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