Phantom - Preying With The Mantis LYRICS

[Taylor, Green]



Plumes of smoke are rising from the city streets below

Stainless steel and candle wax cast a sickly glow



Let us prey



Death will stalk the streets tonight in leather faded grey

The echoed screams of agony ring in the canyon's break



Each and every night he pulls the sword out of the stone

Preying with the mantis



Surgical precision but the work is never done

So much sin and so much pain-

Rise with the setting sun



Through darkened panes the silent eyes watch the canyon floor

The hunter now the hunted when death slips out the door



Each and every night he pulls the sword out of the stone

Preying with the mantis



Through the damp and silent streets past pyramids of light

Keeping to the shadows-

A creature of the night

The crush of flesh, caress of steel, the sound of breaking bone

As night fades into nothing the mantis stands alone



Each and every night he pulls the sword out of the stone

Preying with the mantis