[00:24.696]The priest sat in the airport bar[00:27.195]He was wearing his father's tie[00:32.945]And his eyes looked into my eyes so far[00:35.945]Whenever the words ran dry[00:42.196]Behind the lash and the circles blue[00:44.445]He looked as only a priest can, through[00:49.945]And his eyes said me and his eyes said you[00:57.946]And my eyes said, "Let us try"[01:12.696]He said, "You wouldn't like it here[01:14.696]No, it's no place you should share[01:21.196]The roof is ripped with hurricanes[01:23.446]And the room is always bare"[01:29.696]I need the wind and I seek the cold[01:31.696]He reached past the wine for my hand to hold[01:37.946]And he saw me young and he saw me old[01:45.447]And he saw me sitting there[01:59.947]Then he took his contradictions out[02:02.447]And he splashed them on my brow[02:07.447]So which words was I then to doubt[02:10.948]When choosing what to vow[02:17.197]Should I choose them all, should I make them mine?[02:19.697]The sermons, the hymns and the valentines[02:25.197]And he asked for truth and he asked for time[02:32.448]And he asked for only now[02:40.197]Now the trials are trumpet scored[02:42.698]Oh will we pass the test?[02:47.448]Or just as one loves more and more[02:50.948]Will one love less and less?[02:56.949]Oh come, let's run from this ring we're in[02:59.448]Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin[03:04.198]Saying let them lose, crying let them win[03:15.199].Oh make them both confess