But all she knew were children's games
Capture-the-flag all manic spring
Swiping smiles & frowns across her face
Medicine in the forest
Cash crops & government pills
Herbs out in the desert
Numb or cure those ills
He'd say he always felt the same
What's whipping through her veins
Doctors haven't yet given a name
The priestess rose up from the water
Then sank down with the rains
He'd say, I just want to feel different
She said she always felt the same
The sound and the movement and the words all make me feel sad, except "What's whipping through her veins/
ReplyDeleteDoctors haven't yet given a name" which, in connection with the sound and movement, also make me feel a sort of ecstasy