Hymns For The Heathen
(专辑: Happy Hollow - 2006)
Night has draped its cape of stars Over our small town From the
campus and the
tavern To the
chapel and infirmary We've seen their dreams We've found the
goods The
fables and folly Of the
residents residing in... 14 hymns for the
heathen First hymn, the
son of God complex Second hymn, the
prodigal damsel Third hymn, the
tree stump of knowledge Choking on Adam's apple This odd lot under the
cross This broken promised land Of dreamers and schemers And preachers and predators. They shall not want What they've got coming to them Whether innocent or insolent 14 hymns for the
heathen Fourth hymn, the
passion of the
chaplain Fifth hymn, the
brute kiss of Judas Sixth hymn, Sodom falls to ashes Seventh hymn, the
church of doubting Thomas Eighth hymn, a
horse of the
apocalypse Ninth hymn, an immaculate exception Tenth hymn, the
demons of Mary Magdalene I
am a
chapel, this is prayer book, these are the
parables God, forgive us, this is our business: absolving sins of all of these heathens Eleventh hymn, the
Bible Belt tightens Twelfth hymn, a
leacherous Shepard Thirteenth hymn, hiding in confession Fourteenth hymn, an afterword Rocking chairs of disenchantment Green grass of envy and malice Our salad days, living in Happy Hollow