Carmen

Last night I dreamed you crawled under the covers with me
And I whispered in your ear
You're so beautiful, don't go just yet
You're so magnificently beautiful, Carmen.

Someone kept telling me 
In my sleep
That everything was going to be alright
You'd grace this world of filth forever.

The sun didn't come up today
I heard you've breathed your last
I had been dreaming of you last night
While your magnificence lay as a carcass
In the dark winter night.

In my imagination you're still hiding under my bed
And if you never want to step out again, that's okay
Because I understand how beneath you this world is
And how tired you are of waiting for me
I'll be waiting for you
In eternal time.

I drove through the clouds 
With your China doll corpse
Lying stiff in the passenger seat
I tasted the soil and dug a grave.
Now I'm back home watching you
As you sit by the window
I'm counting the times I let you down
But I'm running out of fingers
And excuses
I hold the love of my life for days 
And pray for the blood to warm again.

For you, there's only love, Carmen.