Deep in the sacred maze She treads where moss can hide Roots that twist and guard Past lands her tribe denied Macaws cry overhead Bright wings in fevered dance The ground a field of blooms The air a slow romance Jaguar eyes in the shade Observes her silent grief The earth absorbs her tears The leaves grant no relief She walks through vines of gold That bind yet set her free The orchids lean to hear Her whispered elegy! The jungle grieves with her Its soil upholds her will The stones recall her steps The wind repeats her ills The waterfall confides Its mist wraps 'round her face The bromels bow their heads And cloak her hidden place The beasts observes her Despair they've never known The night consumes her Its breath becomes her own The stars deny her Their light has never shone The skies reject her Their mercy overthrown The serpent coils in dark Its tongue divides the air Its body weaves through grass A presence cold and rare The branches mask the sky Her sorrow lingers there The smoke ascends to night No promise left to share In her grove of tropical anguish By the fall's relentless song She lays her pain on crimson blooms Where no one comes, and dark is long In her grove of tropical anguish By the fall's relentless song She lays her pain on scarlet flowers Where no one comes, and daylight is gone Laughter feels like chains She flees before the dawn Bleeding 'neath tall trees None can make her stay She needs to be free Away from all they see No voice can confine Her spirit will not resign The beasts observes her Despair they've never known The night consumes her Its breath becomes her own The stars deny her Their light has never shone The skies reject her Their mercy overthrown The serpent coils in dark Its tongue divides the air Its body weaves through grass A presence cold and rare The branches mask the sky Her sorrow lingers there The smoke ascends to night No promise left to share In her grove of tropical anguish By the fall's relentless song She lays her pain on crimson blooms Where no one comes, and dark is long In her grove of tropical anguish By the fall's relentless song She lays her pain on scarlet flowers Where no one comes, and daylight is gone