David Bowie - Baal's Hymn Lyrics
Whilst his mothers womb contained the growing baalEven then the sky was waiting quiet and pale*****, young, immensely marvellousLike baal loved it, when he came to usThat same sky remained with him in joy and careEven when baal slept peaceful and unawareAt night a lilac sky, a drunken baalTurning pious as the sky grows paleSo through hospital, cathedral, whiskey barBaal kept moving onwards and just let things goWhen baals tired, boys, baal cannot fall farHe will have his sky down there belowWhen the sinners congregate in shame togetherBaal lay *****, revelling in their distressOnly sky, a sky that will go on foreverFormed a blanket for his *****nessAnd that lusty girl, the world, wholl laughing yieldTo the men wholl stand the pressure of her thighsSometimes gave him love-bites, such as cant be healedBaal survived it, he just used his eyesAnd when baal saw lots of corpses scattered roundHe felt twice the thrill, despite the lack of roomSpace enough said baal, then Ill thicken the groundSpace enough within this womans wombAny vice for baal has got its useful sideIts the man who practices it, he cant abideVices have their point, once you see it as suchStick to two for one will be too muchSlackness, softness are the sort of things to shunNothing could be harder than the quest for funLots of strength is needed and experience tooSwollen bellies can embarrass youUnder gloomy stars and this poor veil of tearsBaal will graze a pasture till it disappearsOnce its been digested to the forests teethBaal trod singing for a well earned sleepBaal can spot the vultures in the stormy skyAs they wait up there to see if baal will dieSometimes baal pretends hes dead, but vultures swoopBaal in silence dines on vulture-soupWhen the dark womb drags him down to its prizeWhats the world still mean to baal, hes overfedSo much sky is lurking still behind his eyesHell just have enough sky when hes deadOnce the earths dark womb engulfed the rotting baalEven then the sky was up there, quiet and pale*****, young, immensely marvellousLike baal loved it when he lived with us
