The Lie (bernini`s St Theresa) Lyrics

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)