Love bears a serpent high on holy cross From whence came loss Flags of the prophet wave in a bromide march Of chromium dusk Hymns, stay wronged from a cheap funerary arch Impatient though I am As your servant I'll breathe fire Once had, fools stand Stand, said I More than I More than I can fight 'Cause I won't find more than I Love bears our serpent high Love bears our serpent high ♪ Great stands the burden poor, the leaden soul Our cast, windblown Stoned out of Eden Storied on every road To where, once known Mysts would gather 'Round our tears and tide As auspicious this form of life It makes prodigious these paths to I Once had, fools stand Stand, said I More than I More than I can fight 'Cause I won't find more than I Love bears our serpent high Love bears our serpent high Love bears our serpent high