They said

She had wings

They said she could fly

They promised that she

Had come to Earth from a demon’s side

They said she could kill

With a glance of ruby eyes

They said she could will

Endless darkness in our lives

They said she could smile

And make our blood boil in our veins

They said she could laugh

And summon forth her hellish flames

They told her

To leave us alone

They told her to go back home

To the burning hell she’s always known

To sit on her demoness’s throne

As long as she leaves us alone

I told them to stop

Leave the poor girl be

But they raised their pitchforks and their knives and begged me to see

A devil inside a child’s mind

A demon in a girl’s disguise

Satan in sweet Lilith’s eyes

I couldn’t see their screams for more than lies

They said

She had wings

They said that she could fly

They promised me that she

Had come to Earth from a demon’s side

And when her hidden wings she raised

All bat-leather black in the pouring rain

The thunder rumbled and lightning struck

And in the darkness her red eyes lit up

She spread her wings and she took flight

She flew fast and far from sight

To the demon whom she had left

To the hell which was of her bereft

And she left a trail of corpse and blood

The hell she raised had only just begun

So I stared after her

Through the night sky

As her wings disappeared

Into the midnight

They said

She had wings

She spread them as she flew

They said she had red eyes

That pierced your soul when she looked at you

It seemed in the end that what they had said

All of it was true.