revelry song
to be sung on nights before celebrations. for one voice and simultaneous string accompaniment (lyre, ukelele, erhu, etc). warning tone. mezzo-piano.
the child, he hears music coming through the wood
the golden lights flitting in-to view
before he knows how long he walked, he’s there, and planted where he stood
they sway his body, sway it to their tune
the glowing strangers say, “hell-o, would you care for some food
there’s no sin within one bite or two
there’s no sin found within a bite or two.”
yet the child is not too far gone to feel his rattled breath
the aching in his feet all black and blue
and he knows they are dancing, they are dancing him to death
soon, he will see no more, soon…
they are dancing, they are dancing, they are dancing him to death
ne'er to return, soon, soon.
-a bard
