Octopus

Lyrics for Octopus

I want to paint you long poems full of fire, You who I do not know. Now my mind is tested with love which Twists and wavers from side to side and which Some day soon you may see... I want you to cascade Through ten thousand rainbows with me And dredge mountains from the sea: You who I now begin to know. But emotion is pent up inside, Too scared of dying again to live And meanwhile I must endure your Red-copper hair screaming like a water-baby. Black eyes stare from my ceiling... You who I now truly know. Now I cannot see too clearly And already my trellis stands bare. How can I break free of these overclinging arms Which entwine and enfold me And reach to the clear blue sea? I want you to know, but how can I tell you? I want you to see but my own eyes are blind. The Octopus now enfolds me, I know you too well...