Bay Leaves and Lavender Flowers

[Chorus] Sprinkle bay leaves on the sheets And lavender flowers by the bed I fall in the arms of Hypnos The god of sleep [Verse] Veils side to side Catching glimpses of myself Like prisoners condemned The secrets of the self Thanatos But death is no friend to me as Hypnos Is tucked beside me as I dream In sleep A goddess Light surrounds me as he sits His eyes reflect the Sun So much like Apollo His father [Chorus] And I drink my mugwort tea Before my lunar dreams Are sent to me [Verse 2] And Hypnos Such a caring man Glorious in a way that shows Only to his loved ones Pangs ripple in waves across the skies I know Those Oracles mean me no harm But the precious play of these creatures Teeters on the whimsical nature of Greek Goddesses like myself And rice paper walls Protect the scents of sagebrush White sage for me [Verse 3] And as they burn They waltz around the room And in unison We fall To the goddess they worship Artemis Wise and concerned The look on her face when she found out The things humans do for love The songs they sing to us Perpetuate the macabre And rosemary and mistletoe [Chorus] And I sip my chamomile tea With ginger and honey And bay leaves I sleep [Verse 4] And Hygeia sleeps beside Artemis by the fire How she kept the fire burning I will never know But you tuck me in under your velvet cloak Feasts of fine nectar and honeysuckle I worry I will overindulge But ensure me sweet dreams Until Artemis carries us across the moon I know I can trust you And they mourn me under the willow tree