death

bird of death and of life
bird of freedom and of right
bird of darkness and of light
bird of day and bird of night

bird swoops down with blackened wings
show us bird what death may bring
darkness may consume our pasts

you can show us what will come
you can show us what will pass

what the future holds 
is what you bring
what has been told
is what you've been
knowing now what will come
is the key to start an eternal drum

let me now, hear the beats
let me now hear your heart
painfully ticking as if punctured by my dart
slowly fading as if long gone

death may come and death may go
but you will always be my whore
beckoning for me at the door
i will always pay you well
you will always ride like hell

and so our deal is complete
i live my life
you kill my beat.