[Verse 1]
On a grey October night
My father sat me down
Whispered in the firelight
The legend of our town
Fifty years ago he said
A boy ran off they feared
But he had a knowing stare
He simply disappeared

[Bridge]
He walked into a corn field
His head a mess of dreams
Awakening in a graveyard
That swallowed up his screams

[Chorus]
Something rose from the black
Lashing out with its claws
Something rose to attack
Jagged teeth in its jaws
Something no one could picture
Imagine or draw
That’s what the scarecrow saw

[Verse 2]
Once an autumn miller since
The story’s been retold
People going missing in
That field of tarnished gold
I don’t mean to frighten you
My father sworn and still
Whether he intended to
He gave my soul a chill
[Bridge]
I walked into a corn field
And hoping was a dream
Afraid to find the graveyard
Was swallowing my screams

[Chorus]
Something rose from the black
Lashing out with its claws
Something rose to attack
Jagged teeth in its claws
Something no one could picture
Imagine or draw
That’s what the scarecrow saw
That’s what the scarecrow saw

[Outro]
(La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw)
La la la la what the scarecrow saw
La la la la what the scarecrow saw