The Red Door Lyrics

You appeared upon the white shore
on a dark and moonless eve
I led you through the stone gate,
torches spitting in the breeze
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All around our palace glistened,
splashed with waves from the sea,
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
in your gown of ivory
One thing, I ask of you, my love
as I comb your white-gold hair
Only stay your hand from the red door,
the red door beneath the stairs
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The red door under the stairs,
the red door under the stairs
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
There's nothing to see in there
Why do you stand so many hours
staring out across the sea?
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
when I pretend that I'm asleep?
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And even in the bright sun
as we walk the bone-white beach
You put your ear to the whispering shells
and turned away from me
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
a red flash in your roving eye
Why the tremor in your soft hands
when I pull you to my side?
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The red door and what's inside,
the red door and all it hides
Stare away across the ocean waves,
but I know what you've seen tonight