's a story I read in school, a true story about these college kids. On their initiation into the college they had them go into this house where this man had cut his wife up and they had to stay in there for an hour at night. The first person went in, he didn't come out. The second one went in and he didn't come out and the third person came in and he didn't come out. Finally the other fraternity members went in and went to look for them they couldn't find them. And they heard this tapping in the attic. When they went in the attic there was one of the pledges there and his hair had turned stark white and his eyes had rolled up in his head and he was hammering the attic floor with a bloody hammer."
Chilling, I can except that. My interpretation was that the narrator was having a sort of dialouge in his head with a demon that is inhabiting his mind, but now I can see how this reflects that urban story.
Chilling, I can except that. My interpretation was that the narrator was having a sort of dialouge in his head with a demon that is inhabiting his mind, but now I can see how this reflects that urban story.
The story behind this song can be heard on Roky Erickson & the Aliens "The Evil One (Plus One)" deluxe album. It's in the track "Modern Humans Show 5"
Here's what Roky said: (Please note that I typed the story from listening to the track so there could be some parts that I missed a couple words.)
"It's a story I read in school, a true story about these college kids. On their initiation into the college they had them go into this house where this man had cut his wife up and they had to stay in there for an hour at night. The first person went in, he didn't come out. The second one went in and he didn't come out and the third person came in and he didn't come out. Finally the other fraternity members went in and went to look for them they couldn't find them. And they heard this tapping in the attic. When they went in the attic there was one of the pledges there and his hair had turned stark white and his eyes had rolled up in his head and he was hammering the attic floor with a bloody hammer."
Chilling, I can except that. My interpretation was that the narrator was having a sort of dialouge in his head with a demon that is inhabiting his mind, but now I can see how this reflects that urban story.
Chilling, I can except that. My interpretation was that the narrator was having a sort of dialouge in his head with a demon that is inhabiting his mind, but now I can see how this reflects that urban story.