Lyrics
Why are you chasing after me?
Questioning why someone is pursuing the speaker.
Why are you there staring at me?
Questioning the reason for someone staring at the speaker.
Why are you standing at my door?
Questioning the presence of someone standing at the speaker's door.
Nameless here for evermore
Describing a nameless entity that will be present forever.
Lies and crooked wings
Referring to lies and distorted characteristics, possibly symbolizing deceit.
It'll set the wicked free
Suggesting that deceit can free the wicked.
Destroyer, devourer
Describing a destructive force that devours.
Ripping the flesh from the bone
Depicting a violent image of tearing flesh from bones.
Raven soaring drenched in blood
Imagining a raven soaring with blood, possibly symbolizing death or darkness.
Raven open up your wings
Encouraging the raven to reveal the misery it carries.
Let them know what's misery
Pondering whether the raven is evil or divine.
Are you evil or divine?
Noting a burning stench associated with the afterlife.
Burning stench of afterlife
Describing a quiet and patient approach to taking time.
Quietly taking your time
Recognizing the raven's presence through its raspy call.
Raspy call tells me you're there
Sensing the gaze of the raven with hellish eyes flying over the speaker.
Hellish eyes I feel your gaze… fly over me
Repeating the idea of lies and distorted characteristics setting the wicked free.
Lies and crooked wings
Reiterating the destructive nature of the raven.
It'll set the wicked free
Repeating the violent image of tearing flesh from bones.
Destroyer, devourer
Repeating the imagery of a raven soaked in blood.
Ripping the flesh from the bone
Describing the raven's cold dead eyes stealing the speaker's life.
Raven soaring drenched in blood
Instructing the devourer to make its flight.
Your cold dead eyes stealing the life of mine
Reiterating the impact of the raven's cold dead eyes on the speaker's life.
So, make your flight devourer
Encouraging the devourer to continue its flight.
Your cold dead eyes stealing the life of mine!
Emphasizing the life-stealing effect of the raven's cold dead eyes.
Why can't I breathe
Expressing difficulty in breathing, possibly due to the ominous presence.
Don't leave me to die in here
Pleading not to be left to die and seeking assistance.
Help me survive
Asking for help to survive, possibly from the looming threat.
Are you evil or divine?
Repeating the question of whether the raven is evil or divine.
No one's ever escaped the fire
Stating that no one has escaped a fire, suggesting inevitable challenges.
No one ever will
Asserting that no one ever will escape those challenges.
Death coming from the heavens
Introducing the theme of death coming from the heavens.
Let them sing!
Encouraging a celebratory response to death with the directive to sing.
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