Lyrics
At the graveyard
Introduction to the setting: A graveyard
At midnight hour
Emphasis on the eerie time: Midnight
You’ll find a sinner
Identification of a sinful person
Under the fallen leaves he hides
Describing the sinner's concealment under fallen leaves
With a corpse, unholy lusts will thrive
Implies immoral desires associated with a corpse
The price he’ll pay is yet to come
Foretelling a future consequence or punishment for the sinner
Oh, on this sinister night
Setting the tone for a dark and ominous night
The lady of death appears
Introduction of the "lady of death" as a supernatural presence
From these sinister skies
Highlighting the ominous atmosphere with reference to the skies
At the gallows he’ll die
Forewarning the sinner's fate at the gallows
At the graveyard
Repetition of the graveyard setting
At midnight hour
Reiteration of the ominous midnight hour
Another sinner
Introduction of another sinner
Under the darkened skies he hides
Describing the second sinner's hiding place under darkened skies
With a skull, crushed and torn apart
Depiction of a skull and violence associated with the second sinner
The brain dissected under the skies
Detailing the dissection of the brain under the ominous skies
Oh, on this sinister night
Reiteration of the sinister nature of the night
The lady of death appears
Reappearance of the lady of death from the ominous skies
From these sinister skies
Emphasis on the foreboding atmosphere connected to the skies
At the gallows he’ll die
Repetition of the impending doom at the gallows
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