Prepare my eyelids with care
Show things my thoughts don't dare
Dust them and keep them all clean
No stains allowed on the screen
Blow out the blaze in my eyes
Sing me lullabies
Sway my soul soft into sleep
One sheep, two sheep, three, four, five, six
Cloaked up in malice, phantoms of friends
Are chasing me over the fields
Sandstorms and locusts and warriors in shields
Try to block my race over the lands
Dry fountain swallows my frame and shadow
Earthbelly opens its door
Moisty's the cavern that urges me on
Face to face with the crow
Don't wake me up with a scream
Sweating moonbeams
Sway me to sleep one again
Seven, eight, nine, ten
Wardrums and voices are chanting the hymns
Rain has been falling down for several years
Moisty's the fireplace, playgrounds are wet
I am counting to ten, counting to nine
Counting to three, counting to one
Playing hide and seek with the sun
Eyes are raised inn hope and prayers for better days
No sunshine falls on the blade that's risen to stay