Black Wings

Well, take an eye for an eye

A tooth for a tooth

Just like they say in the Bible

Well, never leave a trace

Or forget a face

Of any man at the table

Any man at the table

Oh, when the moon is a cold, chiseled dagger

And it's sharp enough to draw blood from a stone

He rides through your dreams on a coach and horses

And the fence posts in the moonlight look like bones

Well, they've stopped trying to hold him

With mortar, stone and chain

He broke out of every prison

Where the boots mount the staircase

The door's flung back open

He's not there, for he has risen

He's not there, for he has risen

Some say he once killed a man with a guitar string

He's been seen at the table with kings

Well, he once saved a baby from drowning

There are those that say beneath his coat, there are wings

Well, some say they fear him

Well, some say they fear him

Others admire him

Because he steals his promise

But one look in his eye

And everyone denies

Ever having met him

Ever having met him

He can turn himself into a stranger

Well, they broke a lot of canes on his hide

He was born away in a cornfield

A fever beats in his head just like a drum inside

Some say they fear him, others admire him

Because he steals his promise

But one look in his eye

Everyone denies

Ever having met him

Ever having met him

Ever having met him

Ever having met him

Ever having met him

Ever having met him