[Scarecrow (Tobias Sammet):]
I'm just a loser in the game of love
I'm just a stray boy in the shade
And how I wish to know what love is like
To find someone to contemplate

There's a voice and a million answers
To the questions I don't ask
A demon — I've got to contain
When I'm walking through the fen
Getting deep into the black
Whispers I can't restrain

Don't give in

[Chorus:]
Rise to fame — time will come
Make your claim — time has come
For the crow who fly away

[Mephistopheles (Jorn Lande):]
So you're an angel meant to walk down here
And you believe it's all divine
And you don't play by all those temporal rules
You watch the world begin to die

Alright — when the lamb's been torn to pieces
I've been crashing from the sky
Fallen to care for the prey,
they put a spoke right in your wheel
I'm the one to dare the weak,
to push you all over the pain
You give in — oh

[Chorus]

[Solo: Sascha Paeth]

[Scarecrow (Tobias Sammet):]
I close my eyes and I see what's coming my way
He's got treasure in his eyes that he's gonna turn to clay

[Mephistopheles (Jorn Lande):]
Hm, I'm a stranger,
I'm a changer
And I'm danger...
Maybe

[Scarecrow (Tobias Sammet):]
Fallen angel - waiting for the prey
The devil has come to take a maimed away
Penetration of the twisted mind
The evil is out for the weak and blind

I can feel it in your voice
Ever so sweet, no
Do I really have a choice? No, no, no!

[Mephistopheles (Jorn Lande):]
Oh, you burn your feet on unholy ground
You roam the barren wicked plains abound
In evil eyes and evil speak
Abound in all you evil freaks

When you say it's all divine and meant to be
What about your flesh and blood and defiers like me?

Their evil eyes are looking down on you
And those who don't are losing sight of you
Face the rage to chase away
The specter of disgrace and shame

Withered roses dying on the ledge
A withered dreamer standing on the edge
You dream of love—wake up to pain
You're better off to join in my game

She'll be better off to cry contrite tears
One day she'll wonder why she had to let you disappear
Oh dear

[Both]
Rise to fame — your time has come
Time will come to take the sun
Make your claim - you're drawn to the sound
Time has come — you're leaving ground

Rise to fame - the flight of the crow
Time will come - cross the line
Your time has come - for the crow to fly away

[Mephistopheles]
It's a flight to hell
Can you hear the bell?
The devil has come
To take your soul away
It's a flight to hell
alright

I'm a stranger
I'm a changer
And I'm danger
Fallen angel
Waiting for the prey




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    My Interpretation

    I can see some "christ's passion" reference here. Actually, a little before it, on gethsemane, when the devil teases jesus. The scarecrow would symbolize jesus (even the shape of the scarecrow resembles a crucified man) and the crow is the devil. Verses like "A demon - I've got to contain" and the feeling of an near future sort of sacrifice as shown in "I close my eyes and see what's coming in my way" and "Do I really have a choice? No no no" resembles a lot Jesus asking God to avoid the sacrifice from him. ~ The Jorn parts are when I think my interpretation is more accurate. "So you're an angel meant to walk down here and you believe it's all divine and you don't play by all those temporal rules" and "when the lamb's been torn to pieces I've been crashing from the sky" are the verses I think the Crow is more and more the devil. As near to the end, when is mentioned a "Flight to hell" and the devil take the scarecrow's soul resembles what is said in the bible, that Jesus, when died, was down to hell to "defeat" the demon and then rise to heaven.

    Or I may be just nuts. Anyway, that's my thoughts.

    Bookbraton September 22, 2014   Link

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