[ti:The Dark Night Of The Soul]
[ar:Loreena McKennitt]
[al:The Mask And Mirror]
[by:Van]
[offset:500]
[00:00.00]Loreena McKennitt - The Dark Night Of The Soul
[00:15.35]Music by Loreena McKennitt
[00:17.35]Lyrics by St. John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz)
[00:19.35]arr. and adapted by Loreena McKennitt
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[00:23.35]Upon a darkened night
[00:27.41]the flame of love was burning in my breast
[00:34.03]And by a lantern bright
[00:38.36]I fled my house while all in quiet rest
[00:44.35]
[00:45.16]Shrouded by the night
[00:49.34]and by the secret stair I quickly fled
[00:56.08]The veil concealed my eyes
[01:00.32]while all within lay quiet as the dead
[01:06.51]
[01:09.03]Oh night thou was my guide
[01:13.53]oh night more loving than the rising sun
[01:18.80]Oh night that joined the lover
[01:22.13]to the beloved one
[01:25.25]transforming each of them into the other
[01:31.14]
[01:34.20]Upon that misty night
[01:38.15]in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
[01:44.77]Without a guide or light
[01:48.92]than that which burned so deeply in my heart
[01:55.05]
[01:55.51]That fire t'was led me on
[01:59.61]and shone more bright than of the midday sun
[02:06.10]To where he waited still
[02:10.49]it was a place where no one else could come
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[02:18.94]Oh night thou was my guide
[02:23.37]oh night more loving than the rising sun
[02:28.71]Oh night that joined the lover
[02:31.99]to the beloved one
[02:35.17]transforming each of them into the other
[02:41.17]
[03:05.89]Within my pounding heart
[03:10.10]which kept itself entirely for him
[03:16.50]He fell into his sleep
[03:21.00]beneath the cedars all my love I gave
[03:27.75]And by the fortress walls
[03:32.03]the wind would brush his hair against his brow
[03:38.46]And with its smoothest hand
[03:42.89]caressed my every sense it would allow
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[03:51.41]Oh night thou was my guide
[03:55.89]oh night more loving than the rising sun
[04:01.27]Oh night that joined the lover
[04:04.48]to the beloved one
[04:07.83]transforming each of them into the other
[04:13.82]
[05:02.01]I lost myself to him
[05:06.15]and laid my face upon my lovers breast
[05:13.17]And care and grief grew dim
[05:17.38]as in the mornings mist became the light
[05:24.43]There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
[05:31.30]There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
[05:38.07]There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
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[06:40.96]END