Love Unknown
Thematically, this song partners with “Ishi”, drawing from Hosea for its inspiration. I have days where Christ’s love seems so unreal and preposterous, so impossible. Days where meditation on life leaves me hopeless and love seeming to be an unkind joke. I am like a prostitute who only knows love as a commodity and cannot fathom a passionate, relentless lover who is pure and unselfish in pursuit of his beloved.
Lyrics
Did you lack, feel this void
Long for glory that was your due
Why’d you come here for me
When you knew I’d bury you
You’re so great have no needs
So complete in perfect peace
I’m a whore full of rage
I have wounds to share with you
How can you care for me
When all these rags
Are stained, threadbare
You hold me like a fool in love
When I pretend not to care
All your painful, gentle charms
They unravel me
Did you have somethin’ to prove
Got your crown for savin’ me
Or for the joy of these thorns
Did you come to ravish me?
Love Unknown
All my darts miss the mark
And still you see into me
If you know all where were you
When that snake ruined me
How can you care for me
When all these rags
Are stained, threadbare
You hold me like a fool in love
When I pretend not to care
All your painful, gentle charms
They unravel me
Love Unknown