Ian Perry - Narcissus Lyrics

I laid down, my body limp
Full of curls and dreams and fancies
Pale and fey and beautiful
And soft, like a satin sheet
My belly full of melancholy
My blue eyes watery and weak
Sweet music on my mind
Like waltzes and harmonies
Saying lay down lover
Lover lay down next to me

And I was many miles from home
Full of finery and art I let the night
Seduce and take me
To a world subteranean and dark
Where eyes like mine
Stared from the shadows
Bodies pressed against my body, saying
"Let me hold you my sweet thing
You need no longer be alone
Lay down lover
Every stranger needs a home"

But I found a pool of clear water
Took a sip and saw a face
Was drawn to it
Now I was captivated
There was nothing
Left in the world for me
My love lay just beyond my fingers
When I tried to touch
He just disappeared

"Let me hold you my sweet thing
I'm a fool for you my love
Come on lay down lover
I can never give you up"

And time goes by...

And all that time
It has gone for good
All the years of frustrated love
And finally I see who is before me
A man broken and alone
There is something in his dimming eyes
I'm just beginning to recognise
There's sweet music on his mind
Like waltzes and harmonies
Saying lay down lover
Lover lay down next to me
Let me hold you my sweet thing
I'm a fool for you my love
And though my body has grown wasted
I can never give you up...