Dance Of Death Lyrics

Dance Of Death

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
about a things that I saw
One
night wandering in the everglades
I'd one drink but no more

I was
rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware
of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move

Feeling scared and
I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an
unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace

Then they summoned
me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
In to the circle of
fire I followed them
In to the middle I was led

As if time had
stopped still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze
of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals

And I felt
I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone
had the chance
To witness what happened to me

And I danced and I
pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures
they were undead all of them
They had ascended from hell

As I danced
with the dead
my free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my
undead body just danced the circle of dead

Until the time came to
reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was
alive or dead
As the others all joined in with me

By luck then a
skirmish started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their
gaze from me
Was the moment that I fled

I ran like hell faster than
the wind
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was
to look just straight ahead

When you know that your time has come
around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to
everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it

When you're lying in your
sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go
dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in
your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

To
this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never
go dancing no more
'Til I dance with the dead