peter hammill
rubicon
I lay down beside you : I am a unicorn, you a virginal maid, And I come in laughing play ---- But, maybe, to be saved. Peer through the backcloth : I am a character in the play, The words I slur are pre-ordained ---- We know them anyway. Don't change your mind, don't be a fickle friend; Don't change your mind, don't pretend  to something false. Open the toy-box : you are Pandora, I am the World. If you cross the stream, you never can return; If you stay, you'll surely burn. Don't change your mind, don't come all orchid eyes; Don't change your mind, don't disguise the fear  you feel : It's real, and you must Guard your castle well, for I am the lone wolf,  and the boar at bay ----- Grant me your Pax, you know we only live today, And on, and on, and into : "so Long" -- it takes so long to drown; It takes so very long to choke on the taste you'd spurned. If you cross the stream you never can return; If you stay you'll surely burn.