THE KINGS CORONATION

You sever us from Eden with a sword,
and lead us through the desert by your light.
You make your prophets’ word a burning coal,
and tend the lonely temple lamp at night.

You keep your silence in the desert blaze,
and speak your secrets in the lightning storm.
You hide the sun’s face like a candle flame,
and send a star to keep a stable warm.

And fill our hearts with sacred fire,
the blessing of the rosebud and the briar.
Come fill our hearts today with sacred fire,
with sacred fire,
with sacred fire.

Your love can make the hearts within us burn
and let the firelight reveal our shame.
You call the broken fellowship to feast,
and teach us to forgive in tongues of flame.

Your wisdom is the sunlight and the snow.
Your beauty is the rosebud and the briar.
Teach us to know the shadow and the light,
and fill our hearts today
with sacred fire.

And fill our hearts with sacred fire,
the blessing of the rosebud and the briar,
Come fill our hearts today with sacred fire,
with sacred fire,
sacred fire.

And fill my soul,
and fill my soul
and fill my soul today.

And fill our hearts with sacred fire
the blessing of the rosebud and the briar.
Come fill our hearts today with sacred fire,
with sacred fire.

Grahame Davies