Catherine

I kept your name beneath my tongue
Like a prayer afraid to breathe
The house was still, the candles bent
And the dark got down on its knees

Every door I closed
Opened somewhere deeper
Every light I held
Turned away from me

Catherine
I called you through the rain
Catherine
But silence wore your face

I held the dark
I held the flame
But nothing answered to your name

You left a shape inside the dust
A shadow dressed in white
The saints looked down and turned to rust
As you vanished into night

Every vow I made
Burned into a fever
Every truth I saved
Broke beneath your name

Catherine
I felt you in the rain
Catherine
Like thunder without grace

I held the dark
I held the flame
But nothing answered to your name

If love is only fire
Then let me burn again
If grief is your cathedral
Then let me enter in

Catherine
I waited through the thunder
Catherine
I broke beneath the sound

You have walked through the door
You have walked all alone
And no one knows what to say

You have left me here
Left me wondering
Catherine, you've gone away

You have walked through the door
You have walked all alone
And no one knows what to say

You have left me here
Left me wondering
Catherine, you've gone away

You've gone away

Catherine
You've gone away