Key: B
Introduction:
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I began to warm and chill
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To objects and their fields
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A ragged cup, a twisted mop
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The face of Jesus in my soup
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Those sinister dinner deals
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The meal trolley's wicked wheels
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A hooked bone rising from my
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food. All things good or ungood.
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And the mercy seat is waiting
E5/B
And I think my head is burning
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And in a way I'm yearning to be
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done with all this measuring of
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truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
F5 F5/C
tooth, And anyway I told the
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truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
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Interpret signs and catalogue
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A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
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The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath at my hind
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They are the sick breath gathering
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at my hind.
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I hear stories from the
E5 E5/B
chamber, How Christ was born into a
E5 E5/B
manger And like some ragged stranger
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Died upon the cross, And might I
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say it seems so fitting in its
F5 F5/C
way He was a carpenter by
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trade, Or at least that's what I'm
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told.
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Like my good hand
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I tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's
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brother's fist
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That filthy five! They did
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nothing to resist.
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In heaven His throne is made of gold
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The ark of His testament is
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stowed, A throne from which I'm told all
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history does unfold, Down here it's
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made of wood and wire, And my
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body is on fire
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And God is never far away.
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Into the mercy seat I climb
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My head is shaved, my head is
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wired, And like a moth that tries to
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enter the bright eye, so I go
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shuffling out life, Just to
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hide in death a while
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And anyway I never lied.
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My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.
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Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.
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'Tis a long suffering shackle
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Collaring all that rebel blood
E5
And the mercy seat is waiting
E5/B
And I think my head is burning
E5 E5/B
And in a way I'm yearning to be
D5 D5/A
done with all this measuring of
D5 D5/A
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
F5 F5/C
tooth, And anyway I told the
C5 C5/G
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
E5
And the mercy seat is burning
E5/B
And I think my head is glowing
E5 E5/B
And in a way I'm hoping to be
D5 D5/A
done with all this weighing up of
D5 D5/A
truth, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
F5 F5/C
tooth, And anyway I told the
C5 C5/G
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
E5
And the mercy seat is glowing
E5/B
And I think my head is smoking
E5 E5/B
And in a way I'm hoping to be
D5 D5/A
done with all these looks of disbeleif
D5 D5/A
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a
F5 F5/C
tooth, And anyway I there was no
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proof, Nor a motive why.
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And the mercy seat is smoking
E5/B
And I think my head is melting
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And in a way I'm helping to be
D5 D5/A
done with all this twisting of
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truth, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
F5 F5/C
truth, And anyway I told the
C5 C5/G
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
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And the mercy seat is melting
E5/B
And I think my blood is boiling
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And in a way I'm spoiling all the
D5 D5/A
fun with all this truth and consequence
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An eye for an eye and a truth for a
F5 F5/C
truth, And anyway I told the
C5 C5/G
truth, And I'm not afraid to die.
E5
And the mercy seat is waiting
E5/B
And I think my head is burning
E5 E5/B
And in a way I'm yearning to be
D5 D5/A
done with all this measurement of
D5 D5/A
proof, A lie for a lie and a truth for a
F5 F5/C
truth, And anyway there was no
C5 C5/G
proof, And I'm not afraid to tell a lie.
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And the mercy seat is waiting
E5/B
And I think my head is burning
E5 E5/B
And in a way I'm yearning to be
D5 D5/A
done with all this measurment of
D5 D5/A
proof, An eye for an eye and a truth for a
F5 F5/C
truth, And anyway I told the
C5 C5/G
truth, And I'm afraid I told a lie.