The Blacksmith’s Prayer

[Verse]
Make me iron in the forge
Melt me down. Change my form

[Pre-Chorus]
Let me flow through the cast in silver slithers, like my sisters past. Descend, life-giver!

[Chorus]
And in the shadow of your hand, let me be sweet again! In the valleys of your land, let me be reaped again!

[Verse]
Raze the hair from my chin
Hear my voice, sweet like violins

[Pre-Chorus]
Young again, in the schoolyard
Sharing secrets with a friend who without shame lets our hands knit

[Chorus]
And see: my body’s ebb and bend is a wеnding river in your garden, wherе I ever-tend and fruit deliver -

[Bridge]
Ripened, revealed, revered, reborn, and wrought, and peeled, naked and horned...

Look at me: shaking at your feet like a beaten mutt - and though my terror hinges me, watch me demand love!

[Chorus]
Look at me: shaking, make me
Look at me: melt me down
Make me iron. Make me ore

[Verse]
As the flames lick higher
Let me burn a little more