Day: February 10, 2022

Roll of the Dice

~ JezzieG

Roll of the Dice
Form: Triolet

The path has turned, it’s too late to go straight
Yet the destination remains the same
When in this life there is no place to wait
And no warning signs stuck upon a gate
So roll the dice so to play your own game
You will be on time, not early or late
For destiny already knows your name

©JGFarmer2022

Waking the Witch by Kate Bush

~ JezzieG
Kate Bush

Kate Bush

Kate Bush is a singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. At the age of 19 she topped the UK singles chart with her debut single ‘Wuthering Heights’ (1978)., becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. Kate Bush has released 25 UK Top Forty singles including ‘Babushka’, ‘Don’t Give Up’, and ‘King of the Mountain’.

Waking the Witch
Album: Hounds of Love
Date: 1985
Genre: Art Rock

Lyrics by Kate Bush

Wake up
Good morning, ma’am
Your early morning call

You must wake up
Wake up
Wake up, man
Wake up, child
Pay attention
Come on, wake up
Wake up, love
We should make the night
But see your little lights alive
Stop that lying (ma needs a shower, get out of bed)
And sleeping in bed, get up

Little light
Can you not see that little light up there?
Where?
There
Where?
Over here
You still in bed?
Wake up, sleepy head
We are of the going water and the gone
We are of water in the Holy Land of water
Don’t you know you’ve kept him waiting
Look who’s here to see you

You won’t burn (red, red roses)
You won’t bleed (pinks and posies)
Confess to me, girl (red, red roses, go down)

Spiritus Sanctus in nomine
Spiritus Sanctus in nomine
Spiritus Sanctus in nomine
Spiritus Sanctus in nomine

Poor little thing (red, red roses)
The blackbird (pinks and posies)
Wings in the water (red, red roses)
Go down (go down, pinks and posies)

Deus et dei domino inferno
Deus et dei domino inferno
Deus et dei domino inferno
Deus et dei domino inferno

What is it, child?

Bless me, father, bless me father, for I have sinned

Help me, listen to me, listen to me, tell me (red, red roses)
Help me, baby, don’t go (red, red ro-)

I question your innocence
She’s a witch (help this blackbird, there’s a stone around my leg)
Ha, damn you, woman
(Help this blackbird, there’s a stone around my leg)
What say you, good people (guilty, guilty, guilty)
Well, are you responsible for your actions? (This blackbird)
Not guilty (help this blackbird)
Wake up the witch

Get out of the waves
Get out of the water