4. The crab

I met you in the night
At the silent hour
No longer could I hide
I was in your power
What did I expect?
Life long respect?
Everything that I was lies
Broken and wrecked

I don’t encourage you
But you never tire
Invading and claiming me
For your dark empire
Who could have foretold
I wouldn’t grow old
Everything that I was lies
Sullen and cold

Take me away
Walk sideways with my life
I give myself unto the knife
Take me away
Into your dark sunshine
I count myself no longer mine

I am the battleground
Where the forces meet
All the science that we’ve found
In me compete
Why should it be so?
Why do you grow?
Everything that I was lies
Fired and aglow

I’ve gathered all I have
They are at my side
Protecting and comforting
Put the fears aside
We can weather this storm
Their love is so warm
Everything that I was lies
Dead and transformed