[Verse 1] Her husband waits outside A cryin' child pushes a child into the night She was told he would come this time Without leavin' so much as a feather behind To enact at last the perfect plan One more sweet boy to be butchered by hand
[Chorus] But the gateway to the world Was still outside of reach for them Would never belong to angels Had never belonged to men The swan upon Leda Empire upon Jerusalem [Verse 2] A grandmother smugglin' eggs Past where the god child-soldier Setanta stood dead Our graceful turner of heads