Schaffer The Darklord - Giant Iron Snake lyrics

War has torn this land apart, darkness is fallin' Stalling industry is ground to a halt, vultures are callin' All the people crowd into the streets, sirens and cries Our last chance to leave the island, our last chance to survive The people speak of our three queens, all were forced to flee Into exile- to a lost isle, far across the sea They have summoned all of their subjects to follow their leads Some heed the call, some follow in search of their families The road will be rough, I'm sure, could lead me to a grave But I've lived life as a coward, now is the time to be brave A simple worker, a common peasant, not much of a man at all But if I do this, I will be a Hero proud and standing tall The water is too choppy, so I go beneath the streets Into the tunnels, dug for centuries that lead to the east The legends speak of a creature, that lives here underneath A subterranean colossus, a mechanical beast So I go - Down, down beneath these streets But I know - The Giant Iron Snake is waiting for me And if so - I'll drive my blade into the belly of the beast And if I do something, I will be something So I go - Down, down beneath these streets But I know - The Giant Iron Snake is waiting for me And if so - I'll drive my blade into the belly of the beast And if I do something, I will be something I feel it before I hear it, I hear it before I see it The rumbling roar of the beast builds to screeches Releases the stones from the walls, dust fills the room In the darkness, I feel the bones - these catacombs are a tomb BOOM! The Giant Iron Snake approaches, slithering It's eyes light up the dark, and it's glistening - it's listening I know it knows that I'm here, it slows as it nears My moment to strike arrives, show it no fear I go YAH! and thrust my blade into it's scaly iron side Tear a hole open with both hands, crawl into it's insides And I find in the beast's belly, all of it's previous hunters Half-eaten bodies of others, numbering hundreds All the dirty and dead eyed survivors frozen in state They tried and died before me and met horrible fates There's not a moment to wait, no way I'll die in this place So help me God, I will fight or ride this Giant Iron Snake And I know - If I can harness it, I can ride the beast But Oh No - The Giant Iron Snake will not go in peace If I'm slow - that awful monster will deliver defeat And if I do nothing, I will be nothing And I know - If I can harness it, I can ride the beast But Oh No - The Giant Iron Snake will not go in peace If I'm slow - that awful monster will deliver defeat And if I do nothing, I will be nothing Suddenly the serpent lurches forward, tossing me Into the bodies, it's stomach contents jostling I scramble in it's guts for footing, I clutch and find The cold, steely bones of the giant snake's iron spine I fasten it with straps and give it a powerful yank And the creature leaps forward faster with the force of a tank Thrashing from side to side with all of it's might Until it bursts through the bedrock, and into the moonlight It launches and crashes upon the beach with a BOOM! Expelling me and the others from it's multiple wounds Waiting there to meet us on the isle are our three queens Along with our children, spouses and other refugees A welcome of wine awaits, but first I turn and see The injured Giant Iron Snake slipping back beneath the sea As it heals itself our eyes meet, and at last the creature speaks It says... (Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please) Stand clear of the closing doors, please Said The Giant Iron Snake to me in broken human-ese I have bested the beast, it has delivered me to Queens If you see something, say something - say something Stand clear of the closing doors, please Said The Giant Iron Snake to me in broken human-ese I have bested the beast, it has delivered me to Queens If you see something, say something - say something