Shimmer

An offering to the soul of my recently departed familiar, Zilla
AKA Nagini, AKA the Voodoo Doll.

Photo credit: Jo Voets

A Song for Zilla
Yasmine Weiss

[Verse 1]

Long velvet gloves
Rolling out your hand
Like a queen would
To have it kissed

[Chorus]

Dark beauty
Intensity incarnate
Prideful ease, sweet pink belly

Green Eyes locking into mine
Soft mist, dead serious at times
The texture of your soul
Still shimmers

[Verse 2]

Your nose on mine
Breathing, sharing the air
Tense jaws, my harshness
Melting in your stare

[Chorus]

Dark beauty
Intensity incarnate
Prideful ease, sweet pink belly

Green Eyes locking into mine
Soft mist, dead serious at times
The texture of your soul
Still shimmers

[Bridge]

Remember, we’ve made a deal
You and I
You’ll be the first soul I see after I die

You, a lantern, a dark forest
Catching diamonds and fireflies
Crossing into the Other Side
Together

[Verse 3]

Oh you – left – me
With the last red in the trees
Buried like a pharaoh queen
My heart is forever

… Devastated.

Lyrics and vocals: Yasmine Weiss
Composing + arranging + keyboard & bass: Nate Shaffer

Written at a songwriting retreat with Nate Shaffer.