Owl Heart Dream

It was a cold September night

And I, alone, reclined in bed

A candle lit, a story read

And getting settled there I fell

Into a deep reflection half

Between my wakefulness and sleep

I heard an owl outside my room

Oowoo, oowoo, oowoo it's true

To me it beckoned from the blue

So in my liminality

His tree I crept outside to seek

My monkey slippers on my feet

In the hollow of the tree

I saw two nictitating eyes

Shining on me

And the creature spoke from the wood

In a low and trembling voice

I half understood

Then the world turned upside down

A shower of sparks sprung from the ground

And I thought I was dead

It was only in my head

I thought I was dead

It was only in my head

Before my very eyes

Saw the owl grow as tall as the sky

And the sparks came raining down

It was magic, magic

As I stood in the land of dreams

What did it mean?

Then he said "Do you pass the test?"

Pulled my heart right outta my chest

It was wreathed in dust and grime

Yeah that was mine

Saw all my troubles in its sheen

What did it mean?

"In a moment I'll be gone

Through a window to a time that has slipped away

You'll awaken after long

With this song

And a riddle in your head"

This is what he said

This is what he said

How will you be born in the morning, the morning?

How will you be born in the morning, the morning?

How will you be born in the morning, the morning?

How will you be born in the morning, the morning

The morning, the morning, the morning?

I heard an owl outside my room

Oowoo, oowoo, oowoo it's true

It questioned everything I knew

And in the violet hour I fled

Back to the safety of my bed