The Hunt (The Room Beneath)

This article is about the song from The Room Beneath New Albion. For the song from Slenderman, see The Hunt (Slenderman).

"The Hunt" is the fifth track of The Room Beneath New Albion.

## Performers

Paul Shapera as "Alexander"

Lauren Osborn as "Alice"

## Lyrics

[ALEXANDER:] (spoken)

An albino tramp? Oh Jesus, thats...

Alright, alright, there's nothing forward then. Just gonna take six of 'em and go down there. We're just gonna have to... The hell is this..?

[BYRON:]

My friends, look around at this world that you’ve known

The leeches are sucking you dry to the bone

The zombies are letting it all get away

So vote for our Doll and throw it away

You don’t need a master, no government who

Will take all you’ve earned, tell you what to do

Our Doll will not lead you, he’ll not bleed you dry

Nor bribe nor coerce you nor fail you nor lie

There’s coming a time not so far from right now...

[ALEXANDER:] (spoken)

Oh yeah! Hey, this guy! Yeah, I like this guy. Hell yeah I'd vote for him! Oh, it'll be great for a laugh. Hey c'mon, tell 'em to meet me at the tunnels. Go on.

Well, I can tell you that for some time indeed, tensions had indeed been building between my organization and that albino tribe who lives in them tunnels. But for one thing, them tunnels are a real spooky place and half my guys'll piss themselves before they'll even go down there. And not us, not the City Council, I mean no one, seems to be able to touch that damn tribe, which is a shame because when you're running a smuggling operation, access to underground tunnels would be real convenient. There has been talk for some time about runnin' a little "extermination operation."

So I decide to take five or six of my toughest, most fearless guys down to the tunnels and my entire organization waits above armed to the teeth with orders that if we don't come back in six hours, they come down there like the hordes of hell and exterminate every goddamn thing they find.

[ALEXANDER:]

The hunt begins where half mad prowl

In the caves below in the underground

The quiet, the lost, the halls forgot

We've come to deal the fate they've wrought

Down here they say the walls between

What's real or not are thin and weak

The strongest, vicious of my crew

Come down now for the blood pursuit

We make it right, we make our way

Perhaps make war at end of day

I've made naught but blood and fear

And all I'll leave is a trail of tears

[ALICE:]

Heads will roll as you lob them off

The work of the Angels never stops

Nick em off, bring 'em round, pile them, feeling down?

Get naked, roll in them all around

Heads will roll as you laugh them off

The mad sad carousel never stops

Snort the sand, steal a knee, cheek, chest, hand

Build the room, Angels whisper their plans

[ALEXANDER:]

The hunt goes on, the hour at hand

The long, dark land, the lost enchant

Where thieves think they can sneer and sneak

And steal, make us look fool and weak

In six hours, if we do not return

A war begins, below ground burns

The albino tribe we long mistrust

Will shed their blood, be rendered dust

I've made my vow, I've made my mind

I make my way through caverns blind

All I've made is blood and fear

And all I'll leave is a trail of tears

[ALICE:]

Heads will pop as you drop them off

The mad house fun ride never stops

Steal a knee, steal a head, body parts your only friends

Talk, cry, weep, sleep, laugh with them

And the mad house never ends

The dark walls laugh and curse and when

A few more lines each day, head bakes, it takes

Another piece, a little more of you away

[ALEXANDER:] (spoken)

I had the exact dialogue of what happened pretty much all written out and I was gonna do a whole thing, like where my guy says "oh Al, we found her in here," and I say, "oh who, that? She's a crazy junkie, she couldn't be the thief." But honestly, it sounded terrible, so just to sum it up for you: we find this crazy junkie chick, she's got the Doll parts, she fits the description, so I tell my boys: Okay. Put her down.

[ALICE:] (spoken)

Fuck you.

Fuck you.