Dead to the world lyrics

Artist  : Patti smith 
Song : Dead to the world
 

Dead to the world my body was sleeping 
on my mind was nothing at all 
come a mist an aire so appealing 
I`m here a whispering you summouned I called 

I formed me a presence whose aspect was changing 
oh he would shift he would not shift at all 
we sat for a while he was very engaging 
and when he was gone I was gone on a smile 

With a strange way of walking 
and a strange way of breathing 
more lives than a cat 
that let me astray 
all in all he captured my heart 
dead to the world and just 
slipped away 

I heard me a music that drew me to dancing 
lo I turned under his spell 
I opened my coat but he never came closer 
I bolted the door and whispered oh well 

With a strange way of walking 
and a strange way of breathing 
more lives than a cat 
that let me astray 
all in all he captured my heart 
dead to the world and just 
slipped away 

I laid in the rushes the air was upon me 
wondering well I just couldn`t discern 
will he come back come back to me 
oh I whispered will you ever return 

I was feeling sensations in no dictionary 
he was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke 
the life in his fingers unwound my existence 
dead to the world alive I awoke 

With a strange way of walking 
and a strange way of breathing 
less than a breath of shimmer and smoke 
the life in his fingers unwound my existence 
dead to the world alive I awoke 
alive I awoke 
alive alive I awoke 
alive I awoke 
alive I awoke 
alive 
I awoke 
I awoke 
alive I awoke 
alive alive-o 
alive alive-o