All Night

All I remember is falling

A falling without end

Every night the shape of you

And all that it portends

And it was here in my joy

More terrible than my fear

Before dawn dispelled it all

I used all that drew near

All night I ask you why

But all night you tell me no

All I could hear was the dancing

Of the words across your lips

How they spun me right round baby

Til I didn’t exist

And it was here in this nothing

At the bottom of this well

From where there is no return

I abandoned myself

All night I ask you why

But all night you tell me no

All that I know is this longing

Unyielding as the wind

That blows ferocious

Every night our thirst begins

But so it goes every morning

In the sunlight and despair

To our temple ruins we crawl

And we leave each other there

All night I ask you why

But all night you tell me no