The Hymn Of Kassiani Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I've heard that [D]they call me the woman
Who [Em]has fallen in[D]to many sins
They made me bear myrrh to the burial
And at the [Cm]graveside, [D]I began to sing

[Verse 2]
[D]Woe to me, all of you sinners
I'm the lady of a moonless night
The [A]darkness to [D]me [Gm]is my ecstasy
But for my [D]sins I am far from contrite
They dragged me away from the library
I was cast to the bride- show's
harsh light
Where [A]I told the king I was [Gm]better than him
And [D]thus earned Theophilus' spite

[Verse 3]
And [Em]Theo, he thinks I still love him
But I [D]know him, and he knows not a thing
They [Em]call [D]me Kassiani

[Verse 4]
The woman who rejected the king
[D]
Now the emperor, he tore down the icons
The images and words thought divine
But in the [A]quiet of my cell
[Gm]I redrew them all
And the [D]name that I signed with was mine
I was scourged with the lash
for my impudence
My tears were a fountain of brine
But I [A]conceded no de[D]feat,
my [Gm]groaning heart beats
With defi[D]ant blue blood Byzantine

[Verse 5]
And [Em]Theo, he thinks I still love him
But I [D]know him, and he
knows not a thing
Don't [Em]disregard me as a servant,
know [D]me
As the woman who rejected

[Interlude 1]
the king
[D]
[Csus2][D]

[Verse 6]
Yes I [Cm]hid from his eyes
when he visited
But don't [D]dare think me
frightened or meek
I was [Cm]sick of his ineffable condescension
And I [D]will not kiss those sacred feet
I will [Cm]make his footsteps into music
To be [D]heard by both heathen
and Greek
They will [Cm]mock his meanderings
in Paradise at twilight
And [D]they'll re[Gm]member [D]me, Kassiani
She who hates [A]silence[D]
[G]when it's time [D]to speak

[Verse 7]
And [Em]Theo, he thinks I still love him
[D]He knows not the multitude
of my sins
They will [Em]sing my song after
Byzantium has gone
[D]The woman who rejected the king

[Verse 8]
I've [D]heard all the things
that they've called me
It's just so many arrows and [D]slings
Leave the glory to the stepmother,
and to the son
I'm the woman who rejected the king