Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Amputated Enigma, artist - Cryptopsy. Album song Cryptopsy, in the genre Date of issue: 24.09.2012
Record label: Earhertz
Song language: English
Amputated Enigma |
| A silent forty-two years |
| Nestled in the heart of Nova Scotia |
| Marooned in Digby’s Sandy Cove |
| A legless man was found unconscious on the shore |
| When he later awoke in the home of a local fisherman |
| He obsessively muttered the same three words over and over again |
| The first was Jerome |
| He repeated it so much so that it was decided it must be his name |
| Colombo was the second |
| Perhaps the name of the ship that abandoned him |
| The mutiny he attempted to lead left him stranded |
| Cast off into the vast unknown |
| After a ruthless Captain inflicted his harsh naval judgment |
| By hacking off both of his legs just above the knee |
| The final word was Trieste |
| Was this the land that he dreamed of As he screamed and moaned throughout his nights |
| Conceivably it was visions of loved ones severed and distorted |
| That motivated him to remain mute |
| Apart from these three words the man was soundless |
| He moved slowly during his enduring years |
| By scuffling forward on his hands and stumps |
| Canada’s first melancholic welfare recipient |
| Died on April 12th 1912 |
| Broken fragments of his past have emerged |
| But the truth was never unveiled |
| A stone marker is all that’s left now |
| As a memory of this nation’s amputated enigma |