THE BLACK JAGUAR

When I was just a blue-eyed child

I felt the time come down

It came on like an avalanche

And took me underground

I noticed it when I was young

It stalked me like a wolf sometimes

With hackles raised and yellow eyes

It kept me in its sights

When I was young, my mother dreamed

The black jaguar protected me

The bloodthirst of the stalking wolf

Had drawn her to my side

The black jaguar, she follows me

She has one noble quest

I feel her by my side each time

Earth piles on my chest

I feel her when there is no light

Her fearsome claws and orange eyes

I find her when there's only night

From the underworld, with her, I rise.