fatal portrait adlı king diamond albümünden bir parça ismi.

it is sunday morning, well right before dawn
a little girl is dancing, on the mansion "porch"
she calls out a name, "god give him the sea"
i'm here from the darkest deep
and hear my name...
down by the lake, there's the shadow of grief
dancind hand in hand with the devil
watching from the bridge, the one near by the lake
why sister margaret? no need the hate
yes, we all know, "light your seventh cross"
oh please do it my dear
while you're lost
down by the lake...
dancing hand in hand...
(solo)
and the nun has been seen
i want your cross
now come and play
sister margaret
follow "pry", the nun won't give in
she catched us along
scared as hell, the little girl is screaming
when sister margaret disapears in the lake
down by the lake, there's the shadow of happiness
dancing hand in hand with the devil

(augustin - 20 Şubat 2002 12:45)

antony hegarty'nin güzel sesi, edgar allan poe'nin muazzam şiirine adam shecter harika bir animasyonla eşlik etmiş.

http://www.theworldofadam.com/thelake.html

(monty - 26 Aralık 2007 02:26)

aqualung'ın the lake house filmini anımsatan şarkısı.

this house
is full of secrets
this house
smells of ghosts
dreams that never woke
dreams that never woke
nightmares never spoke

outside
waters black
this one i wont throw back
lifetime is too long
lifetime is too long
lets say no more about it

listen to me
i can only say this once
are you listening
see these empty hands
knowing it was all for you
ill see you again
down by the lake

sleeping
beauty stirs
the whole world
could be hers
but after all these years
after all these years
we'll say no more about it

listen to me
i can only say this once
are you listening
see these empty hands
knowing it was all for you
til i see you again
yes ill see you again
when i see you again
down by the lake

this house
was built with ghosts

(rapper134 - 25 Mart 2009 13:16)

bathory'nin "blood on ice" albümünde yer alan mükemmel parça:

the lake

the one eyed old man told me that the face that i will see
has paralysed a thousand brave men sure of victory
i cannot fight blindfolded and i'd freeze if i should see.
so i need to sacrifice my eyes to see all from within.

the one eyed old man told me of a lake that no-one knows of.
where the end of the sky unites with the bottom countless feet down deep
and he told me when this world was young into it's depths his eye he had thrown
so that though one eyed, he could see more than can be seen.

i'll throw my eyes into the lake.
so that i will see from within
i'll throw my eyes into the lake
and when blind i will still see.

at the bottom of the lake.
my two eyes will shine like the stars
at the bottom of the lake
i will see no matter how near or far
regardless at which speed my horse
takes me through the night
no matter how sharp the blade of my sword seems to be.
even with the aid of two pair of eyes way up high
in the end before the beast, it's face i would have had to see.

but with my two eyes in the depths my vision is supreme
i see all things that can't be seen
but not my hand that is held out in front of me.
the face that makes me freeze
i now need not see at all.
i'll feel the presence of the beast.
but will not need stare him down no more.

i've thrown my eyes into the lake.
so that i will see from within
i've throw my eyes into the lake
and now when blind i still see.

at the bottom of the lake.
my two eyes are shining like the stars
at the bottom of the lake
i now see no matter how near or far

(iron maiden fan - 3 Ekim 2002 00:29)

mike oldfield'ın 1984 yılında çıkardığı discovery albümünün son şarkısı. epey uzaklara götürür. çarpar mazallah adamı.

(cryptist - 28 Aralık 2010 01:09)

bir zamanlar hp fan fiction yazarıydı.

(the dark slate blue - 10 Şubat 2015 22:37)

edgar allan poe'dan ise böyle sözcüklerle ortaya çikmis:

in spring of youth it was my lot
to haunt of the wide world a spot
the which i could not love the less-
so lovely was the loneliness
of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
and the tall pines that towered around.

but when the night had thrown her pall
upon that spot, as upon all,
and the mystic wind went by
murmuring in melody-
then- ah then i would awake
to the terror of the lone lake.

yet that terror was not fright,
but a tremulous delight-
a feeling not the jewelled mine
could teach or bribe me to define-
nor love- although the love were thine.

death was in that poisonous wave,
and in its gulf a fitting grave
for him who thence could solace bring
to his lone imagining-
whose solitary soul could make
an eden of that dim lake.

(queasiness - 21 Haziran 2005 17:11)

antony and the johnsons the lake ep'sinden sözleri edgar allan poe'ya ait derin bir uykudan uyanış ve yeni bir uykuya dalış ninnisi...

(doxy - 1 Mayıs 2006 23:34)