[Verse 1]
I believe your tears
Are stored away
And like a gentle rain
They will fall some day
On a dusty heart
On some arid soul
All the tears you've cried
Will make them whole

[Chorus]
My beautiful martyr
(In your crown of thorns)
My beautiful martyr
(In your robe of fire)
My beautiful martyr
(In your gown of scorn)
So beautiful
My beautiful martyr

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
I believe your blood
(Like a river flows)
Runs wide and deep
(Towards an unknown sea)
And it stains the sky
(When the chains are cold)
And floods the broken street
(On our history)
That your prayers are saved
(In the nail-scarred hands)
That your cry is heard
(In the restless wind)
And that the world will hang
(Like the criminal man)
On every word
('Til the world lights down)

[Chorus]
My beautiful martyr
(In your crown of thorns)
My beautiful martyr
(In your robe of fire)
My beautiful martyr
(In your gown of scorn)
So beautiful
My beautiful martyr

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
I believe we'll meet
Where there are no farewells
Between the spikes that pierced
And the sword that fell

[Chorus]
My beautiful martyr
(In your crown of thorns)
My beautiful martyr
(In your robe of fire)
My beautiful martyr
(In your gown of scorn)
So beautiful

[Chorus]
My beautiful martyr
(In your crown of thorns)
My beautiful martyr
(In your robe of fire)
My beautiful martyr
(In your gown of scorn)
You're so beautiful
My beautiful martyr