There's a skeleton in everybody's closet
I can think of one or two in my own room
But I would like to introduce them both to you
You'd shake their bony hands and so dispell the gloom
'Cause you're so kind
I know you would not mind
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the things I fear
Just wouldn't seem so near
And when I stroll out late at night
There would be nothing rattling at my hells
There are nights when all my aching bones won't let me sleep
And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed
But I know if you were sleeping there beside me then
That you could fend them off and they would let me rest
There are nights
When the wind comes howling through my old place
I have dreams
And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face
And I wait till the morning comes
There will come a time I fear when all my days are done
And they will come collect my corpse and bury me
And then I hope you'll come over to the Other Side
To join me in our new life, keep me company
- The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Crash Test Dummies, from their 1991 album The Ghosts That Haunt Me
The possible power: Once the song is playing, and Doug has told one of his deep, dark secrets to someone else, that other person gains the ability to perform an effective exorcism if the ghosts being exorcised are affecting Doug.
In a sufficiently-mystical reality, this song might also set up a link between Doug and the person, ensuring they'll reach the same Final Reward. This side-effect is unlikely to have any in-game effect...
- Rob Kelk
(Edit to fix a typo)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I can think of one or two in my own room
But I would like to introduce them both to you
You'd shake their bony hands and so dispell the gloom
'Cause you're so kind
I know you would not mind
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the things I fear
Just wouldn't seem so near
And when I stroll out late at night
There would be nothing rattling at my hells
There are nights when all my aching bones won't let me sleep
And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed
But I know if you were sleeping there beside me then
That you could fend them off and they would let me rest
There are nights
When the wind comes howling through my old place
I have dreams
And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face
And I wait till the morning comes
There will come a time I fear when all my days are done
And they will come collect my corpse and bury me
And then I hope you'll come over to the Other Side
To join me in our new life, keep me company
- The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Crash Test Dummies, from their 1991 album The Ghosts That Haunt Me
The possible power: Once the song is playing, and Doug has told one of his deep, dark secrets to someone else, that other person gains the ability to perform an effective exorcism if the ghosts being exorcised are affecting Doug.
In a sufficiently-mystical reality, this song might also set up a link between Doug and the person, ensuring they'll reach the same Final Reward. This side-effect is unlikely to have any in-game effect...
- Rob Kelk
(Edit to fix a typo)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012