The Sisters Lyrics - Novella - Renaissance

The sisters worked for the people round them 

Their Spanish lace wove some bread for the poor 

And they cared and tried but were worn with 

Their fears and the years of heartbreak 

Dust and wine stained the men who knew them 

The sweat of days in the angry sun 

And the men were weak, and they cried 

And they asked, "Sisters, make us holy." 

The sisters prayed, "Give us hope for something." 

The men asked, "Where is your God today?" 

And the empty eyes as the sisters prayed held 

Their thoughts unspoken 

There was nothing they could do 

Earth was dust for miles around 

Nothing new survived 

Everything was barren on the land 

And the truth they tried to understand just died