Why So Brief

Breathe on the air in a cloud of misfortune
Oh beauty oh, why be so brief?
The love that I brought you was only part torture
And only my right hand’s thief
Blade grey and silver the opals of mourning
Oh why? Beauty oh why be so brief?
The snake in the grass there is only a warning
And everything bites that has teeth
But what will you say now?
How will you break out?
What will you say now?
How will you break out?
Bury the bones that came up in the orchard
Beauty oh why be so brief?
Animals innocent off to the slaughter
And all that is true lies beneath
Bare are the branches and cold is the water
Beauty why be so brief?
Stand in a circle with thin pine pitch torches
And bow to your partner in grief
What will you say now?
How will you break out?
What will you say now?
How will you break out?
What will you say now?
How will you break out?
What will you say now?
How will you break out?