Anne Harlan Prather - Iron Mistress lyrics

Iron Mistress, let me go Just a day, an hour or so To touch the dreams I'll never know With your cold arms around me But do I want my liberty? Out here on this shoreless sea I've even loved your jealousy Straight from the day you bound me Iron Mistress, let me sleep Between the watches I must keep Let me know some other deep Than the stars to which you throw me Your silent mercy is ill-defined Lock me up inside my mind Cut me off from my own kind Such is the love you've shown me My queen of darkness, more than fair For your lover, do you care No human rival will you bear Sometimes allow a brother Oh iron lady, queen of strife You're my only home at night You know I'm bound to you for life Nor would I have another