A Song for Deagol -MistressAli Down by the river I strangled you, my love I locked my hands about a neck so fair and Made your breath catch inside your lungs And did not let the new air in, No My love and your lips turned blue like Waters below sky and your tears Dropped And down my cheeks I felt mine. Wet/ cold/ foreign in the heat Of the afternoon And the circlet in your hand, golden, O, it's luring me, it's forcing my hand I don't want this... I do... I don't I don't... I do! And to the ground you fall, my love So warm and pale and beautiful With bright eyes and soft hair and lips I loved to kiss But now eyes are glazing like fish we sought to catch My love, you are like a dead fish, your scales dulled! The heat in my hand, on my finger Is lovely and yet it burns and No ring can soothe the scars in my heart I wanted it I didn't want it Alone in the black I cry I know, with tears my closest friend, My hand was not forced.