Peace In The Valley

(albüm: Exile On Coldharbour Lane - 1997)

"For whatever reason you refuse to feel this space we're in
To know it's insanity, really know it
Whatever your particular anaesthetic is, that you hold onto so desperately
The thing I mean that makes you think you know who you are
Whatever that thing is that you allow to keep you sane
Your ace in your hole
The psyche that keeps you from trying to guess what your pimp has in store for you
Whatever keeps you from screaming out at this very moment in absolute and sheer horror
Whatever you fuck your brain with, whatever that is
Whatever that is
It's a lie
It's a lie"

She spends too much time with herself every night
Just fooling around with her fears
In the morning she mourns the decline of her mind
Drowning in a bottle of beer
It's too dangerous just to think about what she might have been
If she'd sung for salvation, if she'd danced on her dreams

But there's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
Cause tonight she's gonna blow it all away
Lord, she feels so twisted, She ain't ever gonna fix it
She's just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

An' he don't know if he's a communist, a hedonist or a whore
Spent too much time riding on a white line to find the door
An' if he did and he opened it, he'd find those letters in the hall
But he's too blind to read between the lines
Cause the writing's on the wall

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
Cause tonight he's gonna blow it all away
Lord, he feels so twisted, he ain't ever gonna fix it
He's just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

(Let that light shine awhile

Grand old oprie lights are on, Hank Williams on the juke box, we all coming home tonight

I'll tell you dear...)

I got Ecstasy, but I need some company
You got that mystery; Lord I need a plan
All I got is a compromise and a bag full of alibis
Lord, as empty as the bottle of whiskey in my shaking hands

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
Cause tonight we're gonna blow it all away
Lord we feel so twisted, we ain't ever gonna fix it
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day

(One more time for the people)

There's gonna be peace in the valley tomorrow
Cause tonight, we're gonna blow it all away
You know we feel so fucking twisted, we ain't ever gonna fix it
We're just waiting for the light to shine on a brand new day...

(Now's the time for you to get right and repent)