Taking it to the Grave

An old song I wrote, revised by my band

I'm going to fill you in on how I stopped a killer....

Caught him praying in the meat-house, crying over breakfast.

Hoisted him up from the rafter-chain,

Sunk the hook right in and ripped him down to the concrete again.

 

I'm going to let you in on an ancient secret....

Time only ages the ones who need to keep it.

Roll it on back to the dawn of the land...

Those Jackals weren't howling, son.

They were warning us, man.

 

Now the Preachers singing, "Innocence for sale!"

There's motor-oil pumping through the heart of New Wales,

But no One will ever know who sunk this ship of fools....

Because the killers didn't do what the cops are too dead to prove.

 

One of these days,

We'll be taking it to the grave.

 

Don't look now, the sky is imploding!

With a needle-sharp darkness, pure and forboding.

Don't mention my name to the God of the Sun...

Venus, enraged, is going to smarten up everyone!

 

A rotted-fence Raven spoke to me this morning.

She told me all about the plans that they'd been forming.

They swarmed my yard, blurry, blacker than night,

When their leader grazed my head and said,

"We're here for the fight!"

 

And the preacher's singing "Innocence for sale!",

There's motor-oil spilling on the shores of New Wales.

Nobody ever knows who's got to pay their dues

Because the killers didn't do what the cops are too dead to prove.

 

And one of these days....

You'll be taking it to the grave.

Author's Note

Obviously a darker, more ominous type of song....

Reviews

[EJ Spurrell]

Awesome. I gave it a listen, and actually, my roommate says she wants a copy of the album when you guys go to studio. Keep it up.

[Mistral Bilgera]

your details have such strong dark emotions.... nice writing. :)