Night Riders

[based on a local Dutch lore (the Bokkenrijders), originally intended as lyrics]

The clatter of gold disturbs the silence

As the beasts storm the barricades

Scab-marked bodies in sheepskin

Hiding, lurking like wolves

 

They ride the night skies

In worship of the anti-god

The doctor and his medicine

The butchers and the priests

A band of perjury and extortion

Torture and treason

In darker times

Where none are righteous

But all are sheep for the slaughter

 

Plagues looming over the frozen fields

People sold as cattle and deities exalted

Let the witch hunt begin

 

No soul is safe in the hands of the godless

The savage and wild

With gold in their eyes

Flesh between their teeth

 

They ride the night skies

In worship of the anti-god

The doctor and his medicine

The butchers and the priests

A band of perjury and extortion

Torture and treason

In darker times

Where none are righteous

But all are sheep for the slaughter

 

Like coal leads to ashes so greed leads to famine

Starvation's spreading like a mist

Blinding eyes to all but riches

 

While bodies lie cold and tainted

On the earth, saturated with blood

Nameless bones underneath the gallows

Peasants, lowly lives dragged through the mud

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

another beauty
Could/should be a halloween contribution

[Starling]

Thank you! It is a bit of a dark one indeed ;-)