Zig, Zig, And Zag -------------------- Zig, zig, and zag, Death keeps the rhythm tight Scraping on the tombstones in the middle of the night Death at midnight scrapes a tune from hollow bone Click, clack, crack, draws his bow across the stones The winter wind moans, and the night is dark and cold Groans from the lindens tell a story old Skeletons white and thin through the shadows creep. Running and jumping while the living sleep. Tap, tap, scrape, everyone is on the floor You can hear the clicking of the bones once more A lustful couple... flesh on bone... dances on the mossy ground Living lovers tasting secrets that in the dark are found Zig, zig, and zag, Death plays his violin Scraping on the strings of the souls within A curtain of silk has fallen in the gloom The dancer strips bare in her burial room The circle is turning, they whirl like souls possessed The tempo pounds like hearts about to burst from chest "Shh! Suddenly the rythmic sound is gone." They scatter like shadows to hide away from dawn A lustful couple... flesh on bone... dances on the mossy ground Death grins wide... he's found two warm ones in the crowd "The cock has crowed" The sun begins to rise Light is breaking through the morning skies Oh what a beautiful night for those who died Death played his violin on the mossy ground Hand in hand they spun... the living and the dead Dancing as one before the lovers fled The living must not see what lovers found... me One last waltz! One final bow! Death withdraws into the earth... but he'll return somehow Return. Oh, yeah, he'll return Click, clack, crack, Death kept the rhythm tight Scraping on the tombstones in the middle of the night A changed couple... marked by bone... danced on the mossy ground. To death and the secrets the darkness has bred Death keeps the rhythm The secrets that we hide Zig... zig... zag "Until you dance tonight..." --- "Zig, Zig, And Zag" Copyright © 2025 Rick n' Stolti. All rights reserved. [email protected]
