Redemption - Something Wicked This Way Comes lyrics

[m/l van Dyk] [Part I: Arrivals] October's a rare month for boys When life is simple, pure and sweet And the foolish youth can overlook The wolf outside the door Come hear a tale of Halloween And one October not long past Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway Would never be quite so young anymore Fury, the seller of lightning rods, foretells the coming storm The light's on in the library, beneath the black'ning sky Charles Halloway sits deep inside, surrounded by his books A serious, lonely and sad old man whose youth has pa**ed him by And Jim and Will conspire To ride the carousel Could set their souls afire Could send them straight to Hell [Part II: Torments] Far away, but much too close for comfort Carnival's calliope is playing Halloway sits in the darkened library Thinking dark thoughts Son at home he doesn't really know Fifty-four years seems so very old Throws the carnival's ad in the fire Flames grow higher Long after midnight, children awake Journeys await them, chances to take Run through the streets to the carnival grounds Hoping to ride the merry-go-round Three AM is midnight for the soul Never is a man so close to d**h The house of temptation is at hand Souls are damned What's the purpose of a life of virtue? What you don't know certainly can hurt you Every step he made he second-guessed Life of regret Ride's out of order, no one's around Hardly a whisper, hardly a sound Thinking that they're alone, but they're not Gloved hands encircle, now they are caught [Part III: The Carnival] Late that night the boys returned Watched the carousel spin 'round Turning old man into young Bringing darkness to town Carousel turns and turns Years can scorch and time can burn Dark's accomplice, age reversed Now becomes a boy accursed Jim and Will stumble in To this whirling world of sin Forward spins the carousel Cooger ages, dies and goes to hell Mister Dark knows at once That the boys have seen too much As they call for the police He and the witch wait For their plan to be unleashed Boys return with the law Try to tell them what they saw The witch throws her voice and the old, dead man Seems to come to life again The ruse has worked, no one believes the Tales of what the boys have seen The witch locks eyes; they fear her most; She wishes them a "short sad life for both!" [Part IV: Pursuits] Late that night the witch takes to the sky above the town Searching for the boys who know the secret of the carousel A black parade of circus freaks, and led by Mister Dark, Scours every street for the boys to drag them down to hell The boys have seen too much And now their d**h will be their silence The freaks have caskets fashioned for the little boys who hid And Mister Dark halts the procession, seeing the librarian, He asks him who the boys are; fills with rage as the old man lies [Part V: The Autumn People] Late that night inside the town's old library Circled by arcane and evil books Scouring them for any hint of knowledge. Charles, Jim and Will A father's son who doesn't know his dad Suddenly he wishes that he had As he sees that this old lonely man Could be they the only hope they have The Carnival has been here many times Its history is found between the lines Comes by every forty years or so Since more than two hundred years ago They feast upon the sins and fears of men Promise you just what you want and then When they're through they'll steal your very soul Entomb you in their sideshow And as the church bell rings They hear the opening door The boys hide for their lives As Mister Dark arrives [Part VI: Temptations] Temptation Tearing at his soul To take a second chance To right the wrongs To live again No more Regrets No more living as a Man to old to know his son Resistance He turns the offer down Not willing to exchange his soul For what he wants the most Mister Dark Crushes Charles' hand And tells the witch to give the man A taste of precious d**h (old man) Hear your breathing (old man) Feel your hurt (old man) See you're bleeding (old man) Stop your heart [Part VII: Confrontations] (Halloway) ten lifetimes closer to d**h (Somehow) finding the courage to laugh (Laughter) searing in the witch's face (Laughter) burning her wicked soul (Standing), knowing he's beaten her back (Smiling), knowing the time is now (Striding) purposefully into the street (Knowing) that he can save them somehow (Mister Dark) leads the boys into the streets (Will to be) made into a toy for freaks (Nightshade) to be his partner for life (After the) carnival's over tonight (Carnival): one last attraction to see (Shoot the witch): gypsy who cannot die (Mister Dark) gazes out over the crowd for a (Volunteer): someone to give it a try (Halloway) calls out from deep in the crowd (Mister Dark) cannot believe his eyes (Halloway) his good hand picks up the gun (To steady it) he calls for the help of his son [Part VIII: Departures] Far away, trapped in the mirror maze The whole town calls his name And Will awakes the spell The dust witch placed upon his head Halloway: father and son Standing as one As Mister Dark gives them the bullet and Charles carves into a crescent moon Mister Dark stares at the bullet He doesn't yet under stand The meaning of what Charles has done So he let's the game proceed But the moon he carved isn't a moon at all It's his smile the bullet carries And this totem finds it's way To the witch's heart The gun cracks and the Witch knows this and now is dead! Chaos spreads, and Charles and Will Run to the maze to rescue Jim Charles walks in Confronted by reflections of a million ancient men Staring back and making him older A lifetime full of regrets A man who never knew his son A man whose deeds were never done Halloway rises from The hall of shattered mirrors He picks up his son and runs with him Across the carnival grounds Nightshade still upon the carousel Charles and Will help him down Another boy appears saying Mister Dark's gone And the four of us must give chase Halloway looks at the strange young boy He sees him for what he is Mister Dark made younger again by the Power of the carousel Charles picks the boy up Holds him close and feels his hatred And with grave determination Lets his heart fill with love for his life and his son And returns the boy's hate with this love and it courses through Dark's young body And he withers and dies As the carnival tents disappears The three of them spring laughing back to town Two boys and one middle-aged man No longer quite so old as he thought Far away but much too close for comfort Far away but much too close for comfort