Witch Dance

Open my legs
Lie down with death
We kiss, we sigh, we sweat
His blackberry mouth stains my nightgown
I pull him close, wrap my legs around
And it tastes like life
I twist, I bite
The foxes chatter in the night

Show me the way
This feeling leads
The ache
The kick
The need

Show me the way
This feeling leads
The ache
The kick
The need

A shimmering landscape
Widen my eyes
Can I keep all this beauty
Forever inside?

Tear off my nightgown
And run naked through the town
Run through rain, run through fog
Taking consolation, cats and dogs and things that cannot speak
I ran to the ancestral plane but they all showed up drunk and insane
When I asked what I could offer them
They said gin and tonic or lithium
I asked which way should I go
And through cigarette smoke they said
Child how would we know?

Show me the way
This feeling leads
The ache
The kick
The need

Show me the way
This feeling leads
The ache
The kick
The need

Desire beyond reason
A ruinous thing
A stranger came to my door
And I welcomed him in
My feet are bleeding
And I cannot stop
I have many, many miles yet to cross

And I came to a clearing full of wailing and keening
A well of tears that never runs dry
The women said we have been waiting
Waiting to meet you
It's only a matter of time
Thrust my fists in the ground
And the earth made a moaning sound
I could feel something shudder
Deeper
Deeper down

And I met every monster from the bar to Broadway and all their violent offers
I just turn them away
And your threats and your promises they don't scare me
After all there's nobody more monstrous than me
Than me