"CAUGHT IN THE SHADOWS"
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Lyrics (c) James Paddock, 2012.

This song is inspired by the Arthur Miller play "The Crucible",
and the 1600's Salem witch trials which it focuses on.

VERSE 1
Branded a heretic, sentenced to death
A scapegoat for all of this civil unrest
Living in fear, slowly losing control
He knows they'll find him and harvest his soul

PRE-CHORUS 1
The darkness reaches out to me
Building up the entropy

CHORUS
Caught in the shadows
The sun sets behind me
I'm good as dead
With no one beside me

Trying to oust all
The terror inside me
Crawling on my knees
When will they find me?

VERSE 2
Judges patrol, bringing meaningless death
Fathering anger with every breath
The people around only kneel down and die
When will they understand it's all a lie?

This witchhunt has lumbered on for far too long
Damnation falls upon those who did no wrong
Sinners abducted, the idle condemned -
Accused of perversions they can't comprehend

PRE-CHORUS 2
The darkness reaches out to me
Draining all my energy

[CHORUS]

MIDDLE SECTION
If you
Don't want to die
Then just sign your name
On the dotted line

In view
On the monastery wall
Your confession will hang
As a warning to all

I'm through
With this pointless charade
You've taken my wife
You've taken my name

It's true
I'm a witch through and through
Are you happy now?
To the gallows I'll go

FINAL CHORUS
Caught in the shadows
The sun sets behind me
Shrouding my stage
As ropes firmly bind me

Biting back tears as
As my loved ones surround me
I'm good as dead
Now that they've found me