Potion

Cauldron’s bubbling, oh so troubling
Someone must be hexed
Shores receding, words repeating
Needle pulling thread
I ate forbidden fruit
Despite what I knew
Lovers heed my call
Lest heartbreak befall

It’s just a potion, it’s just a tell
It’s just a favor, pulled from a well
It’s just a promise with fingers crossed
No more learned lessons
No more confessions

Loosened shackles, snakeskin jackals
Even she defends
Glowing specter, courtside jester
Burning at both ends
The game is afoot
Princess, help me look
Hidden from it all
You’d be first to fall

It’s just a potion, it’s just a tell
It’s just a favor, pulled from a well
It’s just a promise with fingers crossed
No more learned lessons
No more confessions

Covering the mirrors will do us no good
Release the hounds and get the firewood
A secret vow, an heiress, is all that it takes
Next in line upon the throne
You bend, but don’t break
Weaving the loom
Air leaves the room
Two drops do the trick
Or a spinning wheel prick
Or a glass meeting brick
Or a body so sick
The habit you kicked
The curse that you picked
I’m it

It’s just a potion, it’s just a tell
It’s just a favor, pulled from a well
It’s just a promise with fingers crossed
No more learned lessons
No more confessions