Something in the woods made my eyes swell closed
Probably just the pollen from the spring weed growths
And I couldn't see a thing
It didn't really sting, but I got scared
I wandered towards the burble of a nearby stream
Splashed it on my eyelids and rubbed them clean
And the smell began to change
From pine needles to sage and ginger root
I looked up to see
Unfamiliar trees circling the moon

There was a lake nearby
I saw women washing up and speaking Greek
I ducked to hide
When I saw the bows and arrows they were carrying
The fairest one
Reminded me of statues that I'd seen
And I was stunned
I knew it when she said her name was Artemis

A man approached the women with a hunter's grace
He smiled towards fair Artemis and they embraced
She leaned into his chest
Held arm against her breast as they kissed
They whispered to each other in the thin moonlight
I strained hard to hear them but I could not quite
Glancing towards the east
They looked sorta guilty where they stood
But their friendship seemed pure
Makes me less of a voyeur, so that's good

Another man came forward from the eastern bank
His eyes were like the sun, burning bright and blank
And he had a jealous twist
Around his mouth, as if he'd been betrayed
The dawn began to break as he called to them
"Hello sister Artemis! And Orion, your friend."
Orion took his leave
As he saw Apollo seething at his sight
The rest went off to hunt
I can't believe my luck I wasn't spied

At the lake nearby
I saw women washing up and speaking Greek
I ducked to hide
When I saw the bows and arrows they were carrying
The fairest one
Reminded me of statues that I'd seen
And I was stunned
I knew it when she said her name was Artemis

Half an hour passed 'til I decided it was safe
Scraped away the bugs and mud and left my hiding place
Dizzy from the strangeness of the scene they'd played,
I walked away

As I wandered off I found the sea's bright edge
Where Apollo taunted Artemis: he coldly said
"I bet you can't hit the ball
That's floating on the water, 'cause it's too far"
She raised her bow and aimed towards the distant sea
As she did I had a feeling she'd been deceived
The deadly arrow flew
And as it struck clean and true we heard a cry
The wavelets carried here
Orion's body pierced right through the eye

And she saw his blood
Weeping o'er the man she killed from trickery
Her only love
Pretty features twisted up with grief
She took his corpse
Tied him to an arrow with a string
And shot her bow
Draped him in the sky across the stars
Across the stars

I guess she must have heard me as I sobbed out loud
Commanding that I come out from my leafy shroud
She told me that she knew
'Cause she could see me too from on the lake
An oracle had told her that I would come today
To tell the world the story of her love's poor fate
She said I'd better go
And tell it well before she changed her mind
That's why I'm not a deer
Like all the other fearful men who spied
She transformed them all
To prey for hunters following with dogs
So please clap loud
To let her know I'm doing my job