From the Witchwood

The hillside was a patchwork quilt
Neatly stitched with tidy hedge
And crumbling grey stone walls

The trees were bare, but Spring was near
To conjure up its endless strings
Of green magic handkerchieves

Could you only see what I've seen
You would surely know what I mean
I think I must have caught a glimpse of heaven

A string of diamonds formed a stream
That tumbled down the daunting cliff
To sparkle bright on the beach

New born lambs that sweetly played
Speckled eggs all newly laid
But for you, I would have stayed
I think I must have caught a glimpse of heaven
 
I dropped down in the Witchwood
To see what I could find
The trees had taken time out
To blow away my mind

All that I could hear there
Was the sound of my own voice
But the music it was making
Was nothing of my choice

The interwoven branches
Were laden deep with snow
A rainbow shone so softly
To show which way to go

I observed its many colours
Till my eyes were rimmed with frost
I tried hard to trace my footsteps
For I feared I might get lost

The Witchwood started singing
With a strange unearthly sound
My fingers grew like branches
I stood rooted to the ground

And the spell is still unbroken
I am still her bidden slave
Till a casket from the Witchwood
Bears my body to the grave
 
The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force
The streets are even clear of dogs and whores
Like some evil bird of prey the scaffold spreads its wings
The people build their fires and bolt their doors

The mayor is giving dinner to the officers and wives
His eldest son is learning how to fawn
The barrack block is hushed and tense, the soldiers drawing lots
Who will be the hangman in the dawn?

The lot falls on a young man who has served for but a year
His home is in the village close nearby
He shivers at the thought of what he's forced to do next day
He wonders who it is that has to die

The full moon casts a cold light on the gloomy prison walls
The papist walks his cell, he cannot sleep
He hears the waiting gallows creaking just beyond the door
He prays for he has no more tears to weep

The day begins to break, the muffled drums begin to sound
A crowd begins to gather in the square
The presence of the hangman in his terrifying mask
Weighs heavy on the minds of all those there

The colonel reads the sentence which the papist knows by heart
He has failed to show allegiance to the King
His crime is thus with God Himself, in His name he must hang
The papist, head held high, says not a thing

The jailer binds his hands and puts the blindfold to his eyes
He leads him through the door before the crowd
The hangman sees his victim and the blood drains from his face
He sees his younger brother standing proud

The hangman tries to protest but is ordered to proceed
His trembling hands begin to take the strain
His eyes are blind with streaming tears, he cries for all to hear:
Forgive me God, we hang him in Thy Name!

Forgive me God, we hang him in Thy Name!

Forgive me God, we hang him in Thy Name!
 
Does it matter? Just do what you do best.
And plant some seeds of love.
 
Byron sucks. that is all.

I do not agree, dolf, but that incomprensible sense of je ne sais pas By gets
from whatever the fuck he assumes the people do not understand,
leaves the sheep out in the cold.
 
I walked in the city at midday
It was empty and bare
I looked in the mirror at midnight
There was nobody there

You had become the very breath that I breathed
You were all I desired, my will to succeed
But now I know how it feels to be old
Out in the cold

I walked in the city at midday
It was feeling the strain
I looked in the mirror at midnight
It was starting to rain

I sucked on your breasts, your legs opened wide
I could scarcely believe all the pleasures inside
But now I know how it feels to be old
Out in the cold

Whoever believed in astrological signs
Under my eyes your name burns in the lines
For now I know how it feels to be old
Out in the cold
 
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