Axecrack - Blood and Bone Lyrics

One night I walked a darkened moon
On the wind a simple sound
Of scuffled feet and a gentle swoon
A thump upon the ground

Outside the walls of the Fair Hotel
At Wallace and 63rd
Chicago's crowds had known no fear
But I know what I heard

A frigid soul awaits
Within those twisted gates

Beneath the floors of that dark place
There lives a vicious lie
A fractured man who wants your face
To smile as he walks by

But there's no warmth in that dark grin
No love of life has he
For Doctor Holmes is watching you
And scheming his dark scheme

Beneath the gaslamp light
A life will end tonight

The Doctor is in
And it's time to begin
Another life buried in stone
"Come stay at the Inn"
He says with a grin
Where mortar and steel
Meet blood and bone

A mesmerizing, gallant man
A smile filled with knives
In acid vats and clouds of gas
Go children, husbands, wives

The doors that lock and open not
The halls that swallow lives
Into this place two hundred went
And nary one survives

The Doctor is in
And it's time to begin
Another life buried in stone
"Come stay at the Inn"
He says with a grin
Where mortar and steel
Meet blood and bone

The Doctor is in
And it's time to begin
Another life buried in stone
"Come stay at the Inn"
He says with a grin
Where mortar and steel
Meet blood and bone

In darkness deep, in hallowed walls
In fear and mock surprise
I walk the path my conscience calls
If I had one, I'd surmise

I built this place from stone and steel
I put in it my heart
For nothing but what I can't feel
Could take this place apart

I savor every soul I steal
I relish every cry
I hear no plea nor sad appeal
For god's nowhere nearby

So come one, come all from the great World's Fair
Chicago's stately jewel
But when I claim my price, take care
For there is no one as cruel
As I