[Verse 1 – hushed, sparse piano] Let him kiss me With the kisses of his mouth For thy love is better than wine Better than wine A bundle of myrrh Is my wellbeloved unto me He shall lie all night Betwixt my breasts [Pre-Chorus – breath, falsetto lift] Stay me with flagons Comfort me with apples For I am sick I am sick of love [Chorus – layered falsetto, reverb] His left hand under my head His right hand doth embrace me Until the day break Until the shadows flee Until the day break Until the shadows flee away [Verse 2 – minimal guitar, broken phrasing] My beloved put in his hand By the hole of the door And my bowels were moved For him My hands dropped with myrrh My fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh Upon the handles Of the lock [Chorus – fuller harmony] His left hand under my head His right hand doth embrace me Until the day break Until the shadows flee [Bridge – near silence, whispered] Thy two breasts Are like two young roes That are twins Which feed among the lilies I will go to the mountain of myrrh To the hill of frankincense [Final Chorus – swelling, unresolved] I am my beloved’s And his desire is toward me Until the day break Until the shadows flee [Outro – fading hums] Make haste, my beloved Upon the mountains of spices
