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Correct The Lie (bernini's St Theresa) Lyrics
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Peter Hammill
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Correct The Lie (bernini's St Theresa)
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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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