Lullaby
Close your eyes
Sleep tight my child
And I’ll be
Here In the morn
Close your eyes
Dream light my child
And we’ll sleep
Forevermore
If you wake
To a peaceful world
Then you’ll know
The sufferings gone
If you wake
To a sleepless world
Then close your eyes
Until I’m done
I’ll make it quick
And painless, child
Never fear
I’ll be right here
The blood is thick,
My nameless child
Here’s a tear
For you, my dear
Covered in red,
I’ll hold you, child
Until I bleed
Down to the core
Covered in red,
My own life now
I, too, sleep
Forevermore
(2012)
This was inspired by a news story I'd heard about a mother killing her children in order to protect them from the apocalypse, afterward she killed herself. I could picture a mother singing this to her child, covered in dirt and ash, sitting in an abandoned building holding a knife as she rocks the child to sleep one last time.
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