Devil on my shoulder

I felt the room grow colder

The young are so much bolder

They’re born with eyes that smoulder

 

I wrapped you up in cotton

I held you close in swaddling clothes

My private wonder

A desert rose in approaching thunder

I feel the world’s gone rotten

And you will need a life’s supply of alibis

Or could it be the fear dies with me

 

The matriarch’s awoken

The status quo is broken

Please accept this token

When ugly truths are spoken

 

I wrapped you up in cotton

I held you close in swaddling clothes

My private wonder

A desert rose in approaching thunder

I feel the world’s gone rotten

And you will need a life’s supply of alibis

Or could it be the fear dies with me

 

I wrapped you up in cotton

I held you close in swaddling clothes

My private wonder

A desert rose in approaching thunder

I feel the world’s gone rotten

And you will need a life’s supply of alibis

Or could it be the fear dies with me

Fear dies with me

 

(C) J. Davies 2018