Off the Lane

A warning for a curious girl

I got lost off the lane

Where the woodlands get dark

And skeleton hands

Hang from bare and twisted branches

Swaying in a sinister dance

They swirl they swirl

Knotting their shadows over me spiraling

Call me call me from the dark

Oh I shall find no rest until you come

Call me call me by my name

That mossy stone

Shall never be my grave

I just followed their trail

Into their hidden lair

Oh broken heart

Come and play with us -they said

We can gather all your shards -they sung

Join them so you can feel complete

A whole again

All you must do is to decline

The light of sun

Oh catch me catch me now

Don't let me fall

Into a world I'll never be

I never really was

Tangle me and lift me in your arms

Shelter me and cloak me

With your gnarled dead boughs

Now that I'm lost

Off the lane

A warning for all curious girls

Led astray

A warning for all curious girls

Led astray

I should have gone through the long way

You should have gone through the long way

No shortcut is safe