Reaper

**Title: The Reaper Walks Alone** **Verse 1** In the alleys where the rain won’t fall Footsteps echo down a broken wall He’s a shadow in a borrowed coat Counting names he carves in smoke Streetlights flicker like a final breath Windows close at the scent of death No one hears how the silence cries When he weighs a heart behind its eyes **Pre-Chorus** He doesn’t come with fire and drums No thunder rolls when the reaper comes Just a cold wind slipping through the keys Of every locked door, every plea **Chorus** The grim reaper searching for the lost souls Wanders where the midnight river rolls Through the wreckage of forgotten dreams Picking up the pieces no one sees He’s not cruel, he’s just never free Carrying what we refuse to see The grim reaper, walking through the cold Searching for the lost souls **Verse 2** In the tower where the clocks run slow There are names he’s waited years to know He can taste every wasted chance On the dust where the lonely dance He reads stories in the cigarette burns In the hush when the city turns Under bridges where the sleepers hide He can feel them drowning from inside **Pre-Chorus** He doesn’t wear a crown of bone No choir sings when he’s alone Just the rustle of a turning page When a heartbeat slips off the stage **Chorus** The grim reaper searching for the lost souls Wanders where the midnight river rolls Through the wreckage of forgotten dreams Picking up the pieces no one sees He’s not cruel, he’s just never free Carrying what we refuse to see The grim reaper, walking through the cold Searching for the lost souls **Bridge** He finds them in the neon glow Where the laughter never quite lets go In the empty seat, in the unpaid bill In the pill that never meant to kill In the message left and never read In the names that only live in red He lays a hand on the shaking door Whispers, “You don’t have to run no more.” **Breakdown** No scythe raised high, no blazing light Just a shadow stepping out of the night No judgement in his hollow stare Only, “Child, you were always there.” **Chorus (Reprise)** The grim reaper searching for the lost souls Wanders where the midnight river rolls Through the whisper of a final breath Through the narrow hallway out of death He’s not cruel, he’s just never free Bearing all that we refuse to see The grim reaper, gentle in his role Guiding home the lost souls **Outro** So when the street grows strange and still And the dark climbs higher up the hill If you feel a hand that feels like night It might be him, turning off the light Just a keeper at a quiet door Leading you where you’re not alone anymore