Redemption Lyrics

The way she said my name

Like it was hers to take or mock or leave in vain

The way she lied to me…I believed

The way she laughed at me

Like the lilt of a finch a wing beat past its cage

The way she sang to me… I believed

I felt the doors of perception swing free at her touch

She laughed, You're confusing transcendence with the sin of longing too much

The night I found her there

A chanteuse singing she was almost mine

The way she leered at me… I believed

The way was cleared for us

In flicker and shadow we were more than real

She drew me close and then… I believed

I felt an irresistible urge to confess in her arms

She replied, "Redemption was lost the second I longed to be saved

I awake surrounded by August

And heat lightning

And thunder from other lives

And when it finally arrives

I can't sleep for all its grace

The night she stood me up

I found her alone at the bar where we first met

The way she sighed my name… I believed

The way she turned away

Like we were a scene and she had turned a page

The way she leaves a stage you wouldn't believe

I felt the doors of perception swing free at her touch

She laughed, You're confusing transcendence with the sin of longing too much

The way she said my name

Like it was hers to take or mock or leave in vain

The way she lied to me…I believed

The night I found her there

A chanteuse singing she was almost mine

The way she leered at me… I believed