The Hymn of Kassiani Frank Turner

[Intro]
I've heard that they call me the woman
Who has fallen into many sins
They made me bear myrrh to the burial
And at the graveside, I began to sing

[Verse 1]
Woe to me, all of you sinners
I'm the lady of a moonless night
The darkness to me is my ecstasy
But for my sins I am far from contrite
They dragged me away from the library
I was cast to the bride show's harsh light
Where I told the king I was better than him
And thus earned Theophilus' spite

[Chorus]
And Theo, he thinks I still love him
But I know him, and he knows not a thing
They call me Kassiani
The woman who rejected the king

[Verse 2]
Now the emperor, he tore down the icons
The images and words thought divine
But in the quiet of my cell, I redrew them all
And the 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 conceded no defeat, my groaning heart beats
With defiant blue blood Byzantine