[Bridge]
I came in the form of man in the cover of darkness
You can fend for your life and discover I'm heartless
Maybe your baby, your wife, or your mother's a target
It might be your father, your daughter, or brother you part with
It starts with the first heart tick
Your name's on the chart as soon as the flame of your soul has a spark lit
Regardless everybody must depart this
Earthly form upon birth your born
[Hook]
When the darkness descends
Everyone must come in the gun regardless of sin
It's the harvest of men
Whether you shine like the sun you succumb to that darkness within (x2)
[Verse 1]
It begins with a shiver
And the temperature in the room decreased when I enter and whisper
When the time is near when X I appear
I kiss her
Wife in tears and disappear
My presence isn't welcome so I come uninvited
When she's asleep she thinks she's dreaming and doesn't wake up
But she weeps and in the morning she awakes in a daze and it seeps from her mind and eventually fades
And her head's full of grey hairs
She's 88 years old - retired now but used to run a daycare
She lives alone to one to come to see her she lost her son in 'Nam and her husband in Korea
Getting hard to recall memories of places
And she looks at her pictures and can't remember faces
So I come and I hold her in the coldness and embrace her
And whisper "It's time to escape"
Behold
[Bridge]
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
It begins with the silent SCREAM
From a child as he looks into my eyes and realizes what he's seeing
His innocence allows him to to see me when he's conscious
He wonders if I'm an angel or demonic monster
Nonsense
I calm him and tell him that I'm godsent
Neither good or evil here to take him where his mom went
She died when he was born his father resents him
Abuses and hits him and since then his life's been a storm
He's 5 with the eyes of an old man
In a state of mourn cause his heart's been torn
He never should've known such pain so grim that the flame of his soul still glows for the dim
He arose with a half-woke stim
He no longer grows in his loves but he no longer knows
So I come hold him in the coldness and embrace him
And whisper "It's time to escape"
Behold
[Bridge]
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
I misunderstood
The image of a skeletal fish with a scithe and a hood
It's a myth to be loved to be missed
When you cry to be hugged to be kissed
When you die is a gift in disguise
Shift through the lies and you'll find it if you dig deeper
I'm the Angel of d**h - The Grim Reaper
Strangle your breath when it's time
Then lead you to Judgement
The bold good and evil men seek
But people believe in a myth - in the Lord
Yet I would gladly exchange my existence for yours
Give anything to live a normal life
To feel the love of a child, the warmth of a wife
Human beings are blessed when they quest for the light
But, they don't know their own light's up
When it's time for me to hold you in the coldnest embrace
Just know if you're righteous your soul'll be safe
[Bridge]
[Hook]