I was going to a faraway town
in search of lost hope,
my place was gone and the only choice
this world had left was to elope.

My town was burning down to ash
and the flames were soaring high
And if I tell there was a way
it'd be a cruel lie.

But I could not stand still
after everything that's left behind
There was still the world and in it
were those I must find.
I could not stop, I could not die
and not a moment of rest
To warn 'em of what's coming
after their towns next.

In the night I found a lowly swamp
with not a hint of life
Until I saw something move
with glowing bloody eyes.

It said, "I am the monster of the swamp,
I don't welcome passing by's
And you shall be eaten here and now
you'll never get to rise"

I knew I stood no chance at all
as those piercing eyes glared
It held a corpse within its claws
yet a common pain we shared.

"I am en route to save the world
which includes you, swampy friend
You will starve to death one day
if this be a dead end"

He did not jump,...