the thinnest crescent moon
i'd better get back soon
avoid main roads, as i've been told
that's where they like to fly
i sneak down alleyways
behind the preacher's place
a peek inside the cellar spies
the room where hell untwined
the servant's empty bed
the girls left her for dead
my torch blows out although i doubt
the winds have moved tonight
a stillness in the streets
no nightbirds call to me
a flicker in the forest and
i'm pulled towards my demise
my body shakes in fits
my zombie feet persist
their wicked skin and ghouls within
have got me by the wrist
i've seem them in my dreams
but now i'm not asleep
the fire glows and moonlight shows
the knives my flesh will meet
what wine is this?
metallic crimson bliss
we're born in rows of six
and roam amongst the sticks
your spectral sights
pay witness to our flights
surrender to your fright
a harvest moon delight
don't go and burn your friends
crush them 'til they confess
i would doubt you ever found the devils that you fuss about
credits
from Songs of the Pumpkin Boy vol. I,
released October 21, 2016
lyrics / music / performance by Michael Foxtrot Johnson
recorded / mixed by Michael Foxtrot Johnson and Matt Ten Clay
mastered by Matt Ten Clay
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