Rock-a-bye baby. It's us and the night.
Rock-a-bye stars and rock-a-bye light.
Now there is nothing left in our reach
Except for the waves that cleanse this beach.
It's us and stars and the miles of sea
Calling up at you and me,
And the lullaby that I recite
Like one long elegy tonight.
It's us and stars that freeze and scrape
And the night of frigid rape
In your blood and in your face:
A yesterday that stays and stays.
Yesterday has locked today.
The womb must seal its scars away.
The cradle of your mother's womb
Must soon become your comfy tomb.
In all your fragility
Child of error, pardon me.
Pardon the sin whose weight I bear
In the name of the flesh we share.
Hush little baby, don't say a word.
It's too late, too cold to be heard.
Tonight we're nobody. A wave
Shall be our cradle and our grave.