Delusion

One day she emerged from the sea
And you chose her.
You were blind to the switch,
Blind to the truth she wasn’t me.

Are you sure she won’t be afraid
To lose you?
Just as easily as you once
Did it to me.

Obeah* woman, sing!
Is it real? Am I real?
Or is it just a game of my mind?

You took her home
As if you’d lived as one for a long time.
Now she’s your wife
As if I never lived here before.

Dinner plans, our friends,
A name for the child we might have made…
Did you really forget me
Or just didn’t notice the switch?

Obeah woman, sing!
Outside and within.
Deep beneath the skin.
Where the waves break down
And where the shadows begin.

Spell is creeping in.
The truth is slipping thin.
Tried to scream your name
Above the roaring storm and din.

One day I emerged from the sea
And he chose me.
He was blind to the switch –
Swept away by my wave.

Is it me? Or the one who shares
Our bed now?
From my broken pieces
Another woman could be reborn.


*Obeah — система верований и магии, распространённая в Карибском регионе.