Blood.

Blood for the moon,
Blood for the earth,
Blood for the river,
Blood for the world.
Blood for the taking,
Blood gone to waste,
Blood we have forsaken,
And now it's too late.

Blood is our timekeeper,
Our housekeeper,
Our nurse.
Blood is our fortune,
Our livelihood,
Our purse.

The iron perfume
The scarlet dye,
Spills forth when we love,
Spills forth when we die,
As time goes by,
Our patience grows thin,
Our desperation increases,
Men do not understand,
Our time frame before we
Drip
drip
drip
away...