Lyrics

Shadow Queen

Their second mistake was to let me live
But no one wants to see a kid die
I watched them take her down from the flames
I didn’t even wonder why
Twenty long years came and went
I became a wild man
Lived back in the woods so green
I think about her when I can

They’d never seen anyone so mean
The only son
Of a Shadow Queen

Jungles and forests all over the world
That’s where I went to learn
Which will feed, which will heal
And which will kill
The people in the town forgot my name
And that was fine with me
I wandered jungles and rivers deep
Far across the sea

They’d never seen anyone so mean
The only son
Of a Shadow Queen

The longer I stayed away, the more I forgot about this place
But I could never forget
The last look on my Mothers face
Thirty long years came and went
While I stayed away
No one knew who I was
When I moved back one day

What’s another servant washing dishes in a sink?
An old loser they see, that’s what they think.
Don’t see him slip his herbs into the soup
Stir them in and smile, fade back into the group

They’d never seen anyone so mean
The only son
Of a Shadow Queen

Time to clear the dishes
They all screamed and ran away
I walked into the feasting hall
I’ve waited for this day
They sat in wide eyed silence
Could see but could not blink
The herbs had locked their bodies
But they could hear and think


I told them who I was
And why I went away
And why I came back to this place
To be with them this day
They moved not a muscle
While I talked
And had my say
I tipped the candles over
And slowly walked away
Fire, burning bright
In the black night