[Verse 1] The clock strikes twelve on All Hallows' Eve, The fog rolls thick through the ancient trees. A shifting shadow in the tangled brush, The forest falls into a sudden hush. He steps through the briar with a silver blade, To collect the debts that the living made. [Pre-Chorus] The cold wind whispers, the branches groan, Tonight, no soul will be left alone. Hear the rustle of the crimson cloak, As the shadows rise in a wall of smoke. [Chorus] The Reaper rides through the haunted wood, Doing the deeds that the darkness should. On Halloween night, when the veil is thin, He knocks on the bark, and he steps right in. No running back, no time to cry, Underneath the black October sky. [Verse 2] A candle flickers in a hollow oak, A final breath turns to frozen smoke. He does not speak, he does not care, Just an icy chill in the midnight air. One touch of bone and the heartbeat stops, As the autumn rain on the graveyard drops. [Chorus] The Reaper rides through the haunted wood, Doing the deeds that the darkness should. On Halloween night, when the veil is thin, He knocks on the bark, and he steps right in. No running back, no time to cry, Underneath the black October sky. [Bridge] Don't look behind you, don't breathe a word, The sharpest scythe that you've ever heard. The forest knows, the forest sees, Your name is written on the dying leaves. [Chorus] The Reaper rides through the haunted wood, Doing the deeds that the darkness should. On Halloween night, when the veil is thin, He knocks on the bark, and he steps right in. No running back, no time to cry, Underneath the black October sky. [Outro] October sky... The harvest is done.
