MUSIC FOR SALE

[Verse 1]
Dark wings beat against the blue,
Talons sharp and cutting through.
To a tree once bright and green,
Now stained black with a wicked sheen.
A piercing cry tears through the air,
Hungry eyes locked in a stare.
Silence breaks beneath the sky,
Something living waits to die.

[Pre-Chorus]
High above, it circles slow,
Watching everything below.
Branches bend beneath its weight,
Patient as the hand of fate.

[Chorus]
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow rises into flight.
Blood and feathers, tooth and scream,
Nothing here is what it seems.
From the darkness, to the tree,
The hunter takes what it believes.
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow fades back out of sight.

[Verse 2]
Every heartbeat, every breath,
Draws another step toward death.
Moonlight paints the ground in gray,
The shadow knows its chosen prey.
Claws are poised and spirits break,
One more life is left to take.

[Pre-Chorus]
High above, it circles slow,
Watching everything below.
Branches bend beneath its weight,
Patient as the hand of fate.

[Chorus]
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow rises into flight.
Blood and feathers, tooth and scream,
Nothing here is what it seems.
From the darkness, to the tree,
The hunter takes what it believes.
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow fades back out of sight.

[Bridge]
Hear the cry across the night,
A warning lost beyond the light.
The hunter comes, the hunter goes,
Leaving only scattered bones.
Black wings vanish with the dawn,
But the fear still lingers on.

[Final Chorus]
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow rises into flight.
Blood and feathers, tooth and scream,
Nothing here is what it seems.
From the darkness, to the tree,
The hunter takes what it believes.
When the red runs free tonight,
The shadow waits for you and me.

[Outro]
Dark wings beat against the blue...
And the shadow returns to the tree.