SHADOW PREY - LYRICS

VERSE 1

THE MAN GAZES IN THE MIRROR
AND FIXES HIS TIE
AND SEES THE GRIM REAPER
ALIVE IN HIS EYES
HE CHECKS HIS SATCHEL
ONE LAST TIME
THE NEXT OF HIS PREY
WILL DIE TONIGHT
AS HE STANDS UP SLOW
AND ADJUSTS HIS COWL
HE SETS HIS MIND
TO A NIGHT ON THE PROWL
THE ROTTEN CORE
IN THIS RANCID APPLE
OPENS THE DOOR
NEXT STOP WHITE CHAPEL
'CAUSE ON THIS NIGHT
ON THESE COBBLED STREETS
A BEAST MUST FEAST
ON OUR SO CALLED LEAST
UP TO NOW IT’S NO LESS THAN FOUR
HOW MANY MORE
WILL BE THE FINAL SCORE
NO ONE IN THE CITY
KNOWS WHAT TO DO
EVEN THE YARD
HAVE NO LEADS OR A CLUE
RUNNING AROUND, POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER
BLAMING EVERY TOM, DICK AND HIS MOTHER
COULD IT BE THE WORK OF SATAN
OR PERHAPS A MASON
MAYBE A FOREIGN AGENT
OR A COMMON VAGRANT
WHOEVER HE IS HE MUST BE INSANE
ANYONE’S FAIR GAME TO TAKE THE BLAME
TO SAVE OUR WOMEN
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE
BUT I HAVE A FEELING
THE WORST IS YET TO COME.


VERSE 2

ROAMING THE ALLEYS
BY THE SHINE OF THE GASLIGHT
LOOKING FOR THE GIRLS
TO FEEL THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE
YOU THINK IT’S RANDOM
DON’T BE SO CERTAIN
IT MAY BE REVEALED
AT THE FALL OF THE CURTAIN
WHEN YOU GONNA GRASP
THEY CAN NEVER SEE ME
I APPROACH FROM BEHIND
NO TIME TO SCREAM
I CREEP UP FROM THE REAR
BOLD AND COLD
GRAB YOUR FACE WITH MY HAND
IT’S THE CLASSIC MOUTHHOLD
THREE FINGERS ON YOUR LIPS
AND TWO ON YOUR NOSE
HOW DO YOU THINK
I KEEP THE BLOOD OFF MY CLOTHES
THE WHOLE JOB'S A BREEZE
BODIES GIVE UP AND FREEZE
THE BITCH DROPS TO THE GROUND
WITH TOTAL EASE
THEN I CROUCH ON MY KNEES
SHE HAS TO BLEED
I FEEL SORRY FOR YA BOSS
I REALLY DO
WE’RE TWO SIDES OF A COIN ME AND YOU
‘CAUSE I CAN SEE
THE POOR PROGRESS YA MAKING
RESORTING TO BLAMING
THAT FOOL LEATHER APRON
HE COULDN’T ORGANISE A CRUSHING RUSH
IN A BREAD LINE
NEVER MIND SYNCHRONISE
A CRIME LIKE MINE
YA WASTING YA TIME
PURSUING THAT LINE
BUT IF YOU MUST THAT’S FINE
IT’S YOUR CAREER, NOT MINE
ANOTHER UNSOLVED CRIME
‘TIL THE END OF TIME