Raphael Lyrics

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In the cool hour of the evening

The garden gold and breathing

My lover at my hand

Two virgins in the land

and angels on the wing

descending as they sing,

"Raphael, oh Raphael"

O how it made you warm

To see my lover's form

Who'd think a human touch

Could make an angel blush

and you'd leave grudgingly

as if you envied me,

Raphael.

You'd linger just to talk

For hours as we'd walk

Your feet burned on the hills

you never had your fill

Was it you who brought us fire

On your wings of desire,

Raphael?

And when the earth grew cold

the vision would not hold

heaven closed its doors

we never see you anymore

and our voices fill the air

like a table or a chair,

Raphael.

But I swear there's still an ember

of paradise remembered

a certain shade of blue

the nakedness we knew

and I wonder if you keep

the feel of grass beneath your feet

and when you seraphim embrace

now, does the blood rise in your face

Raphael?

Oh, Raphael, Raphael.

Copyright 1995, Hugh Blumenfeld / Hydrogen Jukebox Music