The Devil In The Well

Stay forever play while their world wastes away where till this day our bones long submerged lay

And may together our souls never stray from where the water fades into the grey

Down they all fell trapped in time victims of their own nursery rhyme

They’ll never tell what did they find dancing around the well that night

Let’s never grow up that’s what the cat said while batting around its own detached head

We’ll stay awake when adults are in bed since we’re pretending why don’t we play dead

There'll be no more sick and no more grieving after all aren’t we just make believing

At that last question it flashed a wide grin and with a clawed paw it kicked the head in

Stay forever play while their world wastes away where till this day our bones long submerged lay

And may together our souls never stray from where the water fades into the grey

Dolls that we dug up from the damp earth circle the table served ladies first

Dressed in their Sunday’s best and of course rags around sores which no longer hurt

Tipping their tea cups still we suppose it’s not the flavor they would have chose

Nor was the water drawn from our well when the entire township fell ill

And the adults all took to their rooms abandoning their children too soon

We have been waiting all these long years to entertain some new visitors

Down they all fell trapped in time victims of that old nursery rhyme

They’ll never tell what did they find dancing around the well that night

Let’s never grow up that’s what the cat said while batting around its own detached head

We’ll stay awake when adults are in bed since we’re pretending why don’t we play dead

There'll be no more sick and no more grieving after all aren’t we just make believing

At that last question it flashed a wide grin and with a clawed paw it kicked the head in

Stay forever play while their world wastes away where till this day our bones long submerged lay

And may together our souls never stray from where the water fades into the grey

Down they all fell trapped in time victims of that old nursery rhyme

They’ll never tell what did they find dancing around the well that night