Blight & Blossom

Well, the birds are out on this April day There's a spring in her step as she walks away from my door This time of year kick-starts desires All the butterflies come to show their faces I swear one's in my stomach as Marie replaces The winter nights that froze me inside out And it's frost and not snow, and our hearts are light And it's fresh for now, but the margin's slight But the earliest signs of bloom seem alright to me The days drifted on as they like to do And we like the sun, so July just flew right by Like the plane that took us to Tuscany While I'm not one for impulse decisions I'll always treasure those Italian visions I smell Chanel and see the head band on her head And it's always so bright at the peak of the day And that summer sun provided the slate For the best of ours seems to be taken down for good The leaves started changing from green to red Horus had been put to bed There was a bite to the wind as she whistled past my face Then the fights began to take control But worst of all were the nights alone My cold bed sheets dragged me to a new low And red is the colour of love, they say And there's plenty about on this autumn day So why do I feel like it's slipping through my hands A white sheet settled on the stony ground And killed off the last signs of life around The Christmas lights were the brightest thing that month Marie packed her bags a month ago It's a shame her appearance was a cameo That's not to say it wasn't worth the feature at all Oh and pain, they say, is twin To pleasure and I'd rather have felt both Than never felt anything but the dream of someone like you Oh so on this night I hope my dear That you sleep sound and that your mind is clear Though my thirst is greater now than it was at the start Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm...