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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nerfwright" data-source="post: 4263607" data-attributes="member: 41134">"Baltimore" by Lyle LovettI've always wanted to run a haunting/mystery theme based on this song, which is quite haunting and brooding with a fevered deathbed theme. The mystery would revolve around a dying man (or possibly his ghost) tortured by a matrilineal curse. I'd change the name of the city or town mentioned to 'Baldemore' for a better fantasy feel.I know I’ve seen this place beforeLord can’t you hear me screamingAs a young man long agoWhen I was twenty-oneAnd I know I’ve seen this house beforeWith people all around itWith my baby cousin on the floorAnd mama in the kitchenAnd a woman lies upon the bedI think she must be dyingAnd I recall the words she saidAs she began to cryShe begged son please don’t go to baltimoreAnd leave me where I’m lyingFor you will son but I no moreWalk among the livingAnd if you go to baltimoreThen I’ll see you in heavenAnd as you breathe I’ll breathe no moreAnd I will surely dieWell you know I went to baltimoreSo confident and wiseAnd as I breathed she breathed no moreAnd she did surely dieAnd now as I lie upon my bedI pray I must be dreamingWith faces all around my headAnd strangers at my doorAnd a woman’s voice calls out to meBring unto you your childrenAnd let them see these things you seeAnd hear the words you sayBeg them to go to baltimoreAnd leave you where you’re lyingJust like you did one time beforeWhen you were twenty-oneAnd if they go to baltimoreThen I’ll see you in heavenAnd as they breathe you’ll breathe no moreAnd you will surely dieAnd I know I’ve seen this place beforeLord can’t you hear me screamingAnd if I should awaken lordThen answer me my pleaWhat makes the sun set in the westAnd birds fly in the skyAnd what makes a woman beat her breastWhen her children start to cryAnd what makes those little ones grow oldTo find eternityAnd what takes the wiseAnd leaves behindA foolish one like me</blockquote>

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