Autumn - Floating Towards Distress lyrics

She runs to the river down below Towards a boat under a willow Away from the mirror, the loom and the tower Where she yearned for him, hour after hour Under a sky like a dark blue dome Stands the queen of loneliness A skin as white as the rivers foam Which tips the hem of her dress A crown of a pearl garland she wore Blinking to Camelot in moonlight To which she stares, through tears Tears that are clouding her sight A forlorn goddess Seeking for her God Carving in the stern The lady Shallot Like a prophet seeing the entire future She looses the chain While d**h stretches its hand and lures Seizing her to gain Paralysed and in distress, she floats Into the night by darkness clothe When the lady sings a mournful song Chanting through the spheres of night Where it dissolves at the horizon Like her life Undone...