The Three Ravens

[Verse 1]
In the cold dark light of a winter's morning
Three ravens sat on the hangman's tree
Their waiting was over and hence was the warning
Silence will make us pay for our sleep

[Chorus]
A time of fire and a time of ice
Please don't make us pay for these sins twice
Three ravens sang their sad refrain
We're all ripe for death once the reaper's unchained

[Verse 2]
Either famine or feast, the first crow caws
And our feast has just begun methinks
We shall dinе as soon as this poor man falls
His rope's only strong as its weakest link

[Chorus]
A timе of fire and a time of ice
Please don't make us pay for these sins twice
Three ravens sang their sad refrain
We're all ripe for death once the reaper's unchained

[Verse 3]
No concern for criminals, the second crow caws
Only food for thought and skinny bones
No need to hurry his way towards hell
For when he falls he will not fall alone

[Chorus]
A time of fire and a time of ice
Please don't make us pay for these sins twice
Three ravens sang their sad refrain
We're all ripe for death once the reaper's unchained

[Verse 4]
For Friday I'll wait, the third crow caws
When darkness hides where the deed is done
A tender young poet from the valley of the damned
And I will pluck his eyes out one by one

[Chorus]
A time of fire and a time of ice
Please don't make us pay for these sins twice
Three ravens sang their sad refrain
We're all ripe for death once the reaper's unchained