She's Back

Swamp witch

A brutal killing spree laid down in history

The myth, the legend soon forgot

Where the blood was spilt, another city built

Man's hubris trumps it's thought

Merchants, kings, wastrels and thieves sit counting up their wealth

Each thinks himself immune to the Reaper's knell

And if you disobey, the witch will take you away

A children's rhyme all that remains

As such, a group of youths seek to unearth the truth

Deep in the swamp, they stray

Now with the moon on high, their bodies bathed in light

A silhouette against the sky

With pride, surveys the gore

With a hand, she cracks the Earth and Hell pours forth

Legions of a demonic race spewed forth to do her will

A thousand years she's waited for the kill

She's back, the bloodshed resumes tonight

To satiate grim appetite

Her will iron, her magic black

Clutch your cross and lock your doors, she's back

Brace for the attack

Lock your doors, she's back

This time I can't defeat her as she boils me alive

And just for fun, she turned my insides out

There's no way you'll survive

Torture devout, she wins no doubt

The last thing I recall before my lungs collapse

My life elapsed, she set the trap

My remains Swamp Witch will scrap

The bravest of the fight and cowards all alike

Have been in death, now equalized

No one left to grieve or to avenge the deed

The orchids keep their secrets

And over time reclaimed by ash and elm again

Beneath the swamp, it will remain

Painted in gray and green, a ruin so serene

Till the next fool rebuilds in vain

She's back, the bloodshed resumes tonight

To satiate grim appetite

Her will iron, her magic black

Clutch your cross and lock your doors, she's back

Brace for the attack

Lock your doors, she's back