Breath of a Serpent - LudoWic

A dream I saw in a curtain of treachery Between wolf's teeth it watched me deadly This flame made fresh ruins, and war Reigned supreme in every beast's core Ages of darkness took upon the earth Shadows glared on each evil birth Horned black riders rode under the stars Sun was unseen through mists of war Red stream rose to paint men's faces Horrible creatures raised to kill their children And from sky and earth lightning struck the living To burn, I rape and melt the ashes, of those once seeing All shades of white descended to wither Colours of flesh and blood made men shiver The riders pillaged and slayed meat And drank from the weeping heads with ease

Well we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away While the spirits come and go without a sound And just like you and me, they're tryin' to find a way, find a way, find a way home. There's a full moon in the sky, but that don't worry me I don't ever hang my soul out on the line When the witchin' hour comes, I always fly away, fly away, fly away home. There's a light in the city, that comes down from above Leavin' you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love You've got to be as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. Now you once asked me why we can't communicate But it doesn't always pay to tell the truth If I told you right now, you'd only run away, run away, run away home So we sit in empty rooms and dream our lives away While the spirits come and go without a sound Yeah just like you and me, they're tryin' to find a way, find a way, find a way home. There's a light in the city, that comes down from above Leavin' you as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love You've got to be as wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. Acoustic Guitar: Gerry Rafferty Synthesizers: Kenny Craddock Banjo (on fade): Kenny Craddock Bass: Mo Foster Percussion: Maurice Pert Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Christopher Neil

Web of corruption, thick with deceit The language of destruction, the slaughter of the meek Under a serpent sun - we shall all live as one No rest for the wicked, the children of god The final retribution, the final curtain torn Within us - the flames of the end Survival of the fittest, the hunt for the sacred game Under a serpent sun - we shall all live as one Children of chaos - born of the holocaust seed Inherit the addiction, angels of genocide breed Within us - the flames of the end Survival of the fittest, the hunt for the sacred game Under a serpent sun - we shall all live as one Sweetfleshed, hellbent creature Artist of the fevered soul Heavenly venomous rapture Stricken numb by fear I fall (x2)