Mel Torment

A bird takes flight between the trees
Gliding through the air ever so free
In the desert none will fly
Vultures watch with one open eye
No one dares venture here
No one dares come near
The thunder claps but there's no rain
Lightning strikes but there's no pain
Who are we but sand in the wind
Just another saint amongst sin
Snakes slithered across the barren floor
Going to nowhere and nothing more
Dying of thirst I crave relief
The sand burns my the soles of my feet
Another false hope lies in wait
Another oasis glistens fake
My name is Mel Torment
I am the tongue of the snake
I am the poison in the fangs
I am the one who never waits
A drunken man staggers to his feet
Feels the ground shake beneath
Hellfire rises from the sand
Consumes all of the land
What will become of this man
This drunken man in this sober land?
He will sail on into the eastern sky
Blaze a trail up on high
Who he is no one knows
Rumors has to be told
His name is Mel Torment
His time was well spent
Now it is time to sail away
Now it is time to run away
Free is he up in the clouds
Higher than the strongest doubt
Laugh away without a care
Start a fire with angel hair
A bullet strikes from out of sight
Between the eyes and ends his plight
Now that it's all over
Maybe we can die older
If Mel was never born
This story would never be more
Just another made up fantasy
When it is completely reality