Dead Can Dance "Xavier" lyrics

Xavier

Fair RoseannaYour vagrancy's a familiar taleFraught with dangerThe lives you led were judged profane

Hatred enfolds usInculcates the minds with its heresyLaymen enfold usClemency arrive to set you free

Faith, although Xavier has prayedThat life-giving waters may rainDown on the souls of menTo cure them of their ways

These were the sins of Xavier's pastHung like jewels in the forest of veilsDeep in the heart where the mysteries emergeEve bears the stigma of original sin

Freedom's so hardWhen we are all bound by lawsEtched in the scheme of nature's own handUnseen by all those who failIn their pursuit of fate

Faith, although Xavier has prayedThat life-giving waters may rainDown on the souls of manTo cure them of their ways

And as the night turns into dayWill the sun illuminate your wayOr will your nightmares come home to stay?Xavier's love lies in chains

These were the sins of Xavier's pastHung like jewels in the forest of veils

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