DESCRIPTION:
"The Shadow of the Undertaker" by Sons of Perdition. Available on the album "The Dissolution Orphans" on March 21, 2014 on iTunes, Bandcamp, etc.

This video contains clips (including spoilers) from the award-winning film The Backwater Gospel, for which Sons of Perdition provided the soundtrack and voice of The Tramp. The film is available on YouTube and Vimeo. A shorter version of "The Shadow of the Undertaker" was used in the film, but the full version of this song has been unavailable until now.

LYRICS
The shadow of the Undertaker creeps across your floor. Go lock up all your children and paint blood upon your door. These hills are filled with whispers of a man all clothed in black. At the toll of death's knell, he climbs from Hell to drag some poor soul back. The Bible speaks of angels doing service unto the LORD. The Undertaker knows no master. He drinks from any cup poured. Just as banshees wail their warnings that someone that day will die, the Undertaker states the same and I'll be damned if he tells a lie. Some falsely say that whippoorwills are the harbingers of death. No, it's the Undertaker's murder of crows that'll seize your living breath. You'll see him riding into town all dressed up like a tomb. When you see him that eve on the outbound street, you know some soul met their doom. The Undertaker raises no hand but all fear him just the same. His presence foretells both blood and death, yet he shoulders not the blame. Like the shadow of the vulture circling blackly overhead, the Undertaker is drawn to death like a knife is drawn to red.