The Grinning Gayle

Over those horror hills they walk
Into burning ears they talk
With eyes so black they pierce and stalk

Old grows the tree as they pass by
And the prettiest of flowers wither and die
Ode to the darkness so elegant and frail
Upon bleeding gallows hang bodies stale
Laughing, smiling as others wail
So walks the Grinning Gayle

To those who pass its haunting ways
The shrieking of its deadly play
The laughter still piercing the night
And the cries of all who sleep tonight
Their eyes forced open, to behold its fright

The conjuring evil wakes
It's time it will take
To all who pass this dreadful place
Upon this night there shall be no grace

So you are thrown into your shallow grave
Laughing as it sees the doom within your face
These stories of old forgotten ones
The Grinning Gayle seeks only fun
For the torture of the soul it reaps rewards
And in its contempt for you
As you make it your lord

It's hold upon you so sudden and dealing
It erases all hope, it destroys all feeling
Into the house, the evil is dwelling
Behind every wall, behind every door
It's laughter is swelling

The heart grieving to the beat of the death drum
Not knowing the lurking
Not knowing the darkness, where it comes from

The engrossing splendor of youth so tender
The innocence stripped, bodies thrown into the blender
The blood stains the sides of its walls
The Grinning Gayle, oh how the skin crawls

Its grinning like nails upon the board
The gayle, it's teeth rotten, its eyes sunken
Its nose elongated, its hatred so sudden

The falling off of the flesh
As it tears into you
Razors upon fingers
Licking the red so fresh
The laughter continuous and evil
as the darkness and evil, together they mesh