Child Make a deal with me I offer life I offer joy Kings have laid down at my knee This isn't sorcery, this is just I In your employ Come light the torch, and see the ghost I am the bellow of the bull The crescent moon beyond the coast All that is beautiful and cruel All that is dead I will command So rest a while, stay your hand And take this rose The boy heard The calling, the sound of peace And saw her Wild roses and white summer's eve But war came A-falling on blackened wings and The boy stepped out Into the quarrels of kings The boy of heartblood and organ gave To shut the doors to an early grave He rode into the night with bow and blade And veins full of her sweet nightshade You scorn me again The world is much too cruel, for you to walk Why bother with pain And bloodshed to come When autumn falls and trees lay bare Remember me, for I am there All fall... man and beast So let the ravens feast When ancient curses blot the sun And human cities cry despair When all the works of man have perished Remember me, for I am there For all is love and war When the wing of the crow lies at your door When autumn falls and trees lay bare Remember me for days long past Remember me, for I am there This wasn't meant to last The blood then mixed with waters clear as day A maiden washing a warrior's gear and blade Oh maiden, who was here run through? She brightly laughed and whispered "YOU" When autumn falls and trees lay bare Remember me, for I am there All fall... man and beast So let the ravens feast She tells me to rise I close my eyes Sing myself a lullaby Of swords and knives And I've seen This I promise you Your demise Unmistakable Your blood It lies evenly On the Wing of the Crow