Moths lyrics

Oh, the leaded window opened,

But you moved the dancing candle flame,

And the first moths of summer

Suicidal came, oh, suicidal came.

And the new breeze chattered

In its May-bud tenderness,

Sending water-lilies sailing,

As she turned to get undressed.

And the long night awakened,

And we soared on powdered wings,

Circling our tomorrows

In the wary month of spring.

Chasing shadows slipping

In the magic lantern's light -

Creatures of the candle

On the night's light's rite.

Dipping finger's weaving, flutter

Through the golden needle's eye

In our haystack madness, butterfly stroking

On a spring-tide high, on a spring-tide high.

Life's too long (as the lemmings said)

As the candle burned and the moths were wed.

And we'll all burn together as the wick grows higher

Before the candle's dead.

Oh, the leaded window opened

But you moved the dancing candle flame.

And the first moths of summer

Suicidal came, oh, suicidal came,

To join in the worship

Of the light that never dies

In the moments reflection

Of two moths spinning in her eyes.

• Artist:Jethro Tull
• Album:Heavy Horses (1978)