Pieta

He spent days and days
Carving her of stone
Hour after after hour
Working all alone
He saw it in his mind
The pain upon her face
Her suffering was revealed
As the marble fell away

And people come from everywhere
With their prayers and their grief
To light a single candle
And place it at her feet
They know that she can bear it all
Just like she’s always done
Since the day they laid him in her arms
The broken body of her son

One woman came
Each day for forty years
Just before the sun went down
She’d bring her lonesome tear
Today she wasn’t there
To ask for Mary’s grace
But someone else came walking in
And kneeled there in her place

Chorus

To some she’s just a statue
A brilliant work of art
To others she’s a mother
An eternal bleeding heart
But everyone is welcome
To take a place inside
Whatever you believe
Her arms are open wide

Chorus