I'm a riser I'm a get up off the ground, don't run and hider When darkness comes to town, I'm a lighter Hey I'm a fighter A get out aliver, of the fire, survivor Lay your pretty head down on my shoulder You don't have to worry anymore This old world is

God of thunder and rock and roll The spell you're under Will slowly rob you of your virgin soul A modern day man of steel I gather darkness to please me You've got something about you You've got something I need Daughter of Aphrodite Hear my words and

Now we're on the borderline But this is a strange frontier We're off the lines We're out of luck We're out of time People say it could never happen here Into the shadows From out of the light, Into the darkness

On the first light of the day you march on Departure has arrived, don't look back Avoid the darkness, stay away, stay out of sight Until you feel the blast of a shooting star Following the spark like a rocket in the sky Between the bear and the scorpion,

Out of the dark Into the light Leaving my mark Free from the traitors gate The river shows no mercy The tower looms into my view I sense my execution's closing With darkness all around me The axe is ground to end my days

You killed the life You took the diamond You killed the vine I burned out my eyes I cut off my tongue I sealed them with all of the silver And now I have none Death of the You own the darkness

You are my last, my first And then I hear this voice inside You are my heaven on earth She was lost in so many different ways Out in the darkness with no guide I know the cost of a losing hand But for the grace of God go I I found heaven on earth

You killed the life You took the diamond You killed the vine I burned out my eyes I cut off my tongue I sealed them with all of the silver And now I have none Death of the You own the darkness

Life to lifeless Humanity cover me With the ashes of remembrance I will learn from this pain To eternity The cycle repeats I'll rebuild me There is no darkness without light to teach us of ourselves Death unfolds itself painfully

I've seen loneliness She wrapped me up with such tenderness Come in from the darkness on the edge of this three tree town Because it's thicker than the woods out there Settles harder than the cold winter ground Come in from the shadows of these boot