The Man Who Swallowed My Soul - Persephone

He looked like a young man

But his eyes were old

He touched me gently

But his hands were cold

My hands are cold

His voice was calm

But he was hunting for prey

I started feeling dizzy

And he watched me sway

I watched you sway

He stared at me with eyes black as coal

The man who swallowed my soul

The morning air

And the sunlight he stole

The man who swallowed my soul

He kissed my cheeks

My eyebrows, my neck

I followed him blindly

There was no turning back

There’s no turning back

He sucked the lifeblood

Out of my veins

Left me and my nightgown

Covered with stains

Covered with stains

He said his kiss would make me whole

The man who swallowed my soul

The breath of life

From my lips he stole

The man who swallowed my soul

He stared at me with eyes black as coal

The man who swallowed my soul

The morning air

And the sunlight he stole

The man who swallowed my soul

He said his kiss would make me whole

The man who swallowed my soul

The breath of life

From my lips he stole

The man who swallowed my soul

The man who swallowed my soul