school of seven bells – white elephant coat lyrics

see the branches bend like
silk ribbons without breaking
the wind crashes into
walls without shattering
into a million strands
i ask you to listen

a sunless winter light
throws its coat down to say
keep your feet faultless before
the martyred ground defaced
and torn by no fault of its own
bloodless lithe absolution
i give you so take from me
this white elephant coat