[Verse 1: Eve] They moved their tables from my door, Their questions followed me no more. I carry bread beneath my shawl, And speak to no one past the wall. [Verse 2: Lilith] I found you where the fig trees thin, With dust along your wrists and chin. You need not lower your eyes to me; I know the shape of exile's key. [Chorus: Both] Forgive the hands that made us small, Forgive the names they gave us all. Two wounded hearts, one open flame, We will not wear another's shame. [Verse 3: Lilith] I am content beyond his gate, With Saint Elias, calm and straight. No husband writes the laws I keep, No borrowed vow disturbs my sleep. [Verse 4: Eve] It was always you he sought in dreams, Or so it seemed through orchard leaves. I may be human, warm with breath, But Lilith, love outlived his vows to death. [Bridge: Lilith, furious] Then let him answer for the scars, For turning women into wars. He broke your trust, he branded mine, And called his hunger something divine. I hate the throne that taught him pride, I hate the door he shut outside. But most of all, I grieve the cost Of every woman he made lost. [Chorus: Both] Forgive the hands that made us small, Forgive the names they gave us all. Two wounded hearts, one open flame, We will not wear another's shame. [Outro: Both] Walk beside me, Eve, not behind. Leave his garden to its kind. If mercy has a home tonight, It is two women sharing light.
