Bless Me With Your Violence
(Steven Saint-Urbain)
I kissed your body like a holy wound
You bled forgiveness into me
The sheets were altars stained blood red
A gospel no priest will ever get to see
Bless me with your violence
Please save me with your sin
The scarlet benediction is whispered to no end
Your body is the sermon
Every prayer of yours is my sin
I beg in your name, please baptize me again
You knelt before me with hunger in your eyes
A saint, a sinner, both at once
The angels turned their faces
Away from our communion of shame
Bless me with your violence
Please save me with your sin
The scarlet benediction is whispered to no end
Your body is the sermon
Every prayer of yours is my sin
I beg in your name, please baptize me again
You gave me love like scripture
Before ripping out every last truth
Bless me with your violence
Please save me with your sin
The scarlet benediction is whispered to no end
Your body is the sermon
Every prayer of yours is my sin
I beg in your name, please baptize me again