Prayer for Beauty

say a prayer for beauty
 they keep coming to take her apart
 so many ways I've tried to say it
 oh my life oh my gods oh my heart
 say a prayer for beauty
 like a ghost at the edge of the world
 she runs out in her stockings
 as invisible cities they burn
 say a prayer for beauty
 that she's holding your hand even when you can't see her
 I think mercy waits to take your hand
 at least til you can admit that you need her
 well I need her
 and in my hour of darkness
 when I need you and find you so faraway
 and it all seems without purpose
 anything you could dream or could say
 just say a prayer for beauty
 that she's holding your hand even when you can't see her
 cause I think mercy waits to take your hand
 at least til you can admit that you need her
 well I need her
 the edge
 she's out on the edge
 she's out on the edge of the water
 say a prayer for beauty
 she's out on the edge
 she's out on the edge
 forgive her
 say a prayer for beauty