Drink Deep - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Through bramble and briar

Under ash and oak

I went to find the hidden folk

They gave me gowns and riches

Cut gold thread with their teeth

Every night I went to see them

No, I did not sleep

And every cup they brought to me

Oh, you know I did

Drink deep

My eyes began to hollow

My skin began to fade

What I thought was a night was a thousand years

What I thought was a sip was a thousand tears

But still, they said

Drink deep

But the thread that they spun

Was a woman's hair

And the gowns stitched from her tenderest flesh

And the cup that they brought

Up to my lips

I realised I drank of myself

Yes, it camе from me

It was made from me

Still, I drank deep

Still, I drank deep, oh