Krakatoa Lyrics - The Serpent Is Rising - Styx

Written by john curulewski, paul beaver, b. l. krause 

Lead vocals by john curulewski 

Krakatoa you've changed your ways 

From evil days. 

Oh I know a once violent isle 

And gentle smile. 

When the dust and lava cooled 

You were sterile as the rock from which the earth was tooled. 

Was man's beginning a wind borne spore 

To fly no more? 

Nature's winning her docile spree 

Has set her free. 

Seeds were wafted on the wind 

Forming heavy undergrowth for species winged and finned. 

Tangled mangles rebuilt your soil 

From age dead toil. 

Sheltered bay coves protecting life 

From satan's knife. 

Grow and island in the sun 

Where the hell fire belching earth had destructively left none.