Unknown Tongue

There was no light shining through the window
 As Margaret lie in bed
 She was wearing cotton pajamas
 A crucifix above her head
 She awoke from a dream
 Her eyes were open
 Her lips were moving
 In the dark
 Speak to me in many voices
 Make them all sound like one
 Let me see your sacred mysteries
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue
 She put her hands upon her breasts
 And they were small and hard and young
 And everywhere she touched she felt a fire
 Waiting for the answer that must surely come
 Is this the way to love?
 Or is this just the way to die?
 Speak to me in many voices
 Make them all sound like one
 Let me see your sacred mysteries
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue
 Then she took her father's razor
 And watched it cut into her palm
 She put her hand up to her mouth
 To taste the blood so holy and warm
 She got up in the morning
 Put on her dress, and patent leather shoes
 Ate her cereal and kissed her mother
 Caught the bus and went to school
 Speak to me in many voices
 Make them all sound like one
 Let me see your sacred mysteries
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue
 Reveal to me the unknown tongue