Before The Lightning Falls

**[Verse 1]** I fell like lightning from the morning sky, Luke 10:18, watch the bright one die. Cast down in splendor, beauty wrapped in flame, Now I wear the dark like a lover’s name. You think you’re safe in houses made of light? I slip through the cracks when you blink at night. A whisper, a touch, a promise so fine— “Eat the fruit, little one, and you’ll be like the Divine.” I am the Deceiver, the Father of Lies, John 8:44, watch the truth slowly die. I twist every word till it tastes like grace, Then laugh as you choke on the poison I laced. **[Pre-Chorus]** Oh, the pleasure… the exquisite ache, When a soul bends and finally breaks. I drink their regret like the finest wine, Aged in the barrel of “one more time.” **[Chorus]** I’m the soul crusher, the serpent’s grin, Playful tormentor dressed in sin. I’ll trick you with pleasure, then drown you in pain, Call me Lucifer—once, never again. You chase the high, the thrill, the thrill, I’m the rush in your veins when you’re going downhill. Sins of the world? I planted the seed, And God is the only way out you’ll ever need. **[Verse 2]** I prowl like a lion, 1 Peter 5:8, seeking whom I may devour, Dressed as an angel of light, 2 Corinthians 11:14, hour after hour. A little compromise, a white lie so sweet, A “harmless” addiction you’ll never defeat. I make evil feel like freedom, pain feel like play, I’ll crush what you love and then beg you to stay. Trickery is my art, deception my game, I’ll offer you the world, but it’s all in my name. You wanted the crown? I’ll give you the chain— Wrapped in silk and pleasure, then tightened with shame. **[Bridge – spoken over trembling strings, voice shifting from honey to razor]** Ephesians 6:12… you wrestle not against flesh and blood, But against me and my principalities in the heavenly mud. I fell like lightning—now I drag you down slow, Agonizing, tormenting, nice and low. Every tear you cry is a song to my ears, Every broken promise just sweetens my years. I take such delight in the garden you ruin, In the trust you betray at the first light of ruin. Playful? Oh yes—watch the mouse love the cat, Till the trap snaps shut and there’s no turning back. **[Chorus – slower, more venomous]** I’m the soul crusher, the ancient snake, I’ll make you forsake everything for my sake. Haunting your dreams with the pleasures I sell, While the narrow way waits… but you’re under my spell. Sins of the world wear my fingerprints fine, I’m the author of chaos, the lord of the lie. Yet still, even I know the terrible truth— There’s only one Name that can trample my hoof. **[Outro – fading into distant thunder and child-like giggling that turns to screams]** Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, John 14:6—cuts sharper than any knife. I can deceive, I can twist, I can play, But I cannot stop the dawn of that Day. So run to your sins, little lambs, run to me, I’ll make it feel good till eternity… Or turn, turn now, while mercy still calls— Before the lightning falls… Before the lightning falls… *(Last line whispered, almost tender, almost broken)* I was the morning star… Now I’m just the dark.