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Artist: Machine Head
Canonical path: /machine-head/locust
Related lyric paths: 6
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Locust
Read Locust lyrics by Machine Head on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Locust
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Sweet caress
Grazes my skin
It's loveless
These hooks sink in
Behind an angel's disguise
An insect preys
Mandibles cut like a knife
The reckoning
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Descending
Down, they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above converge to choke us
Feast of souls, consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
Surrender
These veins are bled
Devour
Nothing sacred
Strings pull the marionettes
See how they dance
Upon the winds that beget
Our pestilence
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Descending
Down, they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above converge to choke us
Feast of souls, consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
Bleeding from my eyes
This plague is sent to erase us
Bleeding from inside
These vermin can't infiltrate us
Faith appears and holds a candle
Hark the angels sing
Forming clouds
Their shadow shrouds
Louder the tattered wings they sound
Tear the veil
Their lies derail
Purity ever will prevail
Trumpets sound
The shattered crown
Halos of truth now they surround
The charade comes down
Down, they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above converge to choke us
Feast of souls consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
Down, they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above converge to choke us
Feast of souls consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust
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