A Woman, A Woman, A Century of Sleep

I know, I know that I could live in

whatever house you choose to build and I

will model myself on it and

wait for you alone, while you are

out making a life for us I will

stay and watch the days go past, and I'll

see how the plants advance

and they turn on what they know

Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown,

they have arials they feed from me and they grow and grow and grow now I am,

shifting into greenery now the pipes are running bone and you might,

think I was a house but I am a woman, a woman

"Come back, come back" before you said

"Come back so you can see

There are roses in the flowerbeds

where there never used to be"

And all my days are

fading into leaves

walls you made are us

but I don't want to be

the queen

in a century of sleep

I know, I know that I believe in

whatever brings you joy from me

But I've swept until I couldn't sweep

and this house is still a lie, now I have to

find a dress, have to buy a dress

have to sew the dress 'til the pieces mesh, and I

don't think I'm ready yet and I

haven't got the time

Now there is rosemary where previously there was no rosemary,

they have arials they feed from me and they tease and tease and tease now I am,

shifting into scenery now the pipes are running bleach and you might,

think I was a house, but I'm a woman, a woman

But you say don't be afraid

and you try to explain

how the best that we can hope and hope to gain

is to love and then be loved

is to have and then to hold

'til we age and then we're old

And all my days are

fading into leaves

walls you made are us

but I don't want to be

And all my days are

fading into leaves

walls you made are us

but I don't want to be

the queen

in a century of sleep

But I know that I believe

in whatever makes you pleased

in whatever brings you joy

from me