Once I heard a serpent remark "If you try to evoke the spark You can fly through the dark With a red midnight raven To rule the battleground" So I drew my sword and got ready But the lamb ran away with the crown So I drew my sword and got ready but the lamb ran away with the crown Tho' the beast within me's a liar He made me glow with a strange desire And I rode on the fire, with a blue sacred opal to bless the battleground But I turned to see its reflection and the lamb ran away with the crown Once a demon lived in my brow I screamed and wailed and I cursed out loud And I sailed through the clouds on ten crested cardinals To guard my battleground But I laughed so hard I cried And the lamb ran away with the crown But I laughed so hard I cried And the lamb ran away with the crown