The Wizard

In the forest where the roads don't go Lived a weary wizard all alone Mixing potions and his tonics too Trying to make gold with every brew Then one night the fiercest flood had came Every formula had washed away Desperate he turned to the darkest tomes Filled with magic only evil knows He cried out with a summoning spell A demon rose from beneath the well So pronounced was the wizard's pain He was offered up a simple exchange All the gold he could ever dream For his life's most important thing Without question he signed his name Not knowing there would be hell to pay The wizard woke once the deal was done Turned around to search for what was gone Still remained his life's important things Plus a heavy bag of golden rings Two years later with his wealth in hand He built the tallest cabin in the land Set his sights on love and found a wife Made their vows under the starry lights He prayed to God the demon wouldn't take His only love for his past mistakes But his wife stayed alive and well The wizard hoped he averted hell Four years later she bore a child The flesh and blood of borrowed time In his cabin they lived like kings Not knowing what the future would bring Six years later from that fateful day The demon finally came to stake his claim The wizard's most important thing in life The man jumped up to shield his wife and child He begged and pleaded all could hear his cries But no words could change the demon's mind With a spell the wizard's body tore Into a horrid monster he transformed His bones bent backward as he writhed Like a beast bloodlust in his eyes 'Cause his life's most important thing Wasn't wife or child it was his sanity He turned his gaze to his love so sweet With a mouth full of sharpened teeth Filled with terror she ran with haste Child in hand she left him to his fate In the forest where nobody goes Lives a wizard that still haunts its roads A wicked smile and a staff of oak Holding up what's left of his cracked bones He spends his days at the wishing well Mixing potions that won't make him well All the riches in the world won't quell A life of pain from a deal with hell