"Shadow Of The Reaper"

Of untainted souls
With purest of good
I've witnessed your type
From eyes 'neath this hood

I just grin and laugh
With evil delight
You worship your God
And try to do right

For now I have come
Invading your home
I dwell in your fields
It's there that I roam

Watching these fields
Rich with their crop
I bring my own scourge
To make them all stop

For now you must face
The evil I spread
My wrath in your fields
Your crops to fall dead

I know this your life
The seeds that you sow
Your faith in your God
Trust that's why they grow

Run to the church
Pray once a week
You try to find him
While it's you that I seek

Meet me in your fields
At dusk come this day
An incubus will spread
As I feel your faith stray

For now you have come
Is God at your side?
Will He stand within you?
Will He choose to just hide?

Across the lush fields
All stare upon me
Your hearts fill with dread
While I'm filled with glee

See how tall I stand
A dark shadow am I
I hang over your fields
As I hear children cry

This robe long and plain
These hands all but bone
A hood covers my face
It will never be shown

You all look so stricken
So frozen and pale
I reach for my scythe
Pestilence will prevail

With two hands I clutch
This arched, steely blade
As I raise it so high
Your hopes quickly will fade

For where is he now?
I laugh in your face!
You stand cold and alone
Angels fallen from grace

I swing and I cut!
Slash threw this crop
Your fields just lie bleeding
My dark pleasures won't stop

Your fields lie so naked
So barren and dead
As I make my way to you
Strike my scythe to your head

Run children, run!
Scream women, scream!
Your men are so helpless
You can't run from this dream

Heads fall like flowers
Cut from their stem
The children are running
But with time I'll find them

Fallen and littered
Heads scattered about
My scythe drips red with all
This scourge leaves not a doubt

Time will move on
Your children will grow
Their day will soon come
I will reap what they sow

Copyright 2006 Eternal Prince