Song of Imaginary Beings

My mother said if she couldn't love

The physical way a woman should

Then where else could she could go

When the sisters and the fathers can't save her soul

Send them in, see them on

If she can't find a lover she'll fashion one

Imaginary man, like the burnt out poets in the hinterland

The phoenix says

The devil says

The serpent says

The siren says

Why does it hurt when my heart misses a beat?

The Hourglass sees what shelf-life does

She asked exactly: Tell me what is love

But breathing life alone

to where the priests and the prophets and the saints not go?

Imagine hurt, imagine tears

She opened up until she disappeared

And vanished hand in hand

With all the long gone children dropped in Neverland

The phoenix says

(Burn for me)

The devil says

(Lie for me)

The serpent says

(Beg for me)

The siren says

(Die for me)

Why does it hurt when my heart misses a beat?