Scales of the Serengeti - Crocodile

[Intro: Slow, deep drumbeats like the pulse of the water, bass rumbling like distant thunder, faint echoes of a river flowing, as if something powerful lurks just beneath the surface] Verse 1 Beneath the reeds, where shadows lie, I drift unseen, but I'm not shy. With eyes like stones, and scales like steel, I wait in silence for the kill. In murky depths, I bide my time, A serpent born of ancient grime. [Act: Slow, pounding drums, a bassline that hums with menace, flute notes weaving like the ripples on still water] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. Verse 2 When thirsting beasts come down to drink, Their fear forgotten at the brink. I watch, I wait, in river’s guise, The death they meet in my cold eyes. With scales so dark, with hunger deep, I am the terror, silent, steep. [Act: Drums grow heavier, rhythm tense and slow, the sense of lurking danger growing thicker] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. Verse 3 In twists and turns, I pull them down, To darkened depths where they will drown. The jaws that snap, the teeth that tear, No beast escapes my iron snare. I am the cold, the unblinking eye, The ancient fear that will not die. [Act: Tension builds, chanting grows louder, drums pulse like a heartbeat, a relentless, crushing rhythm] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. Verse 4 At dawn, I rise, as day grows bright, A monster born of scales and might. Through water’s skin, through silt and sand, I rule this river, haunt this land. With silent strength, with patient breath, I am the river, life and death. [Act: Massive crescendo, drums, bass surging, dark harmony of flutes and strings building into final, chilling climax] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. [Outro: Fading drumbeats, soft lapping water, a faint growl, as crocodile has submerged once again, disappearing into the silence of the river] Verse 3 In twists and turns, I pull them down, To darkened depths where they will drown. The jaws that snap, the teeth that tear, No beast escapes my iron snare. I am the cold, the unblinking eye, The ancient fear that will not die. [Act: Tension builds, chanting grows louder, drums pulse like a heartbeat, a relentless, crushing rhythm] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. Verse 4 At dawn, I rise, as day grows bright, A monster born of scales and might. Through water’s skin, through silt and sand, I rule this river, haunt this land. With silent strength, with patient breath, I am the river, life and death. [Act: Massive crescendo, drums, bass surging, dark harmony of flutes and strings building into final, chilling climax] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. [Outro: Fading drumbeats, soft lapping water, a faint growl, as crocodile has submerged once again, disappearing into the silence of the river] [Act: Massive crescendo, drums, bass surging, dark harmony of flutes and strings building into final, chilling climax] Chorus I am the jaws, the weight, the flood, The river’s rage, the taste of blood. In stillness kept, in shadows veiled, The crocodile, the hunter scaled. [Outro: Fading drumbeats, soft lapping water, a faint growl, as crocodile has submerged once again, disappearing into the silence of the river]