Greeting The Menace

Evil on the mind and blood splatter in the air

Lying on the pavement beating in despair

Cruel were the blows as they battered and impaired

He was shown no sympathy and he wouldn't be spared

And all the townspeople were gathered and stood there

Watched the punishment get delivered with no care

But when he looked around at the faces that all stared

He saw his own face, that's when he became scared

Greet the menace

He awoke from the clock tower chime

Heart thud like a cannon on the line

Vivid echoes of the dream on his mind

This week the 3rd of its kind

Now his bottles of meds will conceal

But wounds left open are harder to be healed

And though some case files are better if left sealed

Unless he take them pills insomnia won't yield

Well no rest for the wicked

Such is the fruit of a life with no limit

Ghosts of the past always tend to revisit

And rarely will they come bearing gifts of forgiveness

And from the streets to the wars, so much violence he made

As he grew in age he began to follow different ways

Hounded by the haunted memories from the days that

He was detrimental, man he wished that he could change that

But one can never really leave what's behind

You can't undo the fate you've designed

Cover up the tracks and bloodhounds will find

Cuz all debts owed get paid in due time

Evil on the mind and blood splatter in the air

Gag in his mouth he was strapped to a chair

Hood on his head when lifted a face stared

He was looking at himself, that's when he became scared

Cruel were the blows that battered and impaired

Fading from the world and beaten to despair

Beyond all hope and clinging to one prayer

Let him soon pass out from the pain and be spared

But the pain kept coming

Weak from the rivers of blood that kept running

And fain from the image uncovered in front of him

He knew it, the angel of death he'd confronted

Aint no mercy in that self combat

Foot to his chest it tipped his chair back

Cuz this tormentor was eager to give more

Put a cloth to his face, to follow the water poured

Then he awoke with a cough and a heave

His heart pound like cannons in mid siege

Vivid echoes of his terrified screams

Guess nothing ever just is what it seems

Then he noticed his clothes were soaked clean

Sheets on his bed were drenched to extreme

But this time around he knew it was no dream

From the smell he could tell he was covered in gasoline

And in the corner by the door was a man

Cloaked in the shadow with a cigarette in hand

With no words spoken and motive and clear plan

Well all's fair and karma's a bitch, law of the land

Till then he had averted but with homicide certain

And that guilt inside him hurting, he concluded with the verdict

If this is what it takes to serve as my life's penance

Bring on that inferno, I'm ready to greet the menace

Evil on the mind and burnt skin in the air

Smoke fill his lungs as he breathe in despair

Devil on his shoulder in snickered with no care

This a one way journey without hope or a prayer

Fading from the world and thinking don't be scared

Let it all go, get ready be prepared

As he looked through he blaze at the body that stood there

He saw his own self in them eyes that just glared