Pure White Rose

Pure White Rose

When I was young I loved a maiden
Fairer than a pure white rose
She was all I ever lived for
I shall die where her blood flows

She was young and chaste and handsome
Like a lily, pure as snow
My hated rival's dearest conquest
Was that she his sweat-stained sheets should know

He was rich and well provided
A good husband, or so she thought
She trusted him with all her beauty
He broke her heart, the ragged sot

She came to me, a subdued figure
Hiding her fair face in shame
Draped in black from head to foot
She bid me never speak her name

I could not bear to see her wounded
I challenged my rival to a duel
Certain was I I would triumph
Against this heartless beast so cruel

We met upon the noontide hour
On the windy barren heath
We faced each other armed and ready
I drew my rapier from its sheath

We met in combat fast and fiercely
Slashing for each other's veins
We traded blows for hours there
But neither would give in to pain

When at last we had some pause
Panting, leaning on our swords
He spoke with barb'd unbridled fury
As if sharp daggers were his words

I rose to meet the devil man
Flailing with my bloodied sword
He brought his blade down hard and fast
And chopped my head down to the sward

My fair maid, my lovely one
She cries here every night you see
She cries for innocent blood twas lost
She cries alone, she cries for me

O mistress dear, weep not for me
My fair maid, my lovely one
Weep not, but think of me
What happened can be not undone

I Want To Go Home

I Want To Go Home

Can you tell me the way home
Silent stranger in the street
Can you tell me where I'm going
Silent angel in the rafters

I want to go home
But I don't know where that is anymore
I've lost the address of that old blue house
I can't see the trees anymore

Can you tell me who I am
Silent watcher in the moonlight
Can you show me where by tears will land
Silent goddess in the Heavens

I want to go home
But I can't find my way anymore
I've lost my bearings in a strange town
I can't see the trees anymore

Can I look into your eyes
To seek my answers
Can you light my path
Silent starlight on the floor

I want to go home
But I've fallen from the path
I've fallen into a steep ravine
I can't see the trees anymore

Can you guide me to the light
Silent sibling in the darkness
Can you hear me
Can you feel me
Can you see me
Distant angel in the rafters?

I want to go home
I don't even know where that is anymore
Can you help me
My silent watcher

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

Pile the earth above my head
Softly, softly
Sing your dirges to the dead
O softly into the evening

Out among the trees so tall
Softly, softly
There won't you lay my heavy pall
O softly into the evening

Within this blessed forest lay
Softly, softly
Through the passing of each day
O softly into the evening

Within the earth, there to decay
Softly, softly
Within this sainted soil lay
O softly into the evening

Beneath the roots of silent oaks
Softly, softly
Never felled by cruel axe strokes
O softly into the evening

Here I rest forevermore
Softly, softly
I have crossed the Angel's door
O softly into the evening

Blackened Rose

Blackened Rose

There once was told a tale of woe
Of Blackened Rose the widow-maid
She would play you for a fool
Sweet Blackened Rose the widow-maid

She courted me for weeks on end
Tempted me witha cruel facade
She drew me out beyond my mind
Sweet Blackened Rose the widow-maid

She told me that her heart was pure
She told me I was her true love
She told me lies for weeks on end
A crow in the shape in the dove

We walked together on the heath
And there beneath the stars we laid
She put her hand in mine and smiled
Sweet Blackened Rose the widow-maid

She drew from in her bodice tight
A blade both long and steely sharp
She pressed it to my heart and smiled
"My love, I played you like a harp"

"My love, you foolish giddy thing
You thought that you had got it made
My love, tonight I fear you'll die
By Blackened Rose the widow maid

My love, your breast cries for the knife
And tells me to strike true
My love, say one more prayer and then
Bid this mortal frame adieu"

She struck hard and she struck true
Determined that my life should fade
She pierced my heart and took my life
Sweet Blackened Rose the widow-maid

Morpheus

Morpheus

Silver shreds of sanguine moonlight
Silver shards within my head
Silver people on the shoreline
Singing softly to their dead

Silent fruit of futile labours
Silent mothers in the dust
Silent shades that fade to blackness
As the ploughshares start to rust

Silver rivers running freely
Silver gypsies dancing there
Silver hearts that melt to nothing
Silver moonlight in your hair

Silent banners drifting somewhere
Silent ships upon the sea
Silent children of the ages
Silent horrors they proudly flee

Silver patrons gilded o'er
Silver pen strokes running free
Silver daggers, cold and steely
Piercing all we do or see

Silent minstrels playing monsters
Silent audiences clap
Silent beads float through the briars
Caught within their thorny trap

Silver strumpets paint their faces
Silver writers scribe their sins
Silver bastards run among them
And pierce their souls with silver pins

Silent travellers shall follow
Silent paths among the trees
Silent families are slaughtered
Dying begging on their knees

Silver blades of boundless fury
Silver blades that start to rust
Silver dust from ancient moonlight
Silver fairies in the dust

Wounded Angel

You can have my soul
You can have my mind
You can cut out my heart and burn it if you want
I'll let you

You can have my tears
You can have my smile
You can bleed my heart until it stops beating
I'll let you

You can have my wings
You can have my body
You can pull me from the Heavens
I'll let you

My angel, my obsession
My vampire, my muse
Do you want my innocence?
You can have it

Do you want to kill me?
Do you want to hurt me?
You can pluck every feather from my wings
And drink my blood

I'll let you
I don't care anymore
Just touch me so I know you're there
Don't leave me in my dingy Heavens
Alone

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Oh, my raven haired countess
My gory-minded lass
You make Satan himself scream in distress
Won't you be mine?
Oh, my mistress of secret knives
My lady of the night
You have ended so many lives
Won't you be mine?

Elizabeth, won't you slit my veins
Elizabeth, won't you end my pains
Elizabeth, won't you drink from my heart
Elizabeth, take me in with your art
Elizabeth, won't you drink from my soul
Elizabeth, my darling black whole
Elizabeth, puncture my skin
Elizabeth, take me in

Oh, my countess of infinite sin
My raven hearted maid
My demon darling, let me in
Won't you be mine?
Oh, my darling of black-hearted desires
My woman of gory dreams
My partner in Hell's glorious fires
Won't you be mine?

Elizabeth, won't you slit my veins
Elizabeth, won't you end my pains
Elizabeth, won't you drink from my heart
Elizabeth, take me in with your art
Elizabeth, won't you drink from my soul
Elizabeth, my darling black whole
Elizabeth, puncture my skin
Elizabeth, take me in