Mercy On Me

You call me Father, but I'm on my knees

Collar tight, hands shake, heart won't freeze

Candles hiss, stained glass bleeds

Your shadow climbs my robes like need

I preach restraint, you breathe, "Please"

One touch, my careful vows catch fire

Saints look down, I'm looking higher

If this is sin, let sweet desire

I know the rule, but rules bend slow

Your name's a psalm my lips won't let go

I'm lost in the hush where the thunder grows

Say it again, I'll damn what I know

Have mercy on me (Kyrie, kyrie)

Take it easy on a heart that's chained

You pull the links right through my veins

Have mercy on me

Mea culpa, set me free

If love is the wound, and you're the blade

Cut me holy, let me be

Have mercy, mercy on me

Oh, miserere

Eleison, eleison

Show mercy to me

Confessional dark, you whisper, "Stay"

My halo slips like a ring astray

I taste your name like sacrament

Break the bread of my intent

Every "no" I ever learned

Turns to ash the way you burn

If grace is a lie, then close the door

Let the choir hear me want you more

I know the cost, but you sound like home

Your pulse is a bell in a tower of bone

I fall from the page where the canon was sewn

Say I'm Yours, carve it in stone

Have mercy on me (Kyrie, kyrie)

Take it easy on a heart I nailed in place

You move, it vanishes without a trace

Have mercy on me

Mea culpa, let me be

If Heaven says no, then let us sin

Lock the door and let love in

Have mercy, mercy on me

Sancta, sancta, sancta

Sancta, sancta, I'm the wood and you're the flame

I'm a prayer undone by your breath

If this is wrong, bless our regret

Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison

Teach these trembling hands to hold you

Mea maxima culpa, I know