On my way to hell…I passed a lonely church.. the congregation weakened by the warnings of the words.. scriptures toppling proverbs under a deceitful preacher’s curse.. what would they have to say, as they lay me into dirt… many places you can turn but where he goes is worse… don’t be this man you see inside, instead we close the box for good..lay it down to rest, pave it over as we should..
no need for leaving markers we seek to find one day.. if you listen hard enough, you can hear a dead man say.. heaven never had me, and claims of shallow graves.. whatever words were whispered could have never saved..
Buried in this lonely church..to never hold the chance.. the blood is wine to suit the mood to do the devils dance.. the bread has molded, burned and broken faith in what I had.. while the devil standing over me is holding out his hand..
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You tricked me. I thought you were going to post the lyrics to that Metallica song, but this one’s good too. Who wrote it?
I’m a poet and a song writer. I’ve been doing this my whole life. Rarely do I post anything by another artist.
I have a hundred posts like this here on SP
Thank you for reading
I usually don’t care for posts with song lyrics, since they so often seem to lose their impact with the music, but I agree with xanadu – this one’s good.
I can’t stand his orchestrations/musical arrangements, but Leonard Cohen’s lyrics often find a way to really hit me where it hurts, too.
Thank you
I’m about to post another I just finished..