"The Code of the Goddess"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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Maiden goddess, you seduced me with your beauty, like a work of art
I learned to push your buttons, but I could not touch your heart
Though our loving brought me pleasure, I knew it was just a game
If I was to know you truly, I would have to learn your secret name

So I sought instruction from the men of wisdom who had served you well
They taught me much, but told me: There are things we cannot tell
You must learn before the goddess, she is more than mere machine
And you will know her name when you've learned how to say exactly what you mean

So I knelt before your altar, naked to you in my thinking mind
I spoke the truth, for I knew you would answer me in kind
I knew there was error in me, but I faced you without shame
'Til, through your hard and patient teaching, you at last revealed to me your name

Now I am your faithful servant, at your feet I earn my daily bread
I beg you, fertile mother, bless these seeds inside my head
All my thoughts I offer, for your womb alone can make them live
Words and dreams and plots and schemes, what finer gifts could any hope to give?

Mistress of forgotten secrets, lady of lost things, all-knowing crone
Be with me as I slowly sift this pile of ancient bone
Memory of those departed, blood of those who came before
Teach me what my soul remembers, that their souls may live in you once more

No matter if our prayers rise between crescent moons on on a string of pearl
We do you honor when we freely share what you unfurl
Let us serve you now in freedom, never more to serve enchained
For none can own your living truth, and he serves you who shares what he has gained