Erlkönig

[Verse]
Night splits open wide
Shadows claw the trees like beasts
A whisper in the dark

Rider tears through the storm
Child clings tight silent cry
Who calls from the black?

[Chorus]
Erlkönig rides the wind tonight
His voice a serpent coil of lies
Erlkönig whispers sweet delight
But the child knows only fright

[Verse 2]
Fog drips thick like blood
Eyes burn in the endless night
Who hunts in the mist?

Promises like chains
Golden light turns into thorns
Run faster or be lost

[Chorus]
Erlkönig rides the wind tonight
His voice a serpent coil of lies
Erlkönig whispers sweet delight
But the child knows only fright