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, I widen my eyes Can I keep all this beauty forever inside? I tear off my nightgown and run naked through the town Run through rain, run through fog Taking consolation in cats and dogs and things that cannot speak 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?" 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 Ruinous thing A stranger came to my door And I welcomed him in My feet are bleeding But I cannot stop, I have many, many miles Yet to cross I came to a clearing Full of wailing and keening A well of tears that never runs dry Women said, "We've 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, oh, oh 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 down And your threats and your promises, they don't scare me After all, there's nobody more monstrous than me (Woo) Than me (Woo)