The Legend of Nightfall – Steve Macdonald

A demon wakens with the night,
Reviling sun and all things bright.
Evil’s friend and virtue’s foe-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Eyes darker than the midnight shade,
Teeth sharper than the headsman’s blade.
When he smiles a cold wind blows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

When shadows fall and sunlight breaks,
What Nightfall touches, Nightfall takes.
Lives and silver, maids in bows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

A demon cruel; a monster stark,
Grim moonlight, deepest dark.
Nightmares come to those who doze-
In darkness where old Nightfall goes.

Nightfall laughs, and death’s ax falls.
Hell opens wide and swallows all.
He rules the depths where no light shows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Lock up your children after dark,
Lest Nightfall find an easy mark.
For safety ends at twilight’s close-
And darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Razor claws and fiery eyes,
Leathern wings to cleave the skies.
His soul within stark midnight froze-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Counting years like grains of sand.
Countless fall beneath his hand.
Time, his minion; night, his clothes-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Birthed within the black abyss,
His silent gift, a deadly kiss.
Gone before the rooster crows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Wolves and bats and beasts of night,
Spirits black that flee the light,
Cringed in fear when he arose-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

He feeds on elders and children,
On soldiers, kings, and beggarmen.
He never stops and never slows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

The Evil One, the demon blight
Who hides in day and stalks the night.
He steals the stars and drags them low-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

The lyrics for this song come from the book The Legend of Nightfall, by Mickey Zucker Reichert, which is available from DAW Books, Inc. It was a real pleasure to collaborate with her!