Ichneumonidae

I'm your Iphegenia
Your Purushamedha sacrifice
Whilst i try to spread my wings
You tap and take my life.

Locked up in my dormancy
You penetrate me through
My body was my temple once
Now it hosts for you.

This hierogamy won't take me
My little Ichneumonidae
Once you've consumed my soul, i swear
It will be your turn to cry.

For i never stop weeping
Within my safety shell
I hate to say this beneath my mask but
Your love can go to hell.

So i'll remain unrequited
And embrace that inevitable sting
Prematurely fading into black
Until i can't feel a thing.

My beating heart is in your hands
It wants to flutter free
But i'll never see fair daylight again
Forbidden love has taken me.

So tap tap on my wooden sanctuary
And never say goodbye
True, she may be your angel
But i could have been your butterfly.