He talked of tortured souls So outrageous the toll
You can lose all you have He refused to give in to the town that takes all Survive, you must have the will This movie doesn't end the way we want all the time Then he shouts at the moon Now She's gone, and fear has overcome He was walking the mile, he was walking alone
Four and Twenty Deadbirds, they bleed upon the nest There was no time for reason, they had no sign of a threat Now it's too late for me, this town will eventually take me Now it's too late for me, this town will win
Through this fog they come along Dark creatures singing a terrible song The rest of the bar laughed at him Only I felt my hope grow dim They found him dead the next day No more stories from him, I heard them say Dark creatures singing a terrible song The rest of the bar laughed at him Only I felt my hope grow dim They found him dead the next day No more stories from him, I head them say We blamed bad luck for his fate Only I felt terror so great