Our Lady of Light (feat. Nick Cave)

Oh the lady will stun you when you meet face to face Her beauty unbounded by time or by place And she'll dance 'round your shyness, poke fun at your gloom But you can't help but smile as she gooses the groom She lives in the ruins of a honeymoon suite The optimal place for the star-crossed to meet And the oracle says that the maiden is chaste Now she's throwing those pennies right back in your face And she'll shine on you tonight Let her shine on you tonight Our lady, our lady of light She will ask to be rescued from the first rays of dawn Then she'll throw down a rope that is studded with thorns And at last when you climb it, when your palms are all torn She'll be taking the sun in from a chair on the lawn And she'll shine on you tonight Let her shine on you tonight Oh lady, our lady of light Don't ask too many questions or you'll end up like me Marooned on an island, circumscribed by her sea And I guess that I'm stuck here, to no one's surprise I surrendered my freedom when I looked through her eyes And she'll shine on you tonight Let her shine on you tonight Oh lady, dear lady, our lady of light