The Priest

[Verse 1] The priest sat in the airport bar He was wearing his father's tie And his eyes looked into my eyes so far Whenever the words ran dry [Verse 2] Behind the lash and the circles blue He looked as only a priest can, through And his eyes said me and his eyes said you And my eyes said, "Let us try" [Verse 3] He said, "You wouldn't like it here No, it's no place you should share The roof is ripped with hurricanes And the room is always bare" [Verse 4] I need the wind and I seek the cold He reached past the wine for my hand to hold And he saw me young and he saw me old And he saw me sitting there [Verse 5] Then he took his contradictions out And he splashed them on my brow So which words was I then to doubt When choosing what to vow [Verse 6] Should I choose them all, should I make them mine? The sermons, the hymns and the valentines And he asked for truth and he asked for time And he asked for only now [Verse 7] Now the trials are trumpet scored Oh will we pass the test? Or just as one loves more and more Will one love less and less? [Verse 8] Oh come, let's run from this ring we're in Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin Saying let them lose, crying let them win Oh make them both confess