Demon Claws

Well, my name, it doesn't matter My name, I couldn't tell The reason I am standing here's To tell you how I fell They say a straw can break the back Of a camel fully grown I use a straw to pick my teeth And my back broke long ago Once I had a family Once I had a wife I went one day to walk away A stranger I did spy Standing with a long black snake Coiled around his hand The sky crashed down upon us And mud rose from the sand Before I fell into the dark He opened up his jaw So black and cold, I shivered But in the milky hole I saw House and children, wife and me A scene of peace and love Those rotting teeth upon us They crushed us from above I told this to a sailor He told me just the same Twenty years at sea When he returned, not one remained The fault was all his own, he said He cannot fight the years By staring at a photograph And fighting back the tears Now, I have tried a thousand times To think about that day How I could find another route Or find another way But time won't pause The demon's claws Will always bleed you dry You take time here It takes time from there And you live it til you die You take time here It takes time from there And you live it til you die You take time here It takes time from there And you live it til you die