"Upon Meeting The Goddess Of Love" lyrics
With parted lips you pray a verse
At the altar of the universe
With marble skin and raven hair
Suddenly the goddess is standing there
And wild things sing in woods unknown
She sees into your soul
Touches your trembling fear
And reflects your joy — like a mirror
You climb the hill, cathedral spire
You move like wood and she like fire
Flames rising higher
Is it birth, a funeral pyre?
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
A beauty, a living palace
Drink deeply from the grail
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bow and arrow, the release of union
Until the fire fell and you burn
Burn
Trembling, you ask why?
With red lips she prophesies
If you long to be open
Then our heart is destined to be broken
Like smoke you float, a spectral trance
The axis tilts — it's a cosmic dance
What to do with shattered pieces
To turn the pain to golden fleeces
Breathe like smoke, you breathe her in
Where she goes, you follow in
She frees you of your earthly form
Let yourself be transformed
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
A body, a living palace
You drink deeply from the grail
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bow and arrow, the release of union
Into the fire you fell
And you burn
Burn
She leaves you on the cliff
Of your inner precipice
Wondering who you'll be
Now that the world is broken open somehow
And you, a child newly born
Everything beauty, everything torn
On your face a maddening grin
Knowing where you'll be burnt again
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
The body, a living palace
Drink deeply from the grave
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bone and arrow, the release of union
Into the fire you fall
And you burn
You burn
Burn
We're all changed by love
We're all hurt by love
We're transformed by love
We're all made bigger
We're all carved deeper
We're all changed by love
We're all changed by love
At the altar of the universe
With marble skin and raven hair
Suddenly the goddess is standing there
And wild things sing in woods unknown
She sees into your soul
Touches your trembling fear
And reflects your joy — like a mirror
You climb the hill, cathedral spire
You move like wood and she like fire
Flames rising higher
Is it birth, a funeral pyre?
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
A beauty, a living palace
Drink deeply from the grail
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bow and arrow, the release of union
Until the fire fell and you burn
Burn
Trembling, you ask why?
With red lips she prophesies
If you long to be open
Then our heart is destined to be broken
Like smoke you float, a spectral trance
The axis tilts — it's a cosmic dance
What to do with shattered pieces
To turn the pain to golden fleeces
Breathe like smoke, you breathe her in
Where she goes, you follow in
She frees you of your earthly form
Let yourself be transformed
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
A body, a living palace
You drink deeply from the grail
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bow and arrow, the release of union
Into the fire you fell
And you burn
Burn
She leaves you on the cliff
Of your inner precipice
Wondering who you'll be
Now that the world is broken open somehow
And you, a child newly born
Everything beauty, everything torn
On your face a maddening grin
Knowing where you'll be burnt again
When she lifts her lips like a chalice
The body, a living palace
Drink deeply from the grave
Flesh on tongue, living communion
Bone and arrow, the release of union
Into the fire you fall
And you burn
You burn
Burn
We're all changed by love
We're all hurt by love
We're transformed by love
We're all made bigger
We're all carved deeper
We're all changed by love
We're all changed by love
