Prompt:
Mysterious old man with a tale to tell, worn face with deep wrinkles, tattered cloak billowing, shadowy alleyways, dimly lit gas lamps, cobblestone streets, eerie moonlight, hidden secrets in the darkness, abandoned buildings with boarded windows, faint whispers in the wind, forgotten memories, dusty old books, cryptic symbols on the walls, a glimpse of a dark horse in the mist, surreal dreamscape, surrealistic elements, haunting atmosphere, surreal color palette of deep blues, purples, and blacks, dramatic lighting casting long shadows, enigmatic narrative, poetic and cryptic, digital painting, intricate details, by an artist with a flair for the mysterious and dreamlike, ArtStation. This is a cover for a song, a dark country song. Song about cultural heritage being lost and stolen.
I asked the old man
Mister, where have you been?
Wand’rin’ the hours
Stretching from dark til dawn?
Behind those closed doors,
Tell me, what secret’s kept?
Down under the rug
Where the skeleton’s swept?
Through the streets the old man goes
He keeps stories no one knows
The silent screams and delirious dreams
And secrets stolen from the Old Road
He turned to tell me,
“Foolish Child, bit yer tongue”
And don’t ye ask why
Nor what I’m runnin’ from
There’s a Dark Horse
Callin’ from the Old Road
Where they emptied graves
Of the secrets they stole
Through the streets the old man goes
He keeps stories no one knows
The silent screams and delirious dreams
And secrets stolen from the Old Road
Best stay in the dark
They have erased my past
Hid the evidence
So I cannot look back
Buried in their lies
Kept by halls of time
The stolen truth now
Out of sight, out of mind
Secrets untold, stories unfold
The Dark Horse comin’ down the Old Road
Run for your soul…
I asked the old man
Where have you been?
Before I knew it,
He was gone
Artist
