Lyrics
I was not woken by the rooster
I did not wake up due to the rooster's crowing.
Nor by the crow's tough song
Nor was I awakened by the harsh song of the crow.
But the midnight cry of a blood red bird
My sleeplessness was caused by the midnight cry of a blood red bird.
Brought this sleeplessness on
This cry disturbed my sleep.
Threw open the window
I opened the window.
Moonlight on a black garden of thorns
Moonlight illuminated a dark garden of thorns.
And the cool wind on my sweat
The cool wind touched my sweat.
What cries home
What is crying for home?
Where cries from
Where are the cries coming from?
A blood red bird lies in the woods
A blood red bird is lying in the woods.
Weeping into dead leaves
It is weeping among dead leaves.
With wing torn and jutting bone
Its wing is torn, and bone is protruding.
What hand bent it to bust
What force or hand caused it to break?
To be ueseless
To become useless.
What hand I could have done it
Could I have done it with just two fingers?
With two fingers
A blood red bird
A blood red bird.
A blood red bird
-We can continually sink into each other
We can sink into each other deeply enough to tear out more flesh.
Just deep enough to rip out a bit more flesh
When we move away, a scarf of skin trails out behind like an arrow.
When we move away
A scarf of skin trailing out behind
-Like an arrow
Like an arrow, I was only passing through.
I was only passing through
A blood red bird
A blood red bird.
A blood red bird
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