The Widow of My Soul

Lyrics

Verse 1 Sin sleeps beside me every night Her breathing cold, her fingers white Like Donne’s sad bride beside the tomb She turns my little rented room into a crypt The ceiling stains resemble saints Who watch me fail and say nothing And every prayer I try to speak Falls dead before it reaches anything I kissed her mouth to quiet fear Now silence is the only thing I hear Chorus (Female Vocalist) Oh love, what have you done to me? You carved your vows in blasphemy Now every church bell aches like grief And God won’t grant my soul relief Verse 2 My wedding ring has turned to rust A little crown of rotten lust I wear it like a penance brand Pressed deep into my trembling hand The scriptures wilt beside my bed Like flowers for the already dead And every psalm I used to know Now sounds like somewhere I can never go I begged the Lord to cut these chains But sorrow only learned my name Chorus (Female Vocalist) Oh love, what have you done to me? You carved your vows in blasphemy Now every church bell aches like grief And God won’t grant my soul relief Bridge (Male whispering) Batter my heart... Donne used to pray Mine only rattles in decay (Female softly overlapping) You married sin to murder pain Now both remain... now both remain... Final Chorus (Dual overlapping vocals) Oh love, what have you done to me? You carved your vows in blasphemy The chapel burns inside my chest And even sleep denies me rest...