Shadowbeast
Copyright 1999 by Michelle Dockrey

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In shadows of an unrepentant night
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A figure at the edge of human sight
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Slips swiftly in and out of time and space
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Appears and disappears without a trace


Chorus:
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Beware the savage cry that rends the night
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The seething form that swallows earthly light
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The gleaming claws that carve the nightly feast
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For nothing sates the endless hunger of the Shadowbeast


Some see his hide ablaze with lightning spark
Some see his form of matte and fluid dark
But all his prey share one sight at the last
The glowing yellow eyes that hold them fast

[chorus]

You might look up and suddenly he's there
Or wake at night to meet his silent stare
There's one, they say, whose hand can hold him tame
But none who tell the tale has known her name


Alternate accompaniment for last line of the chorus:
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For no-thing sates the end-less hun-ger of the Sha-dow-beast