"St. Jerome In The Wilderness" lyrics

Unfinished renaissance masterpiece
The lights low to preserve its grandeur
Uncertain as we listen to a story
That could not be stranger...
Is it desecration to upgrade potential?
Break it into pieces to increase the label
Sell the part that's finished, the rest is wasted
Throw in the trash or use it as a table

Reunited, rejoined
Reassembled, restored
Icon that was quintisected
Is made whole once more
It's made whole once more

A pale face in isolation
Unaware he's decapitated!
In another world, another fragment
Recognise the pattern, could it be completed?
A challenge to align the segments
Solve the puzzle, document the flow
Show your working, assign the regiment
No surprise here, one piece has yet to show

Reunited, rejoined
Reassembled, restored
Icon that was quintisected
Is made whole once more
It's made whole once more

His face is haggard from fasting and penance
His hard eyes determined and defined
His outstretched hand clasping a solid rock
About to beat his breast in penitence

Emotional turmoil, intuitive torment
But is it the story of the subject or the artist?

Reunited, rejoined
Reassembled, restored
Icon that was quintisected
Is made whole once more
Is made whole once more
It's made whole once more
It's made whole once more
Whole once more