I was a beautiful boy A gorgeous girl I was the Queen of the wolves And the king of the birds The witches they loved me The hunters they hunt me And my life was the shortest way around I was a head on two legs The shadow of a swan A reflection of dread A bitter crusade The cats showed me around The birds led me the way
And my life was the shortest way around That's so much more Than I am today My back against the wall A bubble on my neck My flesh an empty shell My mind stuck in a trap The cats they found their way But I just went astray And the birds they drowned in sound I'm so much more Than this today