mad girl's love song 

     i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; 
     i lift my lids and all is born again. 
     (i think i made you up inside my head.) 

          the stars go waltzing out in blue and red, 
          and arbitrary blackness gallops in: 
          i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. 

               i dreamed that you bewitched me into bed 
               and sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. 
               (i think i made you up inside my head.) 

                    god topples from the sky, hell's fires fade: 
                    exit seraphim and Satan's men: 
                    i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. 

                         i fancied you'd return the way you said, 
                         but i grow old and i forget your name. 
                         (i think i made you up inside my head.) 

                              i should have loved a thunderbird instead; 
                              at least when spring comes they roar back again. 
                              i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. 
                              (i think i made you up inside my head.)
sylvia plath