Red sky rising beyond the hill
Fire and smoke burning like hell...

A man must do what he can
To make the world a better place...

Cold steel, sharp and ready
Held hidden at your side...

My life has more twists than Lombard Street
More issues than Time magazine...

We live in a world of illusion
Nothing is as it appears...

I do all right on my own...
Needing no one to get by...

What say you?
I ask...not knowing why...

They say everyone has a fear
Why must that be...

Darkness enveloping all it finds
Cloaking my heart...

If the sun refused to shine
Rivers no longer flow to the sea...

Unable to see my hand in front of my face
Edging my way along the wall...

Blood runs in the street
Exceptionally dark tonight...