Fish Songtext
von The Scaffold

You always were a strange girl now weren′t you?
Like the midsummer night's party we went to
Where, towards witching, being tired and hot of dancing
We slipped through the French windows and arm in arm across the lawn

Pausing at the artificial pond
Lying liquid black and limpid in the strict tempo air we kissed
When suddenly you began to tremble
And removing one lavender satin glove
Knelt and slipped your hand into the slimy mirror


Your face was sad as you brought forth
A switching, twitching silver fish

Which you lay at my feet
And as the quick tick of the grass gave way to the slow flop of death
Still kneeling you said softly
"Don′t die little fish"
Then you took off your other glove
And we lay sadly and we made love

As the dancers danced slowly
The fish stirred coldly
And the moon admired its reflection
In the lily petaled pond