[choir in canon In a cathedral] [low register Lone voice] [Verse 1] To love and be abandoned To reach and be denied To carry winter in the mouth And summer in the side To kneel before the silence To bless what will not stay To hold a little shard of night And call it day [Chorus] I was holy I was harmed I was held in broken arms I was faithful I was torn I was buried I was born [choir blooms]** [Verse 2] To want with both hands open To lose with both hands tied To sing above the ruin With the ruin still inside To doubt and still keep vigil To mourn and still make room To feel the roots of paradise Entangled in the tomb [Chorus] I was blessed I was cursed I was fullness I was thirst I was fire I was rain I was mercy I was stain [choir blooms]** [Bridge] Bless the wound And curse the kiss Name the void And answer it Pray for dawn Then praise the dark Lose the name But keep the mark [choir echoing]** [Final Chorus] To love and still be lonely To break and still be whole To carry heaven in the flesh And hunger in the soul I was faithful I was doubt I was silence crying out I was ending I was morn I was dying I was born [full choir in canon]**
