Miladi in the Dark

[Verse 1] In the dark she wept alone Over him she had struck down She cast her clothes aside And clothed her skin in red She lay atop his body Kissing, shaking, praying Her tears fell cold as ash In the black, in the black [Pre-Chorus] Two years before that night I rode to summer stone To seek an old war friend And plan our hunt at dawn But there at his high hall A girl stood in my sight Seventeen springs of breath And my heart lost its way [Chorus] Miladi, Miladi White horse in the dawn Miladi, Miladi You looked me down and drawn Miladi, Miladi Your eyes were sharp as pine Miladi, Miladi And you were mine [Verse 2] I asked him of the girl He frowned, then spoke her name His daughter, born in war Of Kamin far in Ismonia The next day she rode out With a crossbow at her side White horse, white hands, no words Just glances, just glances [Pre-Chorus] Twelve of us heard the horn Then all the hounds broke loose She spurred ahead of us And I went hard behind The others fell away Till only woods remained Their voices thin and far Like smoke above the field [Chorus] Miladi, Miladi White horse in the dawn Miladi, Miladi You looked me down and drawn Miladi, Miladi Your eyes were sharp as pine Miladi, Miladi And you were mine [Bridge] She stopped beside a log And loosed her bolt to wood Then loaded once again And leveled steel at me "Come closer," said her mouth "Come closer and obey Come kiss me, Grispo de Julminadi" So I bent to her will [Verse 3] We kissed among the leaves Till footsteps came near by Then split apart at once And hid our burning mouths That evening after meat I climbed alone to bed Yet after hours had fled She came and asked my company [Final Chorus] Miladi, Miladi The dark knew both our names Miladi, Miladi We fed on secret flame Miladi, Miladi Then came the blade and night Miladi, Miladi And love lay down in blood