The Hymn Of Kassiani
(专辑: No Man's Land - 2019)
I've heard that they call me the
woman Who has fallen into many sins They made me bear myrrh to the
burial And at the
graveside, I
began to sing Woe to me, all of you sinners I'm the
lady of a
moonless night The
darkness to me is my ecstasy But for my sins I
am far from contrite They dragged me away from the
library I
was cast to the
bride-show's harsh light Where I
told the
king I
was better than him And thus earned Theophilus' spite And Theo, he thinks I
still love him But I
know him, and he knows not a
thing They call me Kassiani The
woman who rejected the
king The
emperor, he tore down the
icons The
images and words thought divine But in the
quiet of my cell I
redrew them all And the
name that I
signed with was mine I
was scourged with the
lash for my impudence My tears were a
fountain of brine But I
conceded no defeat, my groaning heart beats With defiant blue blood Byzantine And Theo, he thinks I
still love him But I
know him, and he knows not a
thing Don't disregard me as a
servant, know me As the
woman who rejected the
king Yes I
hid from his eyes when he visited But don't dare think me frightened or meek I
was sick of his ineffable condescension And I
will not kiss those sacred feet I
will make his footsteps into music To be heard by both heathen and Greek They will mock his meanderings in paradise at twilight And they'll remember me: Kassiani She who hates silence when it's time to speak And Theo, he thinks I
still love him He knows not the
multitude of my sins They will sing my song after Byzantium has gone The
woman who rejected the
king I've heard all the
things that they've called me It's just so many arrows and slings Leave the
glory to the
stepmother, and to the
son I'm the
woman who rejected the
king