Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Song in the Key of Sting: The Lazarus Heart



Remake yourself.

 

For a friend.  Yay, you did it.  <3


The Lazarus Heart

He looked beneath his shirt today
There was a wound in his flesh so deep and wide
But from the wound a lovely flower grew
From somewhere deep inside. . . .



He turned around to face his mother
To show her the wound in his breast that burned like a brand
But the sword that cut him open
Was the sword in his mother's hand

           Every day another miracle
           Only death will tear us apart
           To sacrifice a life for yours
           I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
           The blood of the Lazarus heart

Though the sword was his protection
The wound itself would give him power
The power to remake himself at the time of his darkest hour

She said the wound would give him courage and pain
The kind of pain that you can't hide
From the wound a lovely flower grew
From somewhere deep inside

          Every day another miracle
          Only death will keep us apart
          To sacrifice a life for yours
          I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
          The blood of the Lazarus heart

Birds on the roof of my mother's house
I've no stones that chase them away
Birds on the roof of my mother's house
Will sit on my roof some day

They fly at the window, they fly at the door
Where does she get the strength to fight them anymore
She counts all her children as a shield against the pain
Lifts her eyes to the sky like a flower in the rain

           Every day another miracle
           Only death will keep us apart
           To sacrifice a life for yours
           I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
           The blood of the Lazarus heart





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