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_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] One peaceful [Gb] afternoon, I [D] picked up from my [E] mailbox
the [Gb] strangest looking letter I'd ever seen.
A chilling little [C] envelope bordered with [Gb] flying bats
and eerie [E] serpents whose [C] eyes were tinted green.
[Gb] The letter was addressed [E] to me, so as I opened it, I [Gb] froze.
_ What I [E] read turned my [C] complexion three shades of [Gb] blue.
It said, my name is Zyzen [C] Horowitz.
I'm a [B] male witch, a [Am] warlock.
And I feel I need [Em] to spend [C] some time with you.
[F] _ _ [D] Now, as [Gb] a Christian from a little church
with [Am] God's call on my life,
a man of faith and [D] power with a challenge to grow,
_ [Dm] I did what [Am] anything would do [D] in my situation.
_ [E] I tore it up, so there wasn't a way I'm gonna [Gb] go.
And gently [E] and methodically, the [Gb] Holy Spirit spoke
and reminded me, we are [E] God's voice [C] to our nation.
[Gb] It's the church's responsibility to [E] witness.
So reluctantly, I accepted this witch's invitation. _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Db] He had the house you'd [Eb] expect, the [Em] old English cottage,
[F] a nightmare on Elm [Eb] Street special right to [E] the court,
the overgrown [Db] ivy, the gate that [Eb] creaked when opened.
[E] _ [B] Somehow you'd expect a Freddy dance at his door.
[D] _
[E] The doorbell rang, a hollow gong,
[G] the knob twisted [Bb] and opened.
[B] And Izyzen [Gm] stood before me [Bm] with a grin.
[Bb] _
[A] His jet black hair [Gm] and well-trimmed beard
[G] flowed with his [Gm] black silk clothes.
[Eb] My skin crawled as he [C] said, please, [Cm] _
come on in.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _
His house [Bb] was filled with every [Eb] occultic symbol
you could fathom.
_ _ Hanging [A] pentagrams, horoscope [C] signs,
_ a Ouija board and [Db] Dungeons and [Bb] Dragons game
set on the table, _ [E] a crystal ball with incandescent shine.
And [C] graciously, he handed me some steaming herbal tea.
Its presence cost my memory the job.
[F] I thought [Fm] of every horror flick I'd seen when I was a kid
and thought, man, you drink this stuff,
next day you'll be a [Gb] frog. _ _ _
And he led me to a high back chair
as he meticulously began to unfold his scenarios
[C] with no patience.
[B] I [Am] was given [Em] a giant leather bound book,
jambled newspaper clippings,
thus the reason for this witch's invitation. _
[Gb] _ With eagerness [C] he pointed to each article with pride.
[Am] He said, I healed this woman [D] through a [Am] Babylonian chain.
You see this man, I cured him
[C] while [Bm] performing Druid worship.
[Am] I was paid to [A] curse this man, [D] faint by his [F] hands.
On and on, page [Am] after page,
delightfully he flaunted [Dm] each incident
for an [D] hour without a breath.
He [Dm] said, do you realize through my understanding
of [Em] the dark regions that I can make you rich
[N] or even curse someone to death? _
_ _ I sat [E] literally intimidated by his immensity
and demon power, while his face shone
with a satanic arrogant [C] bliss.
_ Then placing his hands on [F] the arms of my chair
and leaning into my face, [Gb] he said,
what can your God do [F] to compete with this?
[D] _ _
[B] I knew then how Moses [Ab] felt when his rod turned to a serpent
and the three Egyptian magicians did the [N] same.
It's as if you're sitting there in that stunned moment
where your faith gets violated
and all you feel is weak, powerless, and lame.
I desperately and deeply prayed,
saying Jesus, give me wisdom.
I don't want to put you through some foolish test. _ _ _
[E] _ _ Then a shaft of [Cm] light shot through my soul,
igniting [E] my eyes with fire.
God [Ebm] stood me up and I threw the book back in his chest.
_ [Ab] And then Isaac, I'll not compare God's throng with [B] Satan's.
They [G] besiege not God's kingdom and Satan's lair.
[Ab] The real comparison is the [Gbm] condition of your soul
and the condition of [B] mine,
and you puppet [G] of the devil that I will compare.
[Ab] _ _ I said, my friend, one day they're coming for you,
the soft [B] associates in your [F] incantations,
the [D] friendly demons [Eb] you think you now [Abm] control.
The time will come when you'll be lying in bed,
[B] wheezing like a dying animal,
[F] when those spirits lay [D] claim
to [Bb] the rights they own to your soul.
Then the room will grow dark
and the most hideous evil [E] faces you've ever seen
will come flaming out of the floor with a yell.
The vile informant that promised reincarnation
will claw your spirit
and victoriously drag your soul to hell.
Then I grabbed the [Ab] book and says, in that [Dm] moment,
which mantra, which [Ab] incantation are you gonna chant
to tell them [D] to leave you alone?
I said, my [Eb] friend, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt
what I would say,
I am bought with the blood of Jesus, let me go. _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] I said, Isaac, when you tossed that book in my lap,
you [Bm] gloated with a sinister victory.
[Am] You rejoiced when you saw your [D] name in black and [A] white.
[Gb] Now I rejoice, but not that your [C] counsel of [Bm] demons
are subject to Jesus,
[Gb] but that my name is written [D] in the Lamb's book [Am] of life.
_ _ _ [F] Then Isaac jumped up from his chair and screamed,
you must leave now.
I [F] says, I will, but [D] one last obligation.
[Dm] Next time, think twice before you rumble with [E] a man of God.
And by the way, thanks for your [Am] _ _ witch's [Gb] invitation. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ You better be changed,
you made a woman and a witch dance.
You a good son of God,
don't pop no jowls.
[Eb] Be set up.
I mean, _ alive.
_ Word up, _ _ it's