Saint Sebastian

Saint Sebastian, you were always my favourite one

Most beloved, most undone

Skin like something marble-sculpted

Heart like a woman

Take me, I can take it

I've never not been a secret, I've never not embraced it

And I led you through the city and I led you through the rain

I took you to my bedroom, but I never learned your name

Sebastian of the lacemakers, Sebastian of the plague

Oh Sebastian, my love, the queen of the underground

My love, ascetic monk

Most redundant, most deluxe

Life's so boring when you're sober and when you're not in love

Take me, I can take it

I've never not been a secret, I've never not embraced it

And you kissed me with your eyes closed when we came in from the rain

I knew that night that nothing else could ever be the same

Sebastian of the lacemakers, Sebastian of the plague