Shadow in the pines

Eerie Intro] “Some folks ride out and don’t come back… whisper in the wind, shadow in the black.” (Distant wolf howl, leaves rustling… then BOOM! Hard 808 drop!) [Verse 1] Lanterns glow where the lost ones tread, names carved deep in the trees of the d**d. Creek runs red where the moonlight fades, hear ‘em whisper when the branches shake. Footsteps vanish, trails turn cold, don’t go lookin’ where the stories been told. Last man tried, now he dust in the dirt, pines don’t talk, but they know what he heard. [Hook] “Shadows in the pines, don’t go too deep, step too far, you’ll be lost like me. Wind gon’ call, but it ain’t no friend, once you cross that line, don’t come back again!” (Ad-libs: “Gone!” “Don’t look back!” “Ayy!” “Lost forever!”) [Verse 2] Midnight fog and the river runs wide, house on the hill with the bloodstained side. Old man watchin’, eyes like coal, sayin’ “Turn back, ‘fore it takes ya soul.” But I kept on walkin’, boots in the mud, air got thick, started tastin’ like b***d. Saw my own face carved up in the bark, turned ‘round quick but the woods went dark. [Hook] “Shadows in the pines, don’t go too deep, step too far, you’ll be lost like me. Wind gon’ call, but it ain’t no friend, once you cross that line, don’t come back again!” [Verse 3 – The Twist] Now I see things I ain’t meant to see, voices hum low through the black oak trees. I been here once, I been here twice, last time I left, but I paid the price. Looked down deep at my own two hands, veins turned black like the cursed man’s. Now I roam these woods like the ones before, whisper in the wind sayin’ “Don’t no more…” [Eerie Outro] “Some folks ride out and don’t come back… whisper in the wind, shadow in the black.” (Leaves rustle, a branch snaps… then silence.)