[INTRO — whispered] **Female** Come here, baby. Put the blade down. No one is judging you now. **Female Choir** Lay it down… Come near… [VERSE 1 — soft low hum] **Female** You came in with blood on your sleeve, rain in your hair, a little bad luck and a beautiful stare. You said you were damned, you said you were marked, said there was something too black in your heart. **Female Choir** Black ... White ... **Female** But I have seen worse in cleaner rooms. I have heard saints sing out of tune. [Brief dissonance, then resolution] [PRE-CHORUS] **Female** Come close. **Female Choir** Come close. **Female** Come near. **Female Choir** Come near. **Female** There is no court— **Female Choir** No court. **Female** That can touch you here. [CHORUS — warm layered harmony] **Female** We are saints and sinners, **Female Choir** Saints and sinners… **Female** Fur and dust. We are broken little angels learning how to trust. There is no sin, baby, **Female Choir** No sin… **Female** Not the way they taught. Let me show you how light you are after being caught. Saint and sinner, kneel if you must. I will give you the pardon you’ll never need from us. **Female Choir** Never need… Never need… [VERSE 2 — low alto pulse] **Female** You hide your knife like a prayer in your hand, playing the devil because you think you can. **Female Choir** You think you can… [Silence] **Female** You call yourself wicked, you call yourself low, **Female Choir** Wicked… Low… **Female** But I see the child under all that show. Ssshh, little outlaw, don’t confess too fast. **Female Choir** Not yet… Not yet… **Female** Every dark thing has a shadow it casts. And every shadow needs somewhere to fall. Come to me slowly. Bring me it all. [PRE-CHORUS — sharper] **Female Choir** No priest. No bell. **Female** No locked little room where they taught you hell. [Harsh chord, sudden silence] [CHORUS — wider harmony] **Female** We are saints and sinners, velvet and rust. We are beautiful creatures made out of hunger and trust. There is no sin, baby, **Female Choir** No sin. **Female** Not beneath this light. Let me touch your name till it comes back white. **Female Choir** White. [Silence] **Female** Saint and sinner, kneel if you must. **Female Choir** You don’t have to. **Female** I will give you the pardon— **Female Choir** You’ll never need from us. [BRIDGE — close-miked, half-spoken] **Female** You thought you were dirty. **Female Choir** Dirty. (Worthy) **Female** You thought you were lost. **Female Choir** Lost. **Female** You carried your shame like a little silver cross. But shame is only theatre, **Female Choir** Theatre… **Female** Guilt is only smoke. **Female Choir** Smoke… **Female** Look at me, baby. Breathe as I speak. You are worthy. [One low alto enters] **Female** Yes. You are worthy. [Harmony slowly builds] **Female** Ssshh. [Choir cuts out] **Female** I am worthy. [Silence] **Female** Come here. [FINAL CHORUS — begins in unison] **Female Choir** We are saints and sinners, moonlight and mud. **Female** We are holy little monsters with heat in the blood. **Female Choir** Holy… Beautiful monsters… **Female** There is no sin, baby, not after tonight. **Female Choir** No sin. No shame. No shame. **Female** Let me show you how pure you are when you stop trying to fight. [Choir swells, then cuts dead] **Female Choir** Saints and sinner… **Female** Kneel if you must. **Female Choir** We don’t have to. **Female** No. **Female** I will give you the blessing you’ll never need from us. **Female Choir** Never needed… You are worthy… Always worthy… [OUTRO — voices fade] **Female** No sin. **Female Choir** No sin. **Female** No shame. **Female Choir** No shame. **Female** Only your breath and my name. Ssshh. **Female Choir** You are worthy. **Female** I am worthy. Come here. [Final soft female hum fades into breath] ```
