The Castle in the Air

The river opened her mouth and spat into a vast sea larger and bluer than a cloudless sky. Muscular, prodigious, immortal. But our vessel was invulnerable. It was well built, the boat rocked me into sleep and I floated through a deep dream, smooth sailing through the castle in the air.

One-eyed people living peaceful

With monopods and astomia

Without malice or kown

Without covetousness

Ohh, ahh

And there's men whose heads do

Grow beneath their shoulders

Maybe we'll find the world's center

Where equinox does not shatter

Spread our teaching

Alleviate their damnation

Ohh, ahh

Ohh, ahh

Without us they will go to hell

We are casting spells

Could it be

Faithful?

Could it seem

More real?

As I opened my eyes

The dream decolourised

Until it was un-skewered

And the harsh reality hit me like salty water