The Queen of All Deceivers (5/16/09)

Allison Lonsdale sings about the twins Desire and Despair in Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Recorded at Lestat's Coffeehouse in San Diego on May 16, 2009.

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Harmony by Eben Brooks
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Shot & edited by Sun, Moon & Stars Productions
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The Queen of All Deceivers
© Allison Lonsdale 2000

Last call in the House of Dreams,
Won't you have a little false fire for the road
It burns so sweetly going down
Heading home across the water
You dont know youre carrying a heavy load
If you slide under you might drown

That light's not leading you to harbor; you're sailing through a fever
It's the moon's reflection on the water
She is the queen of all deceivers

For a sinner's candy heart
For a dragon valentine
For the lips of a woman who burned herself on beaury
Would you forget your part
Miss your cue and go up on your lines
Would you live life derelict of duty

That song's not calling you to harbor; you're listening to a fever
It's the voice of the king of Elfland's daughter
She is the queen of all deceivers

And your ship gets carried in the wake
When her vessel of stars and thorns is leaving
You can try redeeming her with sacrifice but she will always be deceiving

Like a face you can't forget
She slides beneath your secret skin
And you open your heart and she drags you under
Shes not done playing with you yet
She knows just how to pull you in
And she baits the hook with a taste of wonder

That flag's not signaling the harbor; it's the color of a fever
She is the undertow that pulls you deeper
She is the queen of all deceivers

And she wants to wear your heart in chains
She wants to know you cannot leave her
For she loves the taste of human pain; the lady is a bold deceiver

Last call in the House of Dreams,
Won't you have a little false fire for the road?
It burns so sweetly going down

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