[00:53.95]Genuflection, erection in church.
[01:07.52]Sacristy cloth, moth-eaten shroud.
[01:20.77]Secret silence, sacred secrets
[01:29.28]accumulate dust, aggravate the eye.
[01:49.16]Incautious laughter after confession.
[01:59.82]Benediction, fictional fear.
[02:08.49]Hidden faces...Grace is a name,
[02:16.05]like Chastity, like Lucifer, like mine.
[02:38.45]You took me through the window-stain,
[02:46.58]drowned in image, incense,
[02:49.92]choir-refrain and slow ecstasy.
[02:56.56]I'd embrace you if I only knew your name.
[03:10.41]The silent corner haunts my shadow prayers.
[03:23.40]ice-cold statue, rapture divine,
[03:42.26]unconscious eyes, the open mouth,
[03:48.25]the wound of love,
[03:50.67]the Lie.
[04:08.00]You took me, gave me reasons for
[04:15.72]saints and missals, vigils,
[04:19.63]all the more holy martyrs.
[04:25.30]I'd embrace you and walk through
[04:29.03]the one-way door.
[04:54.61]I'd embrace you, but it would be just another lie.