Lyric discussion by chairmanroflmao 

Cover art for Both Crosses lyrics by Hold Steady, The

The tranverberate thing is weird. It's listed in the dictionary as "To beat or strike through", but it has a second meaning in Catholicism involving an ecstatic experience, related to a "dart of love" piercing the heart and inflaming within it an intense love of God. Source:http://maryschild.blogspot.com/2005/08/feast-of-transverberation-of-st-teresa.html