Upon a blazing dream lies a girl I used to know Deep green stare and a paralyzing touch She cut herself with the edge of broken glass For within her soul was a sin she knew too much
She played with fire on a long black rope Outside circuses that demanded money-throwing crowds Walking through unfolding walls and closing doors Throwing blinding stares and deafening sounds
She traded whiskey for a kiss from the ocean Like a gypsy making money for the poor I turned my eyes for a second and she was gone Gone to wander within the reaches of the ocean shore
The sky grew darker, the clouds turned into mist, Below her feet lay a wooden creaky deck. She rowed for years as her hands soaked up her agony, She rowed and rowed into an unforgiving black.
Spirals of light went off within her mind. Her eyes opened and closed to a distant growing flash. Cocooned upon a tiny open boat invisible from land, She listened to the thunder's deadly roar and slash....