Birds Of Prey

The tap-tapping of your fingers
Encrusted with blood
We shall never be apart
The pitchfork and the cloven hoof
The fiddler's dancing on the roof

Oh, my soul and all that is within me
Send your prayers
Recite the rosary
Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
How to betray
The flowers, the serpents

The gods of the netherworld
The mad biter, the pied piper
The pale priest of the mute people

Let me awake to life immortal
After all that was
Has ceased to be
Has ceased to breathe

Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
How to betray