The Lie (bernini`s St Theresa) lyrics
Genuflection / erection in church. Sacristy cloth / moth-eaten shroud. Secret silence / sacred secrets accumulate dust, aggravate the eye. Incautious laughter after confession. Benediction ------- fictional
fear Hidden faces ... Grace is a name, like Chastity, like Lucifer,
like mine. You took me through the window-stain, drowned in image,
inscence, choir-refrain and slow ecstasy ------ I'd embrace you if I
only knew your name.... The silent corner haunts my shadow prayers : ice-cold statue -- rapture divine, unconscious
eyes, the open mouth, the wound
of love, the Lie. You took me, gave me reasons
for saints and missals, vigils, all the more holy martyrs ----- I'd embrace you and walk through the one-way
door... I'd embrace you, but it would be just another
lie ---------- ( * which is to say that the statue is the inspiration, but
not the Lie)
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