[Verse 1]
The priest sat in the airport bar
He was wearing his father's tie
And his eyes looked into my eyes so far
Whenever the words ran dry

[Verse 2]
Behind the lash and the circles blue
He looked as only a priest can, through
And his eyes said me and his eyes said you
And my eyes said, "Let us try"

[Verse 3]
He said, "You wouldn't like it here
No, it's no place you should share
The roof is ripped with hurricanes
And the room is always bare"

[Verse 4]
I need the wind and I seek the cold
He reached past the wine for my hand to hold
And he saw me young and he saw me old
And he saw me sitting there

[Verse 5]
Then he took his contradictions out
And he splashed them on my brow
So which words was I then to doubt
When choosing what to vow

[Verse 6]
Should I choose them all, should I make them mine?
The sermons, the hymns and the valentines
And he asked for truth and he asked for time
And he asked for only now

[Verse 7]
Now the trials are trumpet scored
Oh will we pass the test?
Or just as one loves more and more
Will one love less and less?

[Verse 8]
Oh come, let's run from this ring we're in
Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin
Saying let them lose, crying let them win
Oh make them both confess