"The Code of the Goddess" lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman / Em D C D / / / / Lovely maiden, you seduced me with your playful spirit from the start I learned to push your buttons, but I could not touch your heart Though our sporting brought me pleasure, I knew it was just a game If I was to know you truly, I would have to learn your name So I sought instruction from the men of wisdom who had served you well They taught me much, but told me: There are truths words cannot tell If you want to win this wisdom, seek the soul behind the screen And you will know her name when you've learned how to say just what you mean So I sat 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 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, the finest gifts I have to give Mistress of forgotten secrets, lady of lost things, all-knowing crone Sit with me as I slowly sift these shards of ancient bone Memory of souls departed, word of those who came before Teach me what these bones remember, let their wisdom live once more No matter if our prayers rise between crescent moons or 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