Incubus

Incubus is the tenth track of Kamelot's tenth album, Poetry for the Poisoned. It's written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood. This is part 1 of the Poetry for the Poisoned saga. In the end of the song, narrations are heard describing the word "Incubus".

Lyrics
There was a time when I was young

A boy with bold ambitions

There was a time when I could tell the crooked from the wicked one

There was a song that someone sung

A hint of recognition

There was a time I knew you well enough to know you won't be gone

[Chorus:] Come with me tonight

Tell me how it feels to be alive

There was a time I had respect

A name of reputation

There was a time when I could watch myself without being disgraced

[Chorus:] Come with me tonight

Let us find a place where we can hide

[Chorus:] Come into the light

Let me show you how we stay alive

[Instrumental]

[Spoken:] The word "incubus" means "to lie on", and it was believed that any feeling in bed, such as a weight pressing down on your chest, especially accompanied by nightmares, was a sure sign that an incubus had attempted to have a nocturnal intercourse with you.

Given the religious fervour of the Middle Ages, it is not altogether surprising that the idea of a demon lover was believed to account of this phenomenon.