autor's notes – I'm attempting to take an entire album and make a series of
fics to each song of the album. Lemme know if you dig the idea in reviews
*grins* ja ne
Album Collection - Metallica's Black Album
Enter Sandman
{Say your prayers little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land}
The elven boy jerked awake again, sweat pouring from his fine, golden hair onto his pale skin. His bright green eyes looked frantically around the room; he could have sworn the graying shadows that just faded into nothing and back again and it made him go crazy. It was never spoken of but he was horrified of the dark shadow demons that coursed all around him and couldn't sleep without a candle burning. He lit one now with trembling fingers and stared hard into every shadow, catalouging the entire room and making sure nothing was out of place or its shadow was longer than necessary.
He heard a light thunk under his bed and the elf jumped, nearly dropping the candle.
{Something's wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of Snow White
Dreams of war, Dreams of liars
Dreams of dragon's fire
And of things that will bite
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land
Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Pray the lord my soul to take}
He stared beneath him, terrified. He prayed under his breath to himself as he sat there, totally shaking as he told himself over and over that it was just the settling of the ancient castle and his wooden bedframe. He whispered a mantra to himself in the cloak of the shadows...
"...by the lady high above keep me safe within your love cloak me in thy silver light and watch over me throughout the night," he whispered over and over and over. Finally a slight glow flickered around him. His eyes were screwed so tightly shut that he didn't even notice. The glow flickered in the room a few times and all was perfectly silent. He glanced around again and eyed the shadows as he blew out the candle, feeling much better. He lay back down and stared at the ceiling as he drifted back into sleep.
{Hush little baby, Don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, In your head
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Grain of sand
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land}
The curtains twitched from the breeze. Odd, enough, that the window was closed.
Album Collection - Metallica's Black Album
Enter Sandman
{Say your prayers little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land}
The elven boy jerked awake again, sweat pouring from his fine, golden hair onto his pale skin. His bright green eyes looked frantically around the room; he could have sworn the graying shadows that just faded into nothing and back again and it made him go crazy. It was never spoken of but he was horrified of the dark shadow demons that coursed all around him and couldn't sleep without a candle burning. He lit one now with trembling fingers and stared hard into every shadow, catalouging the entire room and making sure nothing was out of place or its shadow was longer than necessary.
He heard a light thunk under his bed and the elf jumped, nearly dropping the candle.
{Something's wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of Snow White
Dreams of war, Dreams of liars
Dreams of dragon's fire
And of things that will bite
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land
Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Pray the lord my soul to take}
He stared beneath him, terrified. He prayed under his breath to himself as he sat there, totally shaking as he told himself over and over that it was just the settling of the ancient castle and his wooden bedframe. He whispered a mantra to himself in the cloak of the shadows...
"...by the lady high above keep me safe within your love cloak me in thy silver light and watch over me throughout the night," he whispered over and over and over. Finally a slight glow flickered around him. His eyes were screwed so tightly shut that he didn't even notice. The glow flickered in the room a few times and all was perfectly silent. He glanced around again and eyed the shadows as he blew out the candle, feeling much better. He lay back down and stared at the ceiling as he drifted back into sleep.
{Hush little baby, Don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, In your head
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Grain of sand
Exit: Light
Enter: Night
Take my hand
We're off to never never land}
The curtains twitched from the breeze. Odd, enough, that the window was closed.