This started out as a phrase my friend mentioned to me sometime back in the 1980s. I checked last night, and there have been many songs named Neighbor of the Beast, but none of them are like this one. This also explains why when I moved to my current house my first question was, “Do they have an H.O.A.?”
Note: that’s not a picture of me, it’s an A.I. image.
Enjoy!
Behind The Music:
All the songs so far are here (LINK). You can pre-purchase all the rock songs now wherever you buy music electronically – do a search for Wilder’s Hammer. I’ll get the country songs up when I have a few hours of free time.
The Neighbor of the Beast
By John Wilder, with apologies to Iron Maiden
Woe to you, of suburb and subdivision
For Wilder purchased in my neighborhood
Because he knows the schools are good
Let us understand the address of the neighbor of the beast
For it is my address
Its number is six hundred and sixty-eight
I lived alone, worked at a bank
I needed time to drink
To get my workday from my mind
What did I see? Can I believe?
That who moved in that night was not just fantasy?
Just what I saw, move in next door
Were the reflections of an unmowed lawn staring back at me
‘Cause in my dreams it’s always there
The evil lawn that twists my mind and brings me to despair
Night was black, his stereo not holding back
‘Cause I just had to hear every single note
In the dark, he played Mojo Nixon and heavy metal
Was all this for real or just some kind of Hell?
Six, six, eight, the neighbor of the beast
Music, unmowed lawn spawned to be released
Torches blazed and loud music was played
As they start to sing, hands held to the sky
In the night, his bonfire is burning bright
His party has begun, Wilder’s work is done
Six, six, eight, the neighbor of the beast
H.O.A. Violations are going on tonight
This can’t go on, I must inform the H.O.A.
Can this still be real, or just some crazy dream?
But I can’t sleep because of the chanting hordes
Seem to mesmerize, are they eating fries?
Six, six, eight, the neighbor of the beast
Six, six, eight, the house just for me
I’m coming back, I will return
And I’ll bring the H.O.A. and the fine will burn
I have the email, you’ll get H.O.A. fines
I have the power to make him follow guidelines
The right time to ask about an HOA is when you first go shopping for property, not as soon as you move in. An HOA might object to my long-wire shortwave radio antennas, but I’ll never live in an HOA neighborhood.
Lathechuck
I did in Texas for a bit. They were dormant, originally. Then they got really active.
Mamdani/Omar 2028.
That will Accelerate things . . .