Blessed Spirit - Michael Collins

Blessed Spirit

Well... What name have you chosen?

Is this, then, your new disguise?

'Sunflower'? 'Moonbeam'? 'Earth-Child'?

Which one won the prize?

Yes... How many name changes

have you gone through to date?

You will exhaust my patience... you realize...

should you continue at this rate

A word to the not-so-wise:

a name is a name is a name

Still... if it helps you to see yourself a-new

pray continue with this game

"A name is so much more

than what you believe that name to be

And if you search there is a legend

... And if you are lucky there is a key

Though we do not share an... intimacy...

still... let me try to explain:

the name which I have chosen this day

knows nothing of Her pain

'Come here child... and tell no-one'

When you are this young you have no choice

'You must assume other duties now'

This mother's daughter had no voice

Do this for me Carla

Do that for me Carla

Get used to it Carla

It's the strap if you cry

On the couch with you Carla

Across my knee with you Carla

Be a good girl now Carla

Wash your face now Carla

Time for bed... now... Carla

It all ended around the time

I turned 15... and ran away...

I left Carla in that dark space

... a ghost of yesterday

So... I am Blessed Spirit...

Understand?"