blackbird
there's a Blackbird
in the cage of My ribs
I can hear His song
All night long
and when He sings
the air it shatters
like a thousand shards of glass
and I will open my body
but I know He will not fly free
Sorrow, She comes a courtin'
with Her pale hands held in mine
and I will lay there
by Her side
all night long
and We
We will walk
through this garden
of serpent trees
and I will yet dream
through this night
filed with falling stars
in the seat of My skull
and when He sings
He brings the dawn to me
when He sings
the air, it shimmers
like a thousand tongues of fire
and Iwill,
I will draw Him close
and I pray He will not fly away
But Sorrow, she comes a courtin'
with Her pale hands held in mine
and I will lay there
by Her side
all night long
and We
We will walk
through this garden
of serpent trees
and I will yet dream
through this night
filled with falling stars