There's a black bird In the cage of my ribs I can hear his song All night long And when he sings The air it shatters Like a thousand shards of gla** And I will open my body But I know he will not fly free Sorrow, she comes a courtin' With her pale hands held in mine And i will lay there By her side All night long And we We will walk Through this garden Of serpent trees And i will yet dream Through this night Filled with falling stars There's a bright bird In the seat of my skull And when he sings He brings the dawn to me When he sings The air, it shimmers Like a thousand tongues of fire And i will I will draw him close And I pray he will not fly away Sorrow, she comes a courtin' With her pale hands held in mine And I will lay there By her side All night long And we We will walk Through this garden Of serpent trees And i will yet dream Through this night Filled with falling stars