patti smith - dead to the world lyrics

dead to the world my body was sleeping
on my mind was nothing at all
come a mist an aire so appealing
i'm here a whispering you summouned i called

i formed me a presence whose aspect was changing
oh he would shift he would not shift at all
we sat for a while he was very engaging
and when he was gone i was gone on a smile

with a strange way of walking
and a strange way of breathing
more lives than a cat
that let me astray
all in all he captured my heart
dead to the world and just
slipped away

i heard me a music that drew me to dancing
lo i turned under his spell
i opened my coat but he never came closer
i bolted the door and whispered oh well

with a strange way of walking
and a strange way of breathing
more lives than a cat
that let me astray
all in all he captured my heart
dead to the world and just
slipped away

i laid in the rushes the air was upon me
wondering well i just couldn't discern
will he come back come back to me
oh i whispered will you ever return

i was feeling sensations in no dictionary
he was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
the life in his fingers unwound my existence
dead to the world alive i awoke

with a strange way of walking
and a strange way of breathing
less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
the life in his fingers unwound my existence
dead to the world alive i awoke
alive i awoke
alive alive i awoke
alive i awoke
alive i awoke
alive
i awoke
i awoke
alive i awoke
alive alive-o
alive alive-o