Demon Claws

Well, my name, it doesn't matter
 My name, I couldn't tell
 The reason I am standing here's
 To tell you how I fell
 They say a straw can break the back
 Of a camel fully grown
 I use a straw to pick my teeth
 And my back broke long ago
 Once I had a family
 Once I had a wife
 I went one day to walk away
 A stranger I did spy
 Standing with a long black snake
 Coiled around his hand
 The sky crashed down upon us
 And mud rose from the sand
 Before I fell into the dark
 He opened up his jaw
 So black and cold, I shivered
 But in the milky hole I saw
 House and children, wife and me
 A scene of peace and love
 Those rotting teeth upon us
 They crushed us from above
 I told this to a sailor
 He told me just the same
 Twenty years at sea
 When he returned, not one remained
 The fault was all his own, he said
 He cannot fight the years
 By staring at a photograph
 And fighting back the tears
 Now, I have tried a thousand times
 To think about that day
 How I could find another route
 Or find another way
 But time won't pause
 The demon's claws
 Will always bleed you dry
 You take time here
 It takes time from there
 And you live it til you die
 You take time here
 It takes time from there
 And you live it til you die
 You take time here
 It takes time from there
 And you live it til you die