Our Lady of Radium

Promethean sister
From under from the earth
You send up your gifts

Unloosed from the mouth
Of a half-buried jar
Mysterious ills

Omens and signals
All over the city
All over the world

Invisible lightning
A furious wind
A rain of dead birds

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

Did you have an itch
Did you make a wish
Did you lift the lid

Were you curious
Are you just like us
Do you know what you did

Only thing to do
Is to hope for the best
And expect the worst

So we say a prayer
Though our hands may crack
Like the yellowcake earth

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

I fix my eye on one point
To begin my meditation
The feeling of precision
In my deft manipulation
I can hear my own heart beating
As I hold my breath suspended
In the stillness of my spirit
There is nothing but the question

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark

A new dawn breaks
But we can't wake up
From a bad dream

We cannot escape
From a garden of roses
That make no seeds

Now we've picked the fruit
It's too late to ask
Is it better to know

In a square wood box
That is lined with lead
A teaspoon of hope

Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark
Save us from secrets
You have unlocked
Our Lady of Radium
Light up the dark