Black Swan [G. C. Menotti] & Promise lyrics

The sun has fallen and it lies in blood

The moon is weaving bandages of gold

O Black Swan, where, oh, where is my lover gone?

Torn and tattered is my bridal gown

And my lamp is lost, and my lamp is lost

Silver needles and with silver thread

The stars stitch a shroud for the dying sun

O Black Swan, where, oh, where has my lover gone?

I had given him a kiss of fire and a golden ring

And a golden ring

Don't you hear your lover moan?

Eyes of glass and feet of stone

Shells for teeth and weeds for tongue

Deep, deep down in the river's bed

He's looking for the ring

Eyes wide open, never asleep

He's looking for the ring, looking for the ring

The spools unravel and the needles break

The sun is buried and the stars weep

O black wave, O black wave, take me away with you

I will share with you my golden hair

And my bridal crown, and my bridal crown

Oh, take me down with you

Take me down to my wand'ring lover

With my child unborn

With my child unborn

The moon is weaving bandages of gold

O black wave, O black wave,

take me down with you

take me down with you

Open-hearted as a heart can be

'Cause we're all a ruin like broken leaves

I give you me in oceans of tears up to my knees

Stitched together like pants and sleeves

I carry this carapace worn thin by he and she

Danced to dust and dusk and

Strung along the highway

I found my way, belligerent

Following the stars of your eyes

O Black Swan,

where, oh, where has my lover gone?

Torn and tattered is my bridal gown

And my lamp is lost, and my lamp is lost

And if you take me inside

And you give me a place to hide and cry

I'll bathe you in the crystal light

That sleeps between my thighs

At times you fear the angel's sigh

To the lord and heavens that this ain't right

But in this chalice you'll find the wine

Our hands hold bonfires burning bright

And the heart is dumb and the heart is blind

But I hope you'll find that the lord is kind

And I pray you'll cherish this tarnished offering

Burnt silver brushed lavender offspring

O Black Swan,

where, oh, where has my lover gone?

I had given him a kiss of fire

And a golden ring, and a golden ring

Glinting and a tiny chorus of swallows

Swung open the door

Freed the caged bees and wallows swarm

Geometric patterns on the sun

Eclipse, new moon

I tempt my werewolf not to not to run

I tempt my werewolf not to run

Tempt my werewolf not to run

O black wave, O black wave,

take me away with you

I will share with you my golden hair

And my bridal crown, and my bridal crown

O black wave, O black wave,

take me away with you

I will share with you my golden hair

And my bridal crown, and my bridal crown

O black wave, O black wave,

take me down with you

take me down with you