1. |
The Curtains Fall
01:01
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A bright sun
Splintered hands
A fear of God
Flooded streets
And the curtains fall heavy on my heart
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2. |
My First Confession
04:18
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My first confession was a standoff
I just sat there he asked me questions
Did I lie to my parents? Did I fight with my sisters?
I said no and why the fuck does he want to know
Just why this interest from this organization he represents
With the lives of the innocent?
Yeah, they’ll get you when you're young
One way or another they will try and steal
You love, your joy, your peace
Your self respect
Yeah, they’ll get you when you're young
Then I went and stood in the line
With the rest of the other children
And I felt a hand on my shoulder
Got a card with 20 dollars
Guess that's the price of innocence
Yeah, they’ll get you when you're young
One way or another they will try and take your will and bend
It to their own design
Yeah, they’ll get you when you're young
What about the millstone?
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3. |
He’s Breaking Records
02:34
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He won’t stop until he purges his house of evil
He’s found a way to focus all his hatred
There’s no stopping him and this craze he’s started
Cause he thinks he’s justified
He’s breaking records
He won’t stop until he puts his house in order
There's nothing that can escape his watchful eye
He keeps count of the smallest infractions
Cause we must be purified
He’s breaking records
He’s got the hammer out and he’s smashing away
The things that make you feel alive and start to question
It's gonna take a miracle to turn him away from this obsession
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4. |
Oh Benny
04:01
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When I first saw you I was just a kid
But I remember what they said you did
At that other school to those kids on the back row
You knocked them out with you control of the Holy Ghost
So when the time came I went up for the altar call
And I just stood there watching all my friends fall
Then with your hand on my head I went down
And I just stayed there looking around
The second time I saw you I was still a kid
But growing wiser to what I thought you did
So when the time came I stood my ground
While those around me all fell down
Oh, Benny I heard you’ve changed your tune
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5. |
Fields Part 1
03:20
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A long road
To nowhere
And the sun sets heavy on my heart
The sun rises heavy is my heart
A big sky
An empty field
And a sad song plays on AM radio
Something about how love’s not a feeling
I guess in some way, yeah that’s true
But there’s something sinister about it too
Site set a shot rings out
And I’ve got blood on my hands
And a dove falls heavy on my heart
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6. |
Fields Part 2
02:06
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A new name
And new clothes
I guess we’re all just supposed to play along
It doesn’t just feel different
It feels wrong
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Fields Part 3
01:49
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What about the lies wrapped up in pride and complacency?
What about the cruelness disguised as morality?
What about the atrocities caused by certainty?
What about injustice done in secrecy?
What about the hate justified as sympathy?
What about true love dismissed as indecency?
What about the pleasures described as idolatry?
What about the dreams inside of me?
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Stories I’ve Heard
02:10
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I heard a story about a Christian lady
Who started working at a new office job
Where they listened to light rock in the radio
And three months later she was sucking off her boss
She didn’t notice the daily change
That the light rock had on her
But while she was sucking strange
She wondered how she got there
Just a little sin she said and now I’m giving head
I wish I never heard the sounds of light rock on that office radio
I heard a story about a missionary’s kid
Who was listening to some Christian rock
And when the natives heard the sensual beats
They reverted to their old pagan ways
They started dancing frantically which lead to sexual activity
And now the missionary’s kid is responsible
For where they’ll spend eternity
Just a little worldliness can lead even the elect astray
It reminds me of another story about a kid in public school
Whose math book turned him gay
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9. |
The Exile Is Over?
01:56
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Well it seems the exile is over
At least geographically
But you can’t undo, unsee or unfeel
And you have no time or place to heal
Cause they keep you on the edge
To keep you confused
And under their control
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10. |
Do The Neglect
02:20
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Do the neglect
Do the neglect
Because your body is sinful and suspect
Do the neglect
Do the neglect
Because your body and your mind
Must be subject
To your husband
And your male pastor
A woman was not created to be her own master
Do the neglect
Do the neglect
When your husband wants it
You must have sex
Because your body belongs to him
And if he hits
You must still submit
Do the neglect
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11. |
Sophomore Slump
02:33
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What if I don’t believe enough?
What if I don’t think it’s quite true?
On that day what will you think of me,
If I’m not sure of what I think of you?
Is it all up to me and what I think that I believe?
Does my eternity depend on what I think is true?
For God so loved the world
That He killed his only son
It doesn’t quite have the appeal
That I think they think it does
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12. |
88 Reasons
02:14
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This is the last year for this generation
You see 40 years ago Israel became a nation
And we’ll hear that trumpet soon
But you see that puts me in a pickle
Cause I haven’t had a chance to play slap and tickle
Jesus said in heaven we’ll be like the angels
Who don’t marry
Well if that’s true
Then the time is tickin’ for me to get in a lickin’
I’m starting to question your idea of soon
But if your right then I’m almost out of luck
Cause I haven’t had a chance to have my
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13. |
God’s Kink
01:19
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I had a girlfriend
Who said that God said
She was supposed to marry someone else
He was much older and not attractive
But I guess that God works in mysterious ways
Then there was Carol who said that God said
We were also supposed to wed
She was much older and had some nice tits
I should have played along to get a feel
I guess that God had a kink in the 80’s
For those in their 30’s to marry teenagers
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A long flight
A new world
And I arrive on Reformation day
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There are roads that we must walk down alone
And there are truths that our souls need to be shown
But my heart beats faster when you are around
There are stories our lives are destined to tell
And there are lies that our lives are made to dispel
But my heart beats faster when you are around
When we go we learn we shed we grow and fly
There are lessons that take a lifetime to learn
And there are bridges we’ll build and some that must burn
But my heart beats faster when you are around
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Mike Indest New Orleans, Louisiana
This is indie rock that says something without shouting or faux-whispering. - Radio Eclectic
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