"Shadow in the flames"
For every man who gave all but never got to rise
For every mother who suffers hungry baby's cries
For every bird and beast that's breathing poison skies
For every child that's been hurt, forgotten or left behind
For every crop not used to feed the starving ones
For every violent gangster with a hundred guns
For every right that's been twisted into a wrong
For every lamb that's been led into the wolf's jaws
In answer to all this I will only say
Every crime leaves behind a price to pay
And everything owed is coming due someday
They could not see him coming from so far away
But the Shadow in the flames, is on the way
For every home that sits under constant threat
For every media devil that tries to make them forget
For every tired, cold, homeless and haunted vet
For every abandoned carcass that was once a pet
For every family that's been forced to grieve and mourn
For every home that's been broken and every bloody thorn
For every time they died in vain or were ripped and torn
For every miracle of life that never got to be born
In answer to all this I will only say
Each crime adds up when it comes time to pay
And everything owed comes due someday
They could not see him coming from so far away
Now the Shadow in the flames, he comes to play
Mired in despair they shuffle on through the frost
Blind and unaware of the lines they had crossed
By design they got the ride but could not pay the cost
Gambled freedom against a golden prize and they lost
They got tied up and bound by shallow desires within
Each choice lead to failure leaving no way to win
They were too blind to see the game had no end
Programmed to embrace illusion like some long lost old friend
In answer to all this I can only say
Vengeance is expensive interest, compounded by the day
Everything owed long overdue, late and unpaid
They never see him coming he seems so far away
He's the Shadow in the flames, do you know his name?
