Venomkissed Guardian

(hssss) Gold talks.

Blood stays quiet.

Nothing personal out here in the dust.

Scales under leather, venom on the blade Name your bounty,

mark it paid Bodyguard,

reaper, blade for hire I don't need a cause,

I just light the fire

Keep your moral lecture to yourself Coins look better on my wooden

shelf

I lock the canyon gates behind my back

Every stranger is an ambush on the track

I'm the scorpion coiled in the sandstone grit Striking fast before the

torches are lit I burn down kingdoms just to keep my village

warm Draw the venom,

bring the desert storm

No price too high,

no throat I wouldn't slit (bring the storm)

Caravans tremble when my tail uncurls

Don't care about your empires,

your gems or pearls

My people drink the well water clear Safe from the butchers that

I bury right here

You bought my steel,

but never my soul Just step out of line and watch the

heads roll

They call me cold,

they call me cruel A dragon's heart under desert rule

I'll butcher an army to save one friend

(Watch it end!)

I'm the scorpion coiled in the sandstone grit Striking fast before the

torches are lit

I burn down kingdoms just to keep my village warm Draw the

venom, bring the desert storm

No price too high,

no throat I wouldn't slit

Pay the toll.

Leave the town alone.