Sister Moon - The Magpie Salute

Take what you need

Take whatever it is you wish to keep

It will last like the fire of the sun

Pretending these visions are the only ones

The lonely ones remain

And its work is not done

The cage is corroding, the mind is exploding

Hold yourself up, hang your head high

Out in the distance an orange sky

Sister Moon, you came too soon

Is it true all those things they said, they said

About you

Reality bends

In one endless moment, this desert lover

Was headed back home again

You and I all alone

A gun by your bed and a spy on the phone

You were all dressed in black

When you kissed my mouth and smiled

With the roof tipped back

Hold yourself up, hang your head high

Out in the distance an orange sky

Sister Moon, you came too soon

Is it true all those things they said, they said

About you

(Said about you)

Black widow, a Scorpio

I leave you behind

But somehow you bind me

With seven fresh bowstrings

They will snap in the heat

While he waits in your chamber

Guess you didn’t so much as cheat

As do me a favor

Thought that I’d savor