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>the lyric sheet says "vale of darkness" which KaTe probably took from the
>fairly famous psalm 23. the full verse is
	
>	even though i walk in the vale of darkness,
>	i fear no evil for thou art with me,
>	they staff and thy crook are my comfort.

>vale, of course, is a synonym for valley (which is often how that psalm is
>translated in modern bibles).

Thanks for the help, woj.  I just rechecked my lyric sheet (American CD),
and it definitely says "Veil".  Which version of the lyrics do you have?

(As though we didn't have enough toruble interpreting the song!  What
next, the Whale of Darkness?)
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