Wild Bride Lyrics - Toni Childs

The wild bride lives in the back of a forest 

On a black dark path 

Her feet are like tree roots, her hands of vines 

And she holds you and she will entwine 

(Dreams, she finds out are shattered like a knife) 

She has thorns and she scars and she will leave her mark 

(And she hopes that somewhere along the line she might find) 

She's the wild one, she's the wild bride 

The wild bride asks, she hopes for the future 

And children, an abundance of them 

But a ball and a chain and war, her domain 

She wants them no longer this way 

(Dreams she finds out are shattered like a knife) 

Can I tear back the veils that are here? 

Resisting the white gown I fear for the wildness 

(And she hopes that somewhere along the line she might find) 

In me wants to exist 

Why must I wear these tattered old dresses 

And white lace over my gown? 

And why must I be a Barbie doll figure 

Like on a cake, on a crown? 

And the dreams she finds out are shattered like a knife 

(Why does it have to be? Can I change the loop on the wild bride) 

And she hopes that somewhere along the line 

(Underneath) 

She might find love 

(Dreams she finds out are shattered like a knife) 

The wild bride falls to the earth 

A sacrifice no one can break from this ball and chain 

(And she hopes that somewhere along the line) 

Of this wild bride 

(She might find) 

The thorns in her hands 

And a rose for her skins 

And belly filled with gold 

And seed like a pomegranate 

And roots for her limbs 

And telling me she'll wrap you with me