Siren's Love Song (With Apologies to Darren Korb)

[Mostly Holy]

"Siren's Love Song (With Apologies to Darren Korb)"

Come brave sailor, drunk on ardour,
Hear my song of salt and sin.
Steer your heart into my harbour,
Where the deep will draw you in.

Come dear sailor, brave and burning,
Passions rise, wit sinks in mud.
Don’t look back now, tide’s still turning,
I smell iron, I smell blood!

Down, down,
Come dance with me and play my game.
Drown, drown,
I promise you'll forget your name.

Crash your ship against my laughter,
I’ll applaud your fine demise!
Smashed by waves as timbers splinter,
I’ll watch the light leave drowning eyes.

Down, down,
Your course is locked, no turning free.
Drown, drown,
Don’t you know you belong to me?

Heroes taste all hot and thirsty,
Fools of fear and sweet despair.
You thought my lips were made for mercy,
Now your rot adorns my lair.

Down, down,
Your tender flesh my sweet delight.
Drown, drown,
Till I find one who bites just right!

I'll wear your teeth as strings of pearls,
The water shivers while I preen.
Your name I'll scratch on coral walls,
I was the fairest you had seen.

Down, down,
Rest with fishes beneath the brine.
Drown, drown,
I was not yours, but you were mine.
Down! Down!
King of wrecks, wear your coral crown!
Drown! Drown!
The sea is queen and she'll take her own!