The Legend of Nightfall

A demon wakens with the night,
Reviling sun and all things bright.
Evil's friend and virtue's foe-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Eyes darker than the midnight shade,
Teeth sharper than the headsman's blade.
When he smiles a cold wind blows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

When shadows fall and sunlight breaks,
What Nightfall touches, Nightfall takes.
Lives and silver, maids in bows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

A demon cruel; a monster stark,
Grim moonlight, coldness, deepest dark.
Nightmares come to those who doze-
In darkness where old Nightfall goes.

Nightfall laughs, and death's ax falls.
Hell opens wide and swallows all.
He rules the depths where no light shows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Lock up your children after dark,
Lest Nightfall find an easy mark.
For safety ends at twilight's close-
And darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Razor claws and fiery eyes,
Leathern wings to cleave the skies.
His soul within stark midnight froze-
And darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Those who brave the night will find,
Horror, dread, and demon kind.
He slays them all and rends their souls-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Birthes within the black abyss,
His silent gift, a deadly kiss.
Gone before the rooster crows-
Darkness comes comes where Nightfall goes.

Counting years like grains of sand,
Countless fall beneath his hand.
Time, his minion; night, his clothes-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Where Nightfall walks, all virtue dies.
He weaves a trail of pain and lies.
On mankind heaps his vilest woes-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Wolves and bats and beasts of night,
Spirits black that flee the light,
Cringed in fear when he arose-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

The Evil One, the demon blight
Who hides in day and stalks the night.
He steals the stars and drags them low-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Alternative verses:

Three kings and their armies rode
To hunt the demon in the cold;
But where they've gone, no mortal knows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

A dragon laughed at Nightfall's fame,
Rained cureses on the demon's name;
The dragon's bones now lie in rows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

A wizard hoped to slay the beast,
He conjured up a poisoned feast.
The demon fed him to the crows-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

A gambler bet the tales were lies
And scorned the wisdom of the wise.
The odds were not the ones he chose-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.

Six princes fought him in the night,
Their fortress of unequaled might.
'Twas gone before the sun arose-
Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.