I wish my lips were sown together,
with two threads of poisoned leather,
and never did the day I see more,
when I sat and sung herald lore.
For thrice the song bird did come to me,
and he sung me a song that said just to be.
The fault in this was for heaven to see,
and a bleeding song bird was the fee.
As my encharged ballad did shake the skies,
I only wished that songbird flys.
But only then did I see,
the nature of life was killing me,
that haunting anguish of killing strife,
the succinct summary of modern life.
For each being I killed with my song,
I started to heartache with breath and long.
Only when their bloo