Hessian Peel

Will the children cry

When their mother dies

And in the autumn of their lives

Will they feel the same

//Uoy ees I

//Natas teews ym

//Thginot kcab emoc

//Draytruoc eht no tuo

//(Out on the courtyard

//come back tonight

//my sweet satan

//I see you)

Her longing for me coming down like hail

Why did you leave me

Come here inside and tell me how

How in my final days

I'd find the rhyme

The light comes on

The signal for us to act out our lives

You wait beneath the white sheets and you wait forever

The light comes on

Your weakness

Storing trace on your arms

So I left you alone

We all left you alone

//yhw nosaer ruoy lla kcol ll'yehT

//(They're no longer your reason why)

Lock the children away from harm

They're no longer your reason why

//Seeking tenderness with a dagger

//Skin is marked by the years of trials

You felt abandoned in a flock of friends

Singing praise for the dead

Awaited the face of the moon to ascend

And followed the sound in your head