Lazarus V2 (folk)

original track by alte_engel [INTRO] Most folks never see it The mark beneath his eye But the old ones Said the dead return with signs [VERSE 1] He was laid beneath white linen Machines hummed soft and low Crossed a river made of chaos Where souls get lifted or get trapped below He went to both places Yelling underground And his happy place of shining stars Never wanted to go back To the place that tore him apart [HOOK] Under his eye The mark remains Small crooked question Burned into his face Eye of Horus Or a ferryman’s stain He went somewhere dark And he came back changed [VERSE 2] Doctor said “skin discoloration” Sun and age and time But an old priest said there's more and Drew a circle round the sign [BRIDGE] Half human, half shadow Detached from this world He came back changed A 90 kilometre stare Of futures intertwained [HOOK] Under his eye The mark remains Small crooked question Burned into his face Eye of Horus Or a ferryman’s stain He went somewhere dark And he came back changed [Insturmental 16 bars] [VERSE 3] His eyes look like storm glass Silver rivers under ice Broken lines and frozen lightning Turning slowly in the light They've see a thousand stories Including one given to him by the reaper [VERSE 4] Three cats waiting in the silence Like they guard the living from the dead Every chord a ritual pyre He can feel the room grow colder When the 24 ghosts visit and sit around his fire [HOOK] Under his eye The mark remains Small crooked question Burned into his face Eye of Horus Or a ferryman’s stain He went somewhere dark And he came back changed [BRIDGE] Maybe Anubis marked his passing Maybe Charon knew his name Maybe something in the darkness Didn’t want him quite the same [CHORUS] Under his eye The mark remains Like ancient river symbols Cut into the grain [VERSE 6] Now he sits and writes these stories For the ones who feel displaced People carrying strange weather Hidden somewhere in their face [HOOK] Under his eye The mark remains Small crooked question Burned into his face Eye of Horus Or a ferryman’s stain He went somewhere dark And he came back changed [FINAL OUTRO] Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine... Et lux perpetua luceat ei... Pie Jesu Domine... Dona eis requiem... Pie Jesu Domine... Dona eis requiem...