The Story of the Mother-Stephin Merritt

[ti:The Story Of The Mother] [ar:Stephin Merritt] [al:My Life As A Fairy Tale] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story of the Mother - Stephin Merritt [00:08.10]"Although my child has died " the mother said [00:12.42] [00:13.80]"that doesn't make him permanently dead [00:18.18] [00:19.69]I must petition Death for his return " [00:23.94] [00:28.43]She made her way into the lands below [00:33.21] [00:34.44]There was a rosebush there [00:37.50]Where things don't grow [00:39.18] [00:40.40]It said "You want your child [00:42.92] [00:43.44]Give me your blood " [00:45.10] [00:45.66]And on a thorn her flesh was torn [00:49.25] [00:49.81]That's how rosebu she's grow down there [00:53.99] [00:55.71]So then she met this great big centipede [01:00.40] [01:01.72]Who wanted something from her [01:04.94]It decreed: "You want to hold your child [01:10.80]Give me your arms " [01:12.91]In lands beneath they grow strange teeth [01:17.29]To tear your flesh more painfully [01:21.11] [01:23.64]But on she staggered and stumbled [01:26.42]For her baby's sake [01:28.38] [01:29.95]And found herself beside a talking lake: [01:35.00] [01:36.14]"You want to see your child [01:38.67] [01:39.51]Give me your eyes " [01:41.01] [01:41.80]Which turned to pearls and sank [01:44.79]In swirls into liquid oblivion [01:51.59] [01:54.08]In the form of a spider [01:56.53] [01:57.81]Death hung there beside her and kissed her [02:02.87]And made her his wife