Kyrie for the Boys

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

They came for the sons at first light

Banners and boots on the stone

My hand on your hair one last time

Then the gate swung wide and you were gone

Bare rooms and bowls left half eaten

Names that I speak to the wall

Chorus

Kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison

Bring them home bring them home

Kyrie eleison

(Kyrie)

(Kyrie eleison)

Verse 2

The monks sing the hours without me

I count the days on my knees

Snow takes the road and the rooftops

I keep the lamp burning for three

Neighbors stop asking by winter

They fold up their hands and they leave

Chorus

Kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison

Bring them home bring them home

Kyrie eleison

(Kyrie)

(Kyrie eleison)

Bridge

No letter no rider no reason

No knock at the door in the rain

I wait I wait I wait

For nothing at all

Chorus

Kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison

No one is coming home

Kyrie eleison

(Kyrie)

(Kyrie eleison)

Outro

(Kyrie eleison)

(Kyrie eleison)