Soul Stealers

They come to your cradle early When you're still too young to fight. And they pull away the covers And they take away the light. And they put your Mom and Dad to sleep
So it does no good to yell.
Soul stealers come to steal your soul
And cast you into hell!
They set the black sack over your head
And whisper it's only a dream.
They paralise your body
So you cannot run or scream.
Helpless and invisible
They carry you away
Right past your sleeping family 
Just at the break of day.

Soul stealers, Soul stealers Catch you in their plan. Soul stealers, Soul stealers Resist them if you can. 
Soul stealers' ways are many
And hard to understand.
For they murmur words of comfort
As they take you by the hand.
They'll show you the painted(?) horses
And tell you what to feel. 
And if you disagree with them
They'll break you on the wheel.
And when you've learned to agree with them
The struggle won't avail.
They'll teach you games to play with them.
They'll teach you how to fail.
They'll set old shackles over your feet
And they'll beat you in the race.
And they'll teach you that you're lacking life
And they'll teach you that's your place.

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They'll steal the light out of your eyes
And thoughts out of your brain.
They'll steal thy song right of your lips
And the life blood from your veins.
They'll bend your back and break your heart,
Then use you as they will.
They'll teach you how to work for them,
And your soul they'll take and kill.
And now you know why your Daddy drank
And why his hair turned grey
And why your Mom so seldom laughed
And why they could not play.
And now you think that the Soul stealers 
Were a nightmare long ago.
But you're hunted by an emptiness
That will not let you go.

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