Scarecrow's Lament

Raised by hands to guard but not to speak In fields of gold with secrets that I keep The essence of a vigil never sought Silent and ignored, but I watch a lot Now screaming in my stitching from within My straw-filled chest bears the crow’s dark sin Rulers of the roost, the crows descend Bound to my post, this torment won't end The wind carries my unheard, solemn plea In solitude bound, yearning to be free [Chorus] Oh, I'm the keeper, the silent witness in the field A lonely warrior, with a pitchfork and no shield The twilight's kiss, it mocks my shape so still Their crimson eyes, the night's unsettling thrill Tattered coat, my armor's growing thin Against the peck and claw, a fight I'll never win The shadows stretch, my cross to bear alone My silent screams turn to a crow's throne In the moon's cold glow, I hang but never die Twisting with the gales, abandoned to the sky A sentinel of straw, stitched with spectral fears In a battleground that rusts with my silent tears Now the ravens rule the skies above my head I'm a phantom king, in a court of dread My eyes like coals, they burn but never weep With hands that grip, but hold no power to keep Forged in twilight's fire, where the darkness seeps A scarecrow's vow, eternally to keep [Verse 2] Cursed to face the night without a scream A ragged guardian of the farmer's dream