Seraphim

Lyrics

Walk in the cathedral The seraphim stare down at me Their wing are mine to dust Golden altars' wooden Christs Who's feet I shyly kissed Feet I shyly kissed We traveled in a stage coach It rumbled through the night We held our bundles in our laps In velvet cloaks we huddled rapt I once shot up with holy water When I dreamed that you had left You faced me as you flew away With leaves of laurel crowned I shot up with holy water You were crownеd leaves of laurel I am your almighty and your lowliеst of slaves I'm everything you took from me And everything you gave She whom you forsook and Whom you mercifully saved I anoint your feet and shine Down glory all your days on you Chosen one Kneel and take communion Open your mouth and take the host This is my blood This is my body Taste the wine Open your throat I am your lord You my temptation You the seduction I can't resist Now my Mary Magdalene Now my Jesus Christus Savior and nemesis My cross and my joy Pleasure sanctuary to monks And choir boys I'm the one who rapes you Who you think of when you beat off Potion that you drink When you take solace at the Lethe I'm your high priest I'm the prayer you repeat Sacrificial lamb that lies Bleeding at your feet You My messiah The golden-domed Iglesia stone In moonless skies I sought you in confessionals And when your voice I heard I spilled my sins into your ear And you became the seraphim And carried me away On wings of felt and broken quill Cloaked in stony liquefaction One hand stretched out Beseeching The other raised to bless Now eternal arms enfold me In glory we're consumed