Erik's Lament

from Erik's Lament by The Blessing Way

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A Punjab lasso
From an iron tree hung
Filled with fear
The Persian now knew where they were
The torture chamber
Mirrors reflected the sun
Scorching their flesh, blistered and raw
On the floor a trapdoor found
As they bent lower into the ground
Down a dark and dirty staircase
Into a cellar
A cellar filled with old oak kegs
The stopper prised, they gazed inside
But wine was not what they held
The threat was real
He threatened to kill everyone
Lest his hand in marriage I took
Till eleven I have to choose
Twixt a wedding or funeral
And so in going down
They reached the darkest depths
Trickling through their fingers
Gunpowder soft and lethal
To the heart of the hall they went
Erik’s threats they heard were real
If your answer is still no
Then the hall will be no more
He threatened to kill everyone
Gone completely mad with love
Till eleven I have to choose
Twixt a wedding or funeral
Choose wisely my dear
The scorpion, or the acridid
Your refusal will mean
Annihilation, for all of us
The scorpion, she turned flooding the room
And honour the bargain she would
To Erik she gave herself
A living wife, he kissed her she did not die
The golden ring she lost
There in the palm of his hand
This will be my wedding gift
From poor unhappy Erik
You are free, go now take him and leave
Those words ripped shreds
From a heart held by a thread
I made her swear, when I died
She would be there
And bury me by the lake
With the ring in secrecy
Yes she was waiting for me
Alive, a living fiancé
When shy as a child I came
Towards her, she did not sway
No, no, she stayed, waited for me
You cannot know how it felt
When even my mother scorned me
His lungs half filled with water
Raoul was sure death came for him
Christine held him up
Hand in hand they left
They fled, from the dark
Recovering in his room
One night the Persian woke
By the fire a figure loomed
There’s not long left for me
I set them free
On a train northbound they leave
I have lived an evil life
This is my redemption
Forgive me, for all the pain I’ve caused
He was sent with a voice from god
He who haunts the halls
All alone he will die

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from Erik's Lament, released October 31, 2022

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