[Intro – Frogs + Distant Thunder]
[Water moving slowly]
Don’t whistle in the swamp after midnight.
[Tree branches creak]
And if you see lantern light deep in the cypress…
pray it ain’t him.
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[Verse 1]
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Black water still underneath moonlight fog,
Cypress knees rise like the hands of God.
Whole swamp quiet in a nervous way,
Like nature itself know better than to play.
Old folks say he walk where the river bend,
Tall shadow dressed in all black skin.
Boots sink deep in the muddy floor,
Yet somehow never leave footprints anymore.
Some say preacher.
Some say ghost.
Some say the devil hate this coast.
But everybody down South agree—
Somethin’ ancient move through them trees.
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[Hook – Choir + Heavy Drums]
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Devil in the cypress tonight…
Red eyes glow where the swamp don’t lie.
Hear them branches groan and sway…
Better pray he look away.
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[Verse 2]
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Fishermen disappear past midnight tides,
Boats come back driftin’ empty-eyed.
Dogs won’t bark near the bayou edge,
Even gators slide underneath the ledge.
Church mothers clutch they crosses tight,
Shut all the windows before night.
Kids get warned not to roam too far,
Not when fog swallow the stars.
Because evil down here ain’t loud or fast,
It move patient through the marshgrass.
Like judgment walkin’ on humid breath,
Searchin’ souls already close to death.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Organ]
The scary part?
He don’t come for everybody.
Just the ones already runnin’ from themselves.
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Black water ripple beneath the moon…
Like the swamp know he comin’ soon.
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[Verse 3]
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One night I swear I saw him clear,
Lantern glowin’ through the mirror.
Tall as sorrow, still as stone,
Voice sound like graves and thunder tones.
He looked at me but never spoke,
Like he already knew my ghosts.
Then vanished slow in the Spanish moss,
Leavin’ nothin’ but fog and frost.
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[Final Hook – Full Orchestra + Choir]
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Devil in the cypress still roam free…
Through black water memory.
When the swamp get quiet at night…
Even the brave don’t move right.
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[Outro – Water Splash + Silence]
[Lantern extinguishes]
Some legends get told.
Others…
survive.
