One Holy Thing -

Before you name me to yourself

Ascribe to me the plot

Prefigured in my blood

In my extinguished star, long shot

Decipher first the themes

Of my coagulated dreams

Then show me one holy thing

One holy thing

And my broken throat may open and sing

«Hosannah!»

Deathward

Teathered to your hand

By a fine, percarious thread

A fine, nefarious plan

The method means the end

Before you name me to yourself

Before I’m nailed by the king

Just show me one lone ceremony

That ain’t as vacant as a ring

And show me one holy thing

One holy thing

Then my broken throat might open and sing

«Hosannah!»

«Hosannah!»

«Hosannah!»

«Hosannah!»

«Hosannah!»

But a saint is just a name

And I ain’t seen nothing yet

And I worship, and I blame

And I love you like a threat