LADY IN SCARLET

LADY IN SCARLET

I stand at the window watching
that lady descending those black stairs
Her thoughts are a basket of manic desires
for nobody ever for her cared

She's intent on becoming the master
Insisting on taking full control
Those memories lashing her dead ego
That sorrow long taking its toll

And she is wading through depths of dark water
She's nobody's wife, she is no one's daughter
Her mantra is singeing the face in her mirror
A demon of ugly pride has now caught her


I weep with the thought of her dark prison
I sigh to see her compromised
She never knew love from a husband
Brutality shining in her eyes

And she will destroy them with their passion
Desire will eat them all alive
This woman who hates their cold heart's freedom
is bent to pervert love and contrive

And she is laughing at God in heaven
Her mind is consumed by pride's hunger
She thinks that her rule will go on forever
but her reign isn't getting any younger


I stand at the window watching
that lady ascending her black throne
She thinks that she will be loved forever
though she stands forever alone

She saved her own soul and she lost it
Jesus was right to have said
she should have let go to God's mercy
and trusted in the shepherd who bled

And now she is skating next to chaos
locked in a path to her demise
The smoke of her doom is now before her. 
and still she does not realize



Words, music & audio recording
© John Brusseau, 3/24/2026