The Nightwalker
(A lone voice whispers)
They
Call me Ramon
The nightwalker looking for her
The one who summons me with her faint calls of
Dépêche-toi mon amour
Dépêche-toi mon amour
(Hurry up my love)
And when I finally appear
She disappears smiling and whispers
Pas ce soir mon amour, laisse le grand jeu continuer.
Cette poursuite passionnante est tout ce que nous avons maintenant.
Ne gâchons pas ce rêve mystique de The Great In-Between.
Que la poursuite continue.
(Not tonight my love, let the great game continue.
This thrilling chase is all we now have.
Let's not spoil this mystical dream from The Great In-Between.
Let the chase continue.)
And then slowly glides like a vampire clad in black and gold
With long crow black hair
To where I can never go
As I lament with
Tasanna
O, my love
My Lylak Queen
O, my love
A potent power of living
Breathing carnal sin
Born from the Babylonian bloodlines
Freed once more
By the Deep Well
To entice
All in view
Who dare pine
To be put under
Your spell
When you arrive
Like a new Cleopatra
Dressed to the nines
In gold and diamonds
It's why I always wait
Like a faithful follower
Forever in the shadows
Hidden on the sidelines
For how can I win
Against such a goddess of potent sin
Elusive
So intoxicatingly
Seductive
I feel blessed by Pāgānus
If Pāgānus was a god
For I'd walk the two hundred miles of
The Four Pillars of Zanzibar
To see your smile
Swim in the hazardous Pele Waters
At dusk
Just for a taste
Of your sensuous hypnotic musk
For obsession is a crazy horse to ride
To dark places
Where low men scoop fire into their laps
Praying their clothes will not get burnt
As they wander
Lost
Like Bedouin Prince's
In the deserts of the mind
Walking the wet shores
Of the Lylak
Looking forever
For your silhouette
Never to ask for help
Or to go back
It's why I wait
Here
In The Great In-Between
Fearful of abandonment
Since the first day
We met
For chasing a love like yours
Is like playing a crazy game with Diablo
Like Russian Roulette
Sometimes as I hear
The footsteps
Of another arrival
And when the Great Golden Trumpet blows
In that moment
I always wonder
Is that your omnipotent power
With one kiss
Is one doomed to chase
And
Cursed to crave
To never forget
To then ride to
The wet shores of the Lylak
To dark places
Where low men scoop fire into their laps
Praying their clothes will not get burnt
As their souls
Cry out in thirst
Dépêche-toi mon amour
Dépêche-toi mon amour
Hurry up my love
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
The Nightwalker
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