1

O Lord of flame, we burned Thy name,

Our faith to cinders was felled;

Ash in the chalice, ash in the vein,

Ash where the angels once dwelled.

2

O Christ once crowned with thorn and flame,

We breathed Thee out in smoke;

Thy body blackened, Thy blood made clay,

Thy covenant we broke.

3

The Choir sang with empty throats,

And yet the void replied;

No cross remained, but tendrils rose,

Where our once Saviour died.

4

O altar cracked, O pulpit torn,

O temple drowned in breath;

We kneel in ash, we drink the mourn,

We feast on holy death.

5

Forgive us not, O ash-born Lord,

Thy mercy we destroy;

Our hymn is teeth, our psalm a cord,

Our worship of Thy void.