Integration

Lyrics

[OLD HILDEGARD] I want to be part of something To be integrated Jutta taught me how to be dedicated I want to see the sunrise I want to see the sky I want to walk through the door I want to know what I've never known before I've only known the darkness for so long I've only known the darkness is where I belong The darkness comes no matter what To everyone so it's up to us to find our way We are a part of something We are integrated The community supports thosе who are dedicated I coax Richardis out of hеr silence and we become friends The story of our success spreads [OLD HILDEGARD and ACOLYTES] And behold! In the forty-third year of my earthly course A fiery light of exceeding brilliance came And penetrated my whole brain I saw a crowd of women brighter than the sun All wonderfully adorned with gold and gems And they shine like the dawn And they utter their own individual mysteries [OLD HILDEGARD] 1141: I found my life's ambition Broken women come to me out of their darkest night And the community gives me permission To write down what we talk about When they find their light We talk about nature: [ACOLYTE] For there is no creature without Some kind of radiance Whether it be greeness or seeds, blossoms or another kind of beauty [ALL] There is no creature without Some kind of radiance [OLD HILDEGARD] We talk about friendship: [ACOLYTE] If one perceives the joy one receives from another person One will feel in one's heart A great sense of enchantment [ALL] If one perceives the joy one receives from another person One will feel in one's heart A great sense of enchantment [OLD HILDEGARD] And about our bodies: Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy [ACOLYTES] Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy [ALL] Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy [OLD HILDEGARD] I am a part of something I am integrated The community takes my voice and elevates it I build a chapter house for all my sisters We glister as we grow in numbers and in strength Our work is sacrosanct [ALL] And behold! I saw the figure of a woman Covered in scaly blemishes And down to her knees she was white and red As bruised by many beatings And from her knees To her tendons where they joined her heels She was covered in blood [OLD HILDEGARD] She is diseased from the inside She is breaking apart [ALL] The community is diseased from the inside The community is breaking apart [OLD HILDEGARD] 1163, and the community is in trouble Schisms, factions, breakaway and make it weak I will not stand by and watch it go to pieces When it should be whole So I go out and speak [ALL] We are a part of something We are integrated This is our community [OLD HILDEGARD] I will not let you desecrate it You ought to be the day but you are the night You could be the sun and moon and stars but you lie in darkness As if you are already dead Oh foolish people! You shamefully shrink Into your cells and do not want to open And I too see how the others mock your wicked ways The others threaten the progress we've made The others break away Because you are the night exhaling darkness, when [ALL] You must become light [OLD HILDEGARD] We are a part of something We are integrated This is our community And nobody will desecrate it [ACOLYTES and (OLD HILDEGARD)] We are a part of something, we are integrated (We are a part of something) This is our community and nobody will desecrate it (This our community) We are a part of something, we are integrated (I am dedicated, I am elevated) This is our community and nobody will desecrate it (I am integrated, we are integrated) [ALL] We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated We are integrated We are integrated We are integrated We are integrated