The Dark Man
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The Dark Man is a song from The Residents' 32nd studio album, The Bunny Boy.
Background
Within the context of The Bunny Boy web-series, The Dark Man refers to a mysterious figure who Bunny Hartley finds in the background of his brother Harvey's family's holiday photos taken in Patmos, Greece.
Lyrics
(Intro) The Dark Man The Dark Man
(Verse) There were pictures of my own family In the shadows was someone watching me He was little more than a silhouette With a restrained feeling of regret
(Chorus) The Dark Man The Dark Man The Dark Man
(Spoken word Outro) In one of the pictures, his... his hands are desperately clinging to his face, like maybe it was on fire and he smothered it out with his fingers... but I know, that sounds crazy
2008 Abridged Live Version
(Intro) The Dark Man The Dark Man
(Verse) Photos of a familiar family Showed a sad and shadowy man to me He was little more than a silhouette With a restrained - restrained feeling of regret
(Chorus) The Dark Man The Dark Man The Dark Man
(Spoken word Outro) Uh- uh in- in in one of the pictures- in one of the pictures he was kind of clawing at his face, like, like maybe it had been on fire And he put it out by slapping himself! But... That's crazy! That's just- that's just crazy
2017 Remix
(Intro) The Dark Man The Dark Man Man. Man.
(Verse) There were pictures of my own family In the shadows was someone watching me He was little more than a silhouette With a restrained feeling of regret
(Chorus) The Dark Man The Dark Man The Dark Man
(Spoken word) In one of the pictures, his... his hands are desperately clinging to his face, like maybe it was on fire and he smothered it out with his fingers... We interrupt this programme for an important bulletin
(Outro) The Dark Man The Dark Man The D- -Dark Man The Dark Man
Credits
- Performed By: The Residents
- With Guests: Carla Fabrizio, Nolan Cook & Joshua Raoul Brody.
- Written By: The Residents
- Produced By: The Cryptic Corporation
Appearances
- The Bunny Boy (2008) [Version 1]
- Dot.Com (2017) [Version 2]
- Bunny Boy Live In Frankfurt (2021) [Version 3]