Devil

The Servant

Knocking on my door was an evil silhouette
Knocking this morning a black silhouette
Knocking on my door was an evil silhouette
And his eyes were glowing like two lit cigarettes

Me and the devil were standing side by side
I looked in the mirror into my own eyes
Me and the devil were standing side by side
He held out his claws and I began to rise

I got me and the devil blues
Me and the devil blues
“I know you know it’s time to go”
I got me and the devil blues
Me and the devil blues
Me and the devil blues
“I know you know it’s time to go”
I got me and the devil blues

“About every week I come ringing for the dead
I pile ‘em up high - feets and heads
I squash ‘em in tight
I shout my call :
I’ll take your little dead boy
I’ll take your little dead girl
About every week I come ringing for the dead
I pile ‘em up high - feets and heads
I squash ‘em in tight
I shout my call :
I’ll take your little dead boy
I’ll take your little dead girl
I don’t mind”

You may bury my body in a supermarket aisle
Bury my body in the fresh meat aisle
You may bury my body in a supermarket aisle
And I will rise again like an exocet missile



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    I have no idea what this song s about at all... but damn is it creepy.

    "Knocking on my door was an evil silhouette Knocking this morning a black silhouette Knocking on my door was an evil silhouette And his eyes were glowing like two lit cigarettes"

    Really visualization there. The way the eyes are described and the tone of the vocalists voice freak me out.

    UnholyGeminion February 19, 2007   Link

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