You're right, Dave... I added an extra syllable without realizing it. I'll sleep on the line.

Now, about the meter (or meter in songs in general). I'm not sure whether to have a strict match on the number of syllables per each line, or match the number of accents in each line....any advice on that matter?

And just as an aside: when I was in grad school, I did a paper on how W. B. Yeats' belief in magic influenced his writing. He was an active member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn for some 30 years. And reproduced in one of my sources was a letter he wrote to other members of the order that was so beautiful it brought a lump to my throat. I don't remember the exact words, but the gist was that the life's work of all magicians was to (and I think this is an exact quote): "...break down the walls between people and the fountain of their lives, and not to build new walls." which is where I got the imagery for this song...

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Oh, and Jeri... be careful with the words you use -- first time I glanced at the word "simile" I thought it was senile ... and I know that aint the case!