thunder in the tower

well, the lightning flashed at midnight, and the dogs did howl along, you don't believe it - unless you've seen it, it was the night the thunder broke, there is no more creation, no room for good - no hope, you better cry for salvation - as, the reaper dangled by the rope, a scream for help - the morning after, they'd equalized the score, and in their minds - there's only laughter, a smile - without a cause, and there was thunder in the tower, as the cat crept out, there was thunder in the tower, there's no escape - no doubt, it's been the night the birds were silent, and the town was deadly still, a curling lip - an icy grip, 'n' bony fingers that can kill, assembling in the tower, the payment bloody high, they tried to cheat their final hour, he's gonna get them eye to eye, and there was thunder in the tower, screaming silence in the air, there was thunder in the tower, awesome power ev'rywhere, and there was thunder in the tower, they didn't care it's right or wrong, there was thunder in the tower, and the reaper came along