Father Take away this cup from me If you can Thy will be done, not mine Thy will be done, not mine Death I forced your cup to these mouth With iron hands My will is done, not their To destroy and create new bitter life
Oh how often tenderness can be Nothing more than a cruel stained mirror Beyond which it carefully hides The coldest form of detachment
Atrocity lies right there, beside your agonies Atrocity laughs beside your agonies
And then you serenely contemplate These mountains of mercy Slowly slough off in mountains of corpses Climbing one or another With the seed of sin So well disguised with robes of repentance
Mother Speak to me from heavenly skies If you can Your will was done, not mine Your will was done, not mine And life Hear my words, these will be my last Soon you will love me As a dead is loved Love me as a dead is loved