The Red Weed (Part 2) [feat. Liam Neeson & Maverick Sabre]

Then on the ninth day we saw the Martians eating

Inside the hood of their new machine

They were draining the fresh, living blood of men and women

And injecting it into their own veins

It's a sign, I've been given a sign

They must be cast out and I have been chosen to do it

I must confront them now

Those machines are just demons in another form

I shall destroy them with my prayers

I shall burn them with my Holy Cross

I shall

No, Parson, no

The curious eye of a Martian appeared at the window-slit

And a menacing claw explored the room

I dragged the parson down to the coal cellar

I heard the Martian fumbling at the latch

It understood doors

In the darkness I could see the claw touching things

Walls, coal, wood

And then it touched my boot, I almost shouted

For a time it was still and then, with a click, it gripped something

The parson

With slow, deliberate movements

His unconscious body was dragged away

And there was nothing I could do to prevent it

I crept to the blocked window-slit and peered through the creeper

The Martians and all their machinery had gone

Trembling, I dug my way out and clambered to the top of the mound

Not a Martian in sight

The day seemed dazzling bright after my imprisonment

And the sky a glowing blue

Red weed covered every scrap of ground

But a gentle breeze kept it swaying

And oh, the sweetness of the air