The Loon

"The Loon"
 Upon the lake, upon the windless water
 Swim down to me, beautiful bird
 Mercy, stay not forever out of reach
 I hear, I hear your evening song
 I hear, I hear your evening song
 Watered in blood in which I sink and drown
 In flesh and by shackled flora bound
 Feed the ache of this exile's alien song
 I hear, I hear your evening song
 Spirit bird, unbind my withered limbs
 And cut me from this torment
 Unchain me
 Mercy, don't abandon me
 Mercy, don't abandon me
 Arrayed in pearl, blushing illuminate
 Deep wounds, vast seas that rack and crush
 Moonlight upon my throat
 Tempest black
 Mercy, stay not forever
 I suffer your endless song
 Here I choke
 Here I choke
 Replume, refire, ravage my unholy ghost
 My heavenly mate, burning bright
 Bloat and cry out, flame in the infinite
 For all the world is spirits furnace
 Old age, my god, love and white this blizzard night
 All songs strangle under ice, flame out and die
 Forsaken evermore; linger frozen everlasting song