Lyrics:

He finished his book cause the sun didn’t set
The stifling heat gone, under Arabic veils
Her naked sex, a breath of cool air
He was warned: if she strips naked there
She’ll lull out a devastating storm
But he worshipped her apropos of nothing
She was idolized, let her hair fall down
Slipped out of a batiste dress, she undressed

At the first gate the crown
At the second gate the necklace
At the third gate her earrings
At the fourth gate her ornaments
At the fifth gate the belt
At the sixth gate the bracelets
& at the seventh gate the girdle
She entered naked into his secret, not known

Nor seen
And not meant
To be known
Nor seen

Now no more a wonderful mirage
Safe in his mind’s eye
Grisly, she pivoted and spat back
Kill me with your own hands
I want your fingers round my throat
See the jugular vein throb
See the white foam at my innocent lips
Kill me if you hate me, but do it right
She couldn’t help but sink in the sandy mire
Terror-stricken by a boundless void
Gazing out with blank wet orbs
Admitting the loss of a beloved
Not known
Nor seen