This song is heavily inspired by the cosmic horror genre, popularized by American author H.P. Lovecraft. Elements of this include the character encountering incomprehensible horrors, so much so that they go mad just to gaze upon them. The narrator of this song describes how his senses betray and con...
[Verse 1: Eric Bloom]
I am gripped by what I cannot tell
Have I slipped or have I merely fell
I feel gypped my senses telling lies
I've been stiffed by serpent's soundless cries
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
Up in the hills, an apparition
Filling me with superstition
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
A fiery night the night that I saw
The night that I saw, the night that I saw
Lips (In the hills) Lips (In the hills)
Lips (In the hills) Lips in the hills
[Verse 2: Eric Bloom]
I'm so flipped snared by hidden claws
I've been t-tripped I'm crawling on all fours
I've been stripped the insulation's gone
Wish I'd slept to waking in the morn
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
Up in the sky, beyond the chasm
My eyes behold a rare phantasm
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
The Godless night, the night that I saw
The night that I saw, the night that I saw
Lips (In the hills) Lips (In the hills)
Lips (In the hills) Lips in the hills
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3: Eric Bloom]
I am gripped by what I cannot tell
Have I slipped or have I merely fell
I feel gypped my senses telling lies
I've been stiffed by serpent's soundless cries
[Pre-Chorus: Eric Bloom]
Up in the hills, an apparition
Filling me with superstition
[Chorus: Eric Bloom]
The Godless night, the night that I saw
The night that I saw, the night that I saw
Lips (In the hills) Lips (In the hills)
Lips (In the hills) Lips in the hills
Lips in the Hills was written by Richard Meltzer & Buck Dharma & Eric Bloom.
Lips in the Hills was produced by Martin Birch.