When The Woods Were Young

will you take me back to when the woods were young?
and i fashioned a cauldron out of a hollow stump
and then i threw in a little of this
and i threw in a little of that
i managed to mumble some mumbo jumbo
before i felt your cold, dead hands

and we were face to face
i never could forget that day
her eyes were fires burning miles away
and her lips were so close i could have stolen a taste

close your eyes
drift off to sleep
you'll be one of us
beneath my wing
lost in a dream
kissing the succubus

i hope i never have to wake
i pray to her my soul to take
i beg death for eternal sleep
but she won't come back to me

will you take me back to when the woods were mine
where i saw her last and i was left behind
i guess she's bored with me
i haven't seen her haven't slept in weeks
i'm frozen stiff she's blowing kisses in the pines
i've been shivering here all night
now would you give me a taste

close your eyes
drift off to sleep
you'll be one of us
beneath my wing
lost in a dream
kissing the succubus

i hope i never have to wake
i pray to her my soul to take
i beg death for eternal sleep
but she won't come back to me

"now death is not the worst
the absence of love is such abject pain"

i've been centuries without sleep
loneliness perched on the roof waiting with brooding wing
she knows the truth

no one's gonna take me back
no one's gonna take me back
no one's gonna take me back
to when the woods were young