verse 1 Dead to the world my body was sleeping’ On my mind was nothin’ at all Come a mist, an air so appealing I’m here a whisperin', you summoned, I called verse 2 I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing’ Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all We sat for a while, he was very engaging’ And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile With a strange way of walking’ And a strange way of breathing’ More lives than a cat that led me astray All in all, he captured my heart Dead to the world and I just slipped away verse 3 I heard me a music that drew me to dancing’ Lo, I turned under his spell I opened my coat but he never came closer I bolted the door and whispered, oh well With a strange way of walking’ And a strange way of breathing’ More lives than a cat that led me astray All in all, he captured my heart Dead to the world and just slipped away Instrumental x 5 verse 4 I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me Wondering’, well, I just couldn't discern Will he come back, come back to me? Oh, I whispered will you ever return? Verse 5 I was feeling’ sensations in no dictionary He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke The life in his fingers unwound my existence Dead to the world alive I awoke With a strange way of walking’ And a strange way of breathing’ Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke The life in his fingers unwound my existence Dead to the world alive I awoke Outro Alive I awoke (Alive) Alive I awoke (Alive I awoke) Alive (I awoke) I awoke (I awoke) I awoke (Alive) Alive, alive, oh (Alive) (Alive) Alive, alive, oh Alive, alive, oh
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