Praying Mantis
Album • 1981
Lying here so weary, girl Just crying over you The colors in our rainbow How they've all turned blue Raindrop in the ocean That's what you've made of me today But still I search for the answer To why you went away I've seen darkness I've seen the light I felt the pain, oh, the pain In the dead of night (In the dead of night) Cheated (I've been cheated) My heart's been bruised Cheated (I've been cheated) All my life I've just been used Let me tell you, darling If you read the lines upon my face They're sure enough to tell you My head's out of place Maybe tomorrow, girl You'll come back to set me free 'Cause you know, it's only you, babe Who holds the golden key I've seen darkness I've seen the light I feel the pain, oh, the pain In the dead of night (In the dead of night) Cheated (I've been cheated) My heart's been bruised Cheated (I've been cheated) All my life I've just been used Whoah... cheated (I've been cheated) My heart's been bruised Cheated (I've been cheated) All my life I've just been Cheated (I've been cheated) You bruised my heart, you bruised my heart Cheated All my life I've just been used (I've been cheated) Cheated, cheated, cheated I've been cheated! (I've been cheated) Cheated, cheated, cheated I've been cheated! (I've been cheated) Cheated, cheated, cheated I've been cheated! (I've been cheated) Cheated, cheated, cheated I've been cheated! (I've been cheated) Cheated, cheated, cheated I've been cheated!
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
Let the skies darken So I can see the light Let the clouds open To drown my scent of fright The sounds now all around me Echo madly in my mind My life may soon be over In this game against mankind Running through the wilderness Never standing still Hell is close behind me Moving in for the kill A pack of crazy demons Follow neatly on my trail Will I ever see freedom Or is this my turn to fail (Running) running for tomorrow (Hiding) hiding for today (Running) running for tomorrow Can't look back on yesterday Let the skies darken So I then can see the light Let the clouds open To drown my scent of fright The sounds now all around me Echo madly in my mind My life will soon be over In this game against mankind (Running) running for tomorrow (Hiding) hiding for today (Running) running for tomorrow Can't look back on yesterday (Running) running for tomorrow (Hiding) hiding for today (Running) running for tomorrow Can't look back on yesterday
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
As nighttime falls they come alive And show their pretty faces Out come the flash cars And the girls who wait for longed embraces The work they do is short and sweet The money's there for the taking Well daddy's rich and he don't care (he don't care) It's all part of junior's making (junior's making) Stay alive like the rich kids Stay alive in the city Stay alive like the rich kids Don't get shot in the city The esteem they hold has not been earned But money talks so loudly They walk on ground that's shared by stars Who've climbed their ladders proudly Society holds this place in our dreams For those who ain't sitting waiting While the rest of us stare in vain (stare in vain) It's all part of junior's making (junior's making) Stay alive like the rich kids Stay alive in the city Stay alive like the rich kids Don't get shot in the city False friends know how far to go Before they can be caught But who knows who the real ones are For only these have yet to be bought The work they do is short and sweet The money's there for the taking Well daddy's rich and he don't care (he don't care) It's all part of junior's making (junior's making) Stay alive like the rich kids Stay alive in the city Stay alive like the rich kids Don't get shot in the city Stay alive like the rich kids Stay alive in the city Stay alive like the rich kids Don't get shot in the city Shot in the city Shot in the city
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
Daylight giving way to night Darkness roams the sky Sinners of the night return to sanguinary cry A virgin's life falls to the grave Submitting to the call Her blood to bathe the devil's needs Her body has no soul Hey hey Lovers to the grave They give their lives if there's no other way Hey Hey Lovers to the grave They've had their games and now it's time to pay Dancing in the midnight sun Children of the dark Players in a game of death Lovers with no hearts The web of doom may never die Roots of evil grow The devil's touch is in their hearts The fury in the soul Hey hey Lovers to the grave They give their lives if there's no other way Hey Hey Lovers to the grave They've had their games and now it's time to pay Oh Lord, oh lord, it's time to pay Oh Lord, oh lord, it's time to pay Oh Lord, oh lord, it's time to pay Oh Lord, oh lord, it's time to pay
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
Oh freedom fighters, out there on the streets Searching like vampires for the blood of their feasts All the super cool boys their body has no soul They say they have a heart but you know it's made of stone Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom They stalk the streets like hungry wolves In the midnight heat Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom But you know the reason Is panic in the streets And you'll always see the heroes retreat before defeat In talk they breathe fire, but in action they are cheap Oh freedom fighter sail on through the night Ya say you're tough but that ain't enough Ya gotta try to put it right Oh freedom fighter put it right Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom They stalk the streets like hungry wolves In the midnight heat Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom But you know the reason Is panic in the streets Oh freedom fighters, out there on the streets Searching like vampires for the blood of their feasts All the super cool boys their body has no soul They say they have a heart but you know it's made of stone Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom They stalk the streets like hungry wolves In the midnight heat Fighting for a reason It's something they call freedom But you know the reason Is panic in the streets
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
You're poised there in such radiance So unclouded, so serene As others flock around you Someday you shall be queen Into the icy wastes you peer With eyes of scrutiny But who's to say in this new world What is your destiny You're the one my child You are the chosen one The one they want in your prime Farewell my fearful beads of ebony It's you who is the first this time Who are those frightening creatures How they stumble through the snow Have they come to greet you You are very soon to know As he towers high above you with no mercy or no shame No bullet, there's no scar that way Oh, those screams of pain You're the one my child You are the chosen one The one they want in your prime Farewell my fearful beads of ebony It's you who is the first this time It's over now for another year They've done their dirty deed It's cold once more But your sister waits to take your brother's seed I thought I saw you on the Hollywood screen You were the star of the show She could not see those beads of ebony Or the blood now covered by snow You're the one my child You are the chosen one The one they want in your prime Farewell my fearful beads of ebony It's you who is the first this time
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
To see the light To see the light Of the day that may never see night The lady awaits to open the gates Today there won't be a fight And he knows it has to be that way It's instinct you know not choice An urge he only feels inside That can't be expressed in his voice Flirting with suicide No return ticket No place to hide Flirting with suicide 'Cause this is just a one way ride Winging his way on a path of pure ecstasy Her scent draws him closer, a tear Can he win over her heart, win it just that once Her object is blatantly clear Flirting with suicide No return ticket No place to hide Flirting with suicide 'Cause this is just a one way ride The encounter was usual the feeling was mutual Now came the hardest part As they exchanged glances he took no chances Aiming his song at her heart But the lady she knows it's been tried before You've gotta admire her tact And in the midday sun with no place to run She commenced her sacrificial act With a prayer to the Lord ha brandished his sword Her passion raged like fire In just a few moments the two had become A fusion of frenzied desire Glistening wings entangled limbs buttered just to her liking If insect were man then he should be proud He fell to her just like a viking Flirting with suicide No return ticket No place to hide Flirting with suicide 'Cause this is just a one way ride I'm having some heat thinking 'bout her treat yeah Flirting with suicide No return ticket No place to hide Flirting with suicide 'Cause this is just a one way This is just a one way This is just a one way ride
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
Where are the mountains Where are the trees Together with their ashes They're blown in the breeze Death and destruction Has ruined our lives But now it's the end as mankind truly dies For we are children of the earth Orphans of the universe Children of the earth But now our mother is dead God help us open our shuttered eyes To see what we've done To this once paradise Forgive us our sins For we were blind to the fact That we were ruining this land And God's holy pact For we are children of the earth Orphans of the universe Children of the earth But now our mother is dead Time has no meaning Time tells no lies Man has evolved as a predator in disguise Collect all our evils, place them side by side There you have the potion for mass suicide We were children of the earth Orphans of the universe Children of the earth But now our mother is dead Children of the earth Orphans of the universe Children of the earth But now our mother is dead
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Feb 22, 2026
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