The Lying-place

© Russell Kolish

 

A dark passage marked by strange signs

Appears in my heart-mind

Like arrows aligned,

Each mark beckons, "Come farther..."

 

The heartbeat holds my deep secret:

Suffered in the skip of a searing moment

My heart was ripped, my mind laid bare

 

Now I care not for the joyous trek

Nor strings of jonquils around my neck

In the passage there's no one to hear

The sounds of my song among shadows of tears

 

Peer deeper into the depths of the lair

Candles illumine the dearth of despair

And the sandalwood wound of a ripped red mount

Reflected in a bat's blind eyes appears

 

In the lying-place comes a strange yearning

My journey's done and eternity's burning

Blood-sun throbbing, keeper of the flood,

Slip, slip sobbing in our honey-blood love

 

My life's fire has turned into mist,

A soundless wail and a dank anguish

I seek my lover, my lover of pain

My spirit is madly dancing in the rain

 

 

Rearrangement

 

(intro)
A dark passage marked by strange signs
Appears in my heart-mind
Like arrows aligned,
Each mark beckons, "Come farther..."

(intro, continued)
The heartbeat holds my deep secret:
Suffered in the skip
Of a searing moment
My heart was ripped, My mind laid bare

(chorus)
In the lying-place comes a strange yearning
My journey's done and eternity's burning
Blood-sun throbbing, keeper of the flood,
Slip, slip sobbing in our honey-blood love

(verse)
Now I care not for the joyous trek
Nor strings of jonquils around my neck
In the passage there's no one to hear
The sounds of my song among shadows of tears

(chorus)
In the lying-place comes a strange yearning
My journey's done and eternity's burning
Blood-sun throbbing, keeper of the flood,
Slip, slip sobbing in our honey-blood love

(verse)
Peer deeper into the depths of the lair
Candles illumine the dearth of despair
And the sandalwood wound of a ripped red mount
Reflected in a bat's blind eyes appears

(chorus)
In the lying-place comes a strange yearning
My journey's done and eternity's burning
Blood-sun throbbing, keeper of the flood,
Slip, slip sobbing in our honey-blood love

(verse)
My life's fire has turned into mist,
A soundless wail and a dank anguish
I seek my lover, my lover of pain
My spirit is madly dancing in the rain

(outro)
I seek my lover,~~~~my lover~~~~of pain~
Blood-sun throbbing,~~~keeper of the flood,
My spirit is madly~~~~~~dancing in the rain~
Slip, slip~~sobbing in our honey-blood love~
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downbeats

in this outro sing the first two lines together
and the second two lines together in rondel style

 

Alternate lyrics for the last verse:

 

I seek my ferry man, romancing riverine
My spirit is madly dancing in my screams

or

I seek my ferry man, romancing riverine
My spirit is madly dancing in a dream

or

A fearsome ferry man, romancing riverine
Watches my spirit madly dancing in my screams

or

A fearsome ferry man, romancing riverine
Watches me madly dancing in my screams

or

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