They gathered around
Revered peaks
Lofty and grand 
In a land
Beyond the reaches of the average mind
Cumulating
Distant place and time
Like iron filings to a magnet
Ominously
Stirring an ancient sky
Fury, furious
In a storms awakened eye

They gathered around
Heeding a summons bugled call
Thickening and swirling
A tempestuous living wall

Clouds
Black cloud of destruction
Clouds
Black cloud of redemption
Clouds
Black cloud of dread
Clouds
Black cloud face, death's ugly head
Clouds
Black cloud on the marching run
Clouds
Black cloud tears, benighted sun

No haven 
For the stealthy
No rest 
For the wicked weary
No haven 
Surprise, surprise, man, they lied
No oasis 
Without and none cornered inside

Showers of darkness the poisonous grain
Undiluted
Curses of acute pain
Through the skin through the soul
Showers of darkness
Blessings of fetid coal

Douse the torch and ground that plane
Down drops the penalty
Here comes dark rain


Related links:
Song - On the verge 
Darkness Is Falling



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