The Veil

Verse 1

Soft the curtain, soft the turning of the key

Somewhere down a corridor they're calling me

Folded hands have tucked the sheet beneath my chin

Somewhere down a corridor the doors close in

Refrain

Hold me under the veil

Hold me under the veil

Verse 2

Glass and silver on a table by the bed

Voices hum like water running overhead

Feather fingers trace the pattern on my brow

Weightless as the hours I cannot count them now

Refrain

Hold me under the veil

Hold me under the veil

Bridge

They say the garden grows

Beyond the morning bell

They say the gate is open

If I only learn to tell

The waking from the dreaming

The drifting from the fall

They say the way is gentle

But they don't say where the door is at all

Refrain

Hold me under the veil

Hold me under the veil

Verse 3

Rooms I've never seen are kept for me somewhere

Keys that none may carry rust upon the air

If this is peace then let me keep my shallow breath

If this is sleep then let me keep this little death

Refrain

Hold me under the veil

Hold me under the veil