A Prayer for Santa Lucia Lyrics by Talis Kimberley
Archetype Café
2000
[Intro speaking softly] She dreams of saints in coloured windows Altars dressed with gilded lilies Dreams of saints with kindly faces Singing (kyrie eleison) Dreams of saints in sacred gardens And Lucy's flower has eyes for petals [Verse] She is hiding joy inside her For now she's telling no-one She goes about her business And her thoughts are full of someone And she prays to Santa Lucia For the saint was always gentle And she tells her body's secrets And she lights a hopeful candle with a prayer... (Lucy's flower has eyes for petals) Oh, with a prayer... (Lucy's flower has eyes...) [Verse] She remembers all the phrases That he used on her so sweetly And she cherishes the echo Of his hands upon her body And she shuts her eyes to conjure him Imagines he's beside her And she whispers words forbidden And her blood turns fire within her at his name... [Chorus] And she cries, "You know I'm drowning In his eyes and in his promise," And she dreams that Santa Lucia gives her water from a chalice Saying "Drink deep if you want to, daughter - don't be scared to taste it..." (Drink deep if you want to, daughter) And she really thinks she loves him, and her head's so full of music (Drink deep if you want to, daughter) [Chorus] And she cries "You know I'm drowning (She dreams of saints) In his eyes and in his promise," (She dreams of saints) And she dreams that Santa Lucia gives her water from a chalice (She dreams of saints, she dreams of saints) Saying "Drink deep if you want to, daughter, don't be scared to taste it" (Drink deep if you want to, daughter) And she really thinks she loves him, and her head's so full of music (Drink deep if you want to, daughter) That she sings... (...if you want to, daughter...) And what she sings... [Outro] She cherishes the echo of his hands upon her body And her heart and breathing quicken, Santa Lucia knows she's ready For his kiss... ([whispered] She dreams of saints in coloured windows, altars dressed with gilded lilies) Ready for his kiss... (Dreams of saints with kindly faces singing "kyrie eleison") (Dreams of saints in sacred gardens) And Lucy's flower has eyes for petals
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