A girl given to God before she knew her name, and the bride she grows into: promised a Husband no man could shame, married to a silence that never lifts the veil. Her vow is Mary’s answer to the angel — “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me” — repeated until it sounds like surrender. One night a light came through the wall. She is still waiting for it to come back.
The line
“An unlit candle / Burns the longest.”
Lyrics
They gave me to You early,
Before I knew my name.
They said You'd be a Husband
No man could ever shame.
I brought You my whole body,
Sealed like the winter ground —
A garden walled and bolted
Where fruit will not be found.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
You want my love —
Then take all of me.
An unlit candle
Burns the longest.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
My sisters married farmers,
Warm hands and winter wood.
I married all of heaven —
The cold came where I stood.
You never break the silence.
You never lift the veil.
A bride can keep her promise
And still grow old and pale.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
You want my love —
Then take all of me.
An unlit candle
Burns the longest.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
But once — one night I was alone —
A light came through the wall.
It felt like being chosen.
It felt like being small.
If that was You, come back.
If that was You — come back.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
You want my love —
Then take all of me.
An unlit candle
Burns the longest.
Let it be done.
Let it be done to me.
(let it be done) (let it be done)