(Note: Inspired by but distinct from Metallica’s version for originality.)
[Intro - Egyptian Chant to Thrash Riff]
Midnight strikes, the angel flies!
[Verse 1]
Pharaoh’s pride, a hardened heart, slaves in chains remain,
Plagues descend, the Nile runs red, locusts bring the pain.
Frogs and flies, boils and hail, darkness claims the plain,
But the last, the deadliest, firstborn in the slain.
Doorposts marked with lamb’s pure blood, Passover’s sacred stain,
Angel passes over them, but Egypt feels the chain.
Of death’s cold grip at midnight hour, wailing fills the lane,
Every house a tomb of grief, no escape from bane.
[Pre-Chorus]
Lord strikes down the proud and high, from throne to lowly bed,
Not a home without the cry, for the firstborn dead.
[Chorus]
Creeping death! Angel of wrath descends!
Firstborn slain, Egypt’s might bends!
Blood on doors, the chosen defend!
Wails of sorrow, no amends!
Creeping death! (Death!) Midnight’s call!
Creeping death! (Death!) Empires fall!
[Verse 2]
From the palace to the pit, no distinction in the night,
Sons of kings and beasts alike, taken from the light.
Moses warns, but deaf ears turn, stubborn in their might,
Now the price is paid in full, under moon’s pale sight.
Liberation born in blood, Israelites take flight,
Through the sea on dry land path, pursued by chariot’s bite.
But the waves crash down revenge, drowning wrong from right,
Freedom’s dawn from death’s dark rite, in the morning’s light.
[Pre-Chorus]
Loud lament through every street, Pharaoh’s will is broke,
Let my people go at last, from the yoke they choke.
[Chorus]
Creeping death! Angel of wrath descends!
Firstborn slain, Egypt’s might bends!
Blood on doors, the chosen defend!
Wails of sorrow, no amends!
Creeping death! (Death!) Midnight’s call!
Creeping death! (Death!) Empires fall!
[Bridge - Mid-Tempo Groove]
Ten plagues culminate in this, the final deadly blow,
God’s hand heavy on the land, reaping what they sow.
No more bondage, chains are snapped, in the blood’s red glow,
Exodus begins the march, where the free winds blow.
[Solo - Blistering Thrash]
[Outro - Repeating Chant]
Creeping death… firstborn’s end… creeping death!
