Locust

[Music by Machine Head, Lyrics by Robb Flynn] [Verse 1:] Sweet caress grazes my skin. It's loveless, these hooks sink in. Behind an angel's disguise, an insect preys. Mandibles cut like a knife, the reckoning. [Pre-Chorus 1:] Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds. Louder the tattered wings they sound. Descending down. [Chorus 1:] Down they come, the swarm of locust. Skies above converge to choke us. Feast of souls consume the harvest. Young and old, suffer unto the locust. [Verse 2:] Surrender, these veins are bled. Devoured, nothing sacred. Strings pull the marionettes. See how they dance upon the winds that beget our pestilence. [Pre-Chorus 1] [Chorus 1] Bleeding from my eyes, this plague is sent to erase us. Bleeding from inside, these vermin can't infiltrate us. Faith appears, and holds a candle. Hark, the angels sing. [Lead: Demmel, Flynn, Demmel, Flynn, Flynn & Demmel] [Pre-Chorus 2:] Forming clouds, their shadow shrouds. Louder the tattered wings they sound. [Chorus 2:] Tear the veil, the lies derail. Purity ever will prevail. Trumpets sound the shattered crown. Halos of truth now they surround. The charade comes down. [Chorus 1 2x]