Kathy´s Halloween

(( ***Kathy Sloan, a member of the Clan of the Moon (Malkavians/Vampires of the Masquerade), loves Halloween, preferably in rainy weather and with rubber boots. And she seems to have her own take on the unlife... *** )) [Intro - spoken] Shhh, can you hear it, the rain is talking again He said my name, no, mine [spoken] The sky tore open, and inside was me I gave the nurse my heart today, she stirred it in her tea [spoken] Come play with me in rubber boots One, two, three, whoever splashes first wins [spoken] When the moon climbs up the stair The dance begins, and no one cares [laughter] [Verse 1] I’m dancing circles in the rain The drops are whispering my name In shiny boots of candy red I jump, the puddles wake the dead The moon looks down, my dearest friend He nods and smiles, it never ends The shadows clap with soft delight The madness dresses well tonight [Chorus] Puddles and raven hearts Laughing mends the broken parts Children cry, trick or treat But I taste bitterness so sweet My little cell so neat, so warm With candlelight and shattered charm It only lacks one little flood Just one more drop of precious blood [Verse 2] I count the stars behind the glass They gossip of what came to pass They hum old songs the wind once knew And every note is cracked in two I take the children’s candy prize To give them dreams behind their eyes A caramel, a trembling cry And all the monsters dance nearby [Chorus] Puddles and raven hearts Laughing mends the broken parts The ward is dressed in ribbons red And ghosts are humming by my bed My painted smile won’t wash away It guards my mind where shadows play [Bridge - childlike] One for pain, two for delight Three tears fall, four bites tonight Five small voices softly say In the dark you’ll never stay [Verse 3] I talk to dolls, they talk to me We share our quiet lunacy The walls they breathe, so calm, so kind They hold the cracks inside my mind And when the sun taps on my pane I hide until it’s dark again For daylight burns, it laughs too loud The night’s the only truth allowed [Final Chorus - slow] Puddles and raven hearts Madness hums and daylight parts All my dreams are dripping thin From my skull to where they’ve been My crooked world so sweet, so fine Forevermore I’ll call it mine [laughter] [Outro - whispered] The puddles are empty, the children are gone But look, the shadows still dance on I trapped the sun inside a jar It screamed until it wasn’t Shhh, quiet now, Malkav’s sleeping Or maybe laughing Listen, the rain hums our song (the rain hums our song)