Before and beyond the blue gates of death   Oh only two birds soar through the sky   Take two blackbirds crossformed in poppy fields   And sprung in the springtime of Europe's fertile years   When the rain was immaculate   Not redrose invisible   And where in the heart that beats in man   And where in the soul that beats in this heart   May we find pastures of the little shining man?      Eagle, his hand in hand   Eagle, his glass in hand   Birch, she sits there scowling   Another eagle darkens the stage   (She tells me she loves me but he always beckons)      They have reached the blue gates of death   They are at the blue gates of death   They shall go through the blue gates of death      And on the rocks the moss is everywhere   And the sky is blackblue   And it is darkening   Statues point to the sky   Birth   Earth   And dawn      And I believe   Christ is the Son of God   And I believe   Christ is His son      Her eyes are horizontal   Like her secret   There is no pain for me to feel   "Do not touch this pain of mine"   She says "it is darkened fear"   And London Bridge   Has fallen down   My mother sits in the kitchen   She's drinking Victoria gin   And she's eating gingerbread men   Two ciphers straddle the stage   Reclaim, declaim and decant   Their moves are pointless   Their promises echo through the night      We have all reached the blue gates of death   We are at the opening of the blue gates of death   And Christ's name is carved in stone   But the time has soaked it away   Where the rain runs to the sea   It takes moisture from the world   Where riverruns to the sea   It drags ships in its courses   And the blue turns to green   Behind the roses   Fields and pastures   Madness is the norm   And laughing is the wine   Full garlands hang on the head of the porcupine god      Everyone reaches the blue gates of death   Everything opens   No journey is without meaning   Every road has its end      And I shall die soon   And you shall die soon   And no luggage is carried   On the opening to the gates of death   Death is no ending   It is the beginning   I shall not take you with me   But your face rests in my heart   Your soul is part of my soul   Your love is with me always   I shall remember you   In the darkness that's to come   And flashing lights beckon   Another womb, another life   At the blue gates of death      I loved you once   I shall love you again   Do not feel pain   Nothing lasts in this world   I loved you once   I shall love you again   I loved you once   I love you again