Hello, sweet thing
Travel upon the roads to desire once lost
And now regained
Once a child
Turned into a woman
Grew into a mother
Gave into the earth
Buried underground and in the souls
Of angels
Yes! of seraphs
Now they will sing
Your name in their hymns
Goodbye, sweet thing
Disembark on the journey your mind once took
And now return
To the child
Then a woman
Now a mother
Soon to be earth
Waiting for you like the child she once was
Outstretched fingers hold a basket of shadows
Take them
No, don't forget them
Don't forget the mother, the spirit, the child
That prayed for you
Gave your name to the angels
For them to call back to you
Built a doll up out of thinning dreams for you
Died alone on deadened sleet for you
Spent her hours counting seconds,
Mocked deep Hell and the Heavens,
Breathed colic and death through
Blueing lips, blueing mind,
Blueing heart for you
Scorned good and kind,
Caressed the Devil's eyes,
Danced with imps and frolicked among foes,
Stewed her very flesh and bone
For you
Goodbye, sweet child
Hello, enemy of my heart
Be the one to bit the hand that fed you
Be the one to inhale vapor of the darkest havens
Into your troubled mind, so crooked and gone
Hello, hello, hello,
Once a child, now a monster
Once the golden-dusted eyelashes of innocence
Now the odiousness we scorned and loathed
Now turns to ash and shadows in the hearth
Burning away, burning away
The love that used to whisper
On the windows
Near you
Goodbye, apple of my eye
Flower of all good, the budding rose we sheltered
Apple turned sour, through
The sweat and stinging in our veins
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
Once upon a time, in a faraway land
The infant that slept behind white sheets
In frail arms (made of flesh! too)
Swindling away, swindling away
The affection that used to dapple
Ears and eyelids, silken skin of youth
'Round the corner
Near us
We part ways in a bitter tone now
All what you wanted someday
Didn't know you didn't want yourself,
Didn't come back to yourself
Didn't come back to me
Don't come back to me
