Godchild

歌詞

Drawn to the light like a moth to a flame He saw the columns from the bayou, that dark and muddy drain In the belly of the mansion, he swallowed a prayer Then like the shadows on the Teche, he went a creeping up the stairs Was that the murmur of voices or just a mournful wind? It was strangely familiar, so he leaned to listen in As if old conversations still lingered up there With the smoke of spirit candles swirling in the air Godchild, what makes you roam Through the cracks in time and the walls of this home? Godchild, don't you know? You are caught between worlds Let go and return to the fold Nothing of this earth had prepared him at all For his reflection in a window with all that he saw Suddenly upon him, it's a scene from the past Then like a sigh on a mirror, it melts into the glass Godchild, what makes you roam Through the cracks in time and the walls of this home? Godchild, don't you know? You are caught between worlds Let go and return to the fold In the thicket, twiney fingers slapped at his retreat When it struck him to ask, "Am I the dreamer or the dream?" 'Twas the burning question that made him turn back And he was yearning for a sign when he froze in his tracks Through the fog, the old mansion was paled in the dark Like a face in the moonlight brooding over the marsh That window was a glimmer against a deepening night He saw it blinking like a signal with the winking of an eye Godchild, what makes you roam Through the cracks in time and the walls of this home? Godchild, don't you know? You are caught between worlds Let go and return to the fold