The Repeat Offender ca 1993

He was a repeat offender
And I was just another repetition
Doomed to repeat my own defeat
I forgive him, but do not allow him to touch me

Forgive me!
Surround me with swords when I forgive him
Post mighty ones on my right and left
Above and below
In front and behind

I agree to forgive
I forgive. It makes me suffer
Because somehow I must regain the heart I lost
He sullied it, and I would not give it to you so dirty
So even if it means another betrayal;
As long as we triumph over the darkness of the lie
I can forgive.
A total triumph would see him restored to his right mind, safe.
Who in their right mind would ever do what he has done?
And how do I regain a virgin heart?

Forgiveness is agony
Because I cannot find it in me
It isn’t there;
It’s in the Sacred Heart
My agony rests in you
Because you know betrayal’s bitter end

So here is the pain that bears out my love
I give it to you, such as it is, to comfort you
For you have forgiven such as me