Blood Meridian

See the child, he's pale and meager

He stokes the fire in pre-dawn darkness

The stars fell when he came into the world

This child was born in blood

His lovely mother died the night when he was born

And daddy's former warmth was chilled by drink and scorn

Deep in his heart, a taste for mindless violence began to grow

He ran away and wandered far from home 'til he fell into a life replete with cruelty

Yet there was a part of him that yearned for something greater than this

Has God abandoned us? I hear nothing but silence

Am I a force for good? We know nothing but evil

Redness in the sky

The flaming tree will burn forever

Redness in the sky

We're drowned in blood with each meridian

Implicit with the coming apex

The fall is written on the wall

Would he succumb and give into the blood lust

Or rise above and kill the Judge, that mystic lord of war?

God has made a path for you to leave and then come back

So meet your fate and dance with him

Take the stage and slay the Judge

Has God abandoned us? I hear nothing but silence

Am I a force for good? We know nothing but evil

Redness in the sky

The flaming tree will burn forever

Redness in the sky

We're drowned in blood with each meridian

Implicit with the coming apex

The fall is written on the wall

Redness in the sky

The flaming tree will burn forever

Redness in the sky

We're drowned in blood with each meridian

Redness in the sky

The flaming tree will burn forever

This night thy soul may be required

The choice is yours to dance or die

"He never sleeps

He says that he will never die

He dances in light and in shadow

And he is a great favorite

He never sleeps, the judge

He is dancing, dancing

He says that he will never die"