THE LIE [Bernini's St. Theresa]



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Dm.........C/D..........Dm...........C/D..........Dm............Am/D........
.....Eb 


Dm      C/D    Am G        F
Genuflection / erection in church

Dm       C       Am         G
Sacristy cloth / moth-eaten shroud

Dm       C       Am G   F Em
Secret silence / sacred secrets

  F              Em            Dm
accumulate dust, aggravate the eye


Dm              C   Am G  F
Incautious laughter after confession

Dm     C       Am       G
Benediction - fictional fear

Dm       C       Am    G  F Em
Hidden faces ... Grace is a name,

     F               Em            Dm     F Em C Dm   F Em C Dm   F Em Dm C  G/B
Like Chastity , Like Lucifer, Like mine


C                       G/B
You took me through the window-stain,

           Bb
drowned in image, inscence, choir-refrain

    A         F
and slow ecstasy -

    Em               Am             Cm   G+5/B  G  Dm
I'd embrace you if I only knew your name....



Dm            C   Am        G      F
The silent corner haunts my shadow prayers......
Dm          C     Am      G      

ice-cold statue - rapture divine,
Dm   C      Am G  F     Em
            unconscious eyes,
    F
the open mouth,
    Em
the wound of love,
    Dm   F Em C Dm   F Em C Dm   F Em Dm C  G/B

the Lie.

C                    G/B
You took me, gave me reasons for
           Bb                                 A   F
saints and missals, vigils, all the more holy martyrs -
    Em              Am
I'd embrace you and walk through
            Cm   G+5/B  G  C  G/B  Bb  A  F
the one-way door...
    Em                  Am

I'd embrace you, but it would be

             Cm Cm/B [repeats] 

just another l----i------e -