Jesca Hoop - Hunting My Dress lyrics

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And the tall trees all fell down

And they scattered seeds on the ground

And one is lost and one is found

Water is moving underground

When I was a young girl

I would sleep in a tall tree

On the down of bending boughs

And from the mount of his shoulders

I would traverse the valleys

Through his dusk and dawning eyes

“I will let you in,” said the doe to my arrow

“And you will wear my bones and my skin”

Hunting my dress

Love is ruthless

And in a nest from the forest

I would carry an ember

And with a burning heart we’d walk

And when he asks me to rest with him

I would lay down my fire

And in that heart we’d sing and talk

I am a raccoon and you are an owl

I will run from you in the mid of the night

And we will strike a truce in the billowing tower

And we’ll eclipse the moon with our firelight

Hunting my dress

Love is ruthless

You love me in my dreams

It’s easier when I’m fast asleep

But I don’t want you to come to me anymore

The river bed has married me

So I don’t want you to come to me anymore

And out of ashes comes morning

And the ritual of bathing

In the pools at bridal falls

And from the mouth of my lover

I would drink of the river

And kiss his jade and marble walls

You will spill the red

From my heart with your arrow

And you will make my bed under the red grass

And I will give my flesh

And my blood and my marrow

And you will wear my bones and my skin

Hunting my dress

Love is ruthless

And the tall trees all fell down

And they scattered seeds on the ground

And one is lost and one is found

Water is moving underground

And you’re the one who showed to me the sky

It’s so much more than you and I

And darling, we sure had a time

The river is whispering goodbye