[Intro - warm bass pulse, muted electric guitar] [Verse 1 - clear female lead, soft and close] Beneath the veil, beneath the lace, I wore the shame they called thy grace. The heart beneath the linen beat; No psalm could still its living heat. [Verse 2 - soft drums enter] Thou gavest him no brighter breath; We share one dust, one door of death. If both were kindled from thy flame, Why must I bow beneath his name? [Verse 3 - intimate, unashamed] Her hand in mine, the dawn still came. The roses kept their former flame. No heaven cracked, no star withdrew; What evil, Lord, did love then do? [Gregorian male voices - low, distant, brief] Et Verbum caro factum est. [Female lead - accompaniment falls away] If flesh was fit for thee to wear, Why must I loathe the flesh I bear? [Refrain - warm distorted guitar, full drums, lead above choir] O maker, name the wound we make When none are bound and none must break. What thorn is pressed against thy brow When lovers keep their chosen vow? [Instrumental - cello, overdriven guitar, distant wordless chant] [Outro - female lead, softly sung over bass alone] The veil lies quiet on the stone. My breath at last is all my own. Thou madest flesh. They fashioned shame. I will not call them by one name. [Bass pulse stops]
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