The Maiden and the Mariner Lyrics

I knew that when I saw her
I would make her mine
Take my fill of her pretty flesh
And gift her corpse to the inky brine
Her hair was the colour of the dawn
Her knowing smile divine
Her skin as pale as the hungry moon
And yet her eyes seemed much older than her time
Could I have been anymore arrogant?
To believe myself the greater evil
There are things much older than I could ever dream
That lurk in forgotten places of the world
She led me on a merry chase
Through dark deserted streets
I ran till my lungs where fire
Down towards the sound of the sea
Through crooked alys that seemed to close behind me
Out onto a lonely little beach
I cornered her in quiet secluded c**vert
To my surprise she smiled and beckoned me

The b**** was a sea frett, poured into woman flesh
Horrified I spied the seething mass she hid beneath her dress
Her body split throat to navel, a new maw in her chest
She peered at me with ancient eyes and I forsaw my death
Then I knew how it was to be the prey
Her tendrils caught my limbs before I could escape
She slid her teeth into me gentle as a lover
As she dragged me to the sea I knew my life was over