SEMPER EADEM

I
IN DREAMS I AM HAUNTING
YOU --- AND YOUR WORLD
CUNNINGLY FLAUNTING
A SMILE ---- I AM THE GIRL

THAT IS PUTTING YOU UNDER
A SPELL AND A CURSE
AND YOU ONLY WONDER
WILL IT BECOME WORSE?

COME WITH ME, HITHER
SHOW YOU ALL MADNESS
WHERE IVY RANKS WITHER
THERE IS NO SADNESS

THIS IS YOUR WORLD
IN YOUR MIND MADE FOR ME
CAUSE I AM THE GIRL
WHO’S SETTING YOU FREE

TAKING YOU UNDER
THE SPELL OF MY JOY
COME WITH ME, COME,
FOR YOU ARE THE BOY
WHO NEEDS TO BE TAKEN

THROUGH ALL OF THESE LANDS
BEFORE YOU AWAKEN
AND EVERYTHING ENDS
WHERE ALL IS THE SAME

AGAIN --- -- AND AGAIN

WHERE WORK AND YOUR NAME
ARE A MIND-NUMBING BAN
ON EVERYTHING JOYOUS
ON EVERYTHING GREAT

SEMPER EADEM


COME THROUGH THIS GATE
TO LANDS THAT ARE ENDLESS
TO SHORES THAT ARE WIDE
AND WHERE ALL IS DEATHLESS

COME WITH ME, TONIGHT
AND ALL NIGHTS THAT COME STILL
I’LL SHOW YOU THE WAY
IF YOU LET YOUR HEART SPILL
WHATEVER IT MAY


II

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS,
THE WAY TO YOUR HEART
AND I WILL KEEP THIS
FOR NEVER TO PART
MY LANDS WILL AWAIT YOU

THE JOY TO EXPLORE
WHENEVER YOU NEED TO
SEE A NEW SHORE
THE SEA WILL INHALE YOU

AS I TAKE YOUR HAND
LEADING YOU DEEP THROUGH
VAST MASSES OF SAND
AND JUST WHILE YOU TOUCH IT

THE SEA SURROUNDS US
WITH WONDERS -- AN ORBIT

THE SAND YOU WILL FIND
SMOOTH ROCKS THAT ARE HOLDING
THE GROUND TO ITS KIND
AND WHILE YOU HOLD IN
YOUR BREATH, LOOK BEHIND!


III

THE ROCKS ARE NOW MOVING
QUELLE SURPRISE, MON AMOUR!
THE MOVEMENT SO SOOTHING ---
OVERWHELMING --- AND YOU
CANNOT BELIEVE IT

BUT, OH YES, I IT’S TRUE
THE ROCKS ARE ALIVE
AND LIFT OFF THE GROUND
YOU DOUBT YOU’LL SURVIVE

BUT THERE IS A SOUND
A SOUND MADE OF COMFORT
A WHITE NOISE AROUND
FEELS LIKE A CONCERT
WHAT SOUND, WHAT SOUND!

THE OCEAN IS SINGING
MON AMOUR, C’EST POUR VOUS
YOU MUST BE CLINGING
TO ROCKS UNDER YOU

SLOWLY YOU’RE FLYING
THROUGH WATER YOU FLOW
THE ROCKS NOW ARE SIGHING
C’EST IMPOSSIBLE, --- NON?

A HUGE WING IS RISING
LEFT OF YOUR HEAD
AND NOW --- SO SURPRISING
RIGHT, LEFT, IS IT A SLED!

NO SLED IT IS, YOU
SUDDENLY STARE
AT A BIG BUBBLE
FILLED UP WITH AIR!

ASCENDING IN FRONT
THE BUBBLE UP GOES
FOLLOW IT, PATIENT,
COMES FROM A NOSE!

ONE NOSE -- TWO EYES --- ARE
LOOKING SO KIND
A MOUTH SIGHING AFAR
BLOWING YOUR MIND

NOW WHAT SEEMS TO BE
A GIANT TORTOISE
FLYING AND FLOWING
UNDER THE SEA

TAKING YOU PLACES
YOU ARE LONGING TO SEE
BRINGING YOU FACES
OF LOVED ONES – AND ME.

IV


IN SHADOWS OF LASHES
I LOOK OVER YOU
PROTECT YOU FROM ASHES
AND WINDS, SO THAT YOU
ARE SAFE IN THIS WORLD

OF WONDERS AND MYTHS
FOR I AM THE GIRL
WHO IS SHOWING YOU THIS.