Seven Nations - Faithful Departed Lyrics
This graveyard hides a million secretsAnd the trees know more than they can tellThe ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt youIn heaven and in hellRattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy manAnd livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunmanRattled like the coppers in your greasy tillRattled until time stood stillLook over your shoulder, hear the school bell ringAnother day of made-to-measure historyI don't care if your heroes have wingsYour terrible beauty's been tornFaithful departed, we fickle heartedAs you are now so once were weFaithful departed, we the meek heartedWith graces imparted bring flowers to theeThe girls in the kips proclaim their love for youWhen you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or twoThey cursed you on Sundays and holy daysWhen you all stayed awayWhen you slept there a ***** lightbulb hid your shameThe shadows on the wall, they took all the blame.The Sacred Heart's picture, compassion in his eyesDrowned out the river of sighsLet the grass grow green over the brewery tonightIt'll never come between the darkness and the lightThere is no pain that can't be easedBy the devil's holy water and the rosary beadsFaithful departed, we fickle heartedAs you are now so once were weFaithful departed, we the meek heartedWith graces imparted bring flowers to theeYou're a history book I never could writePoetry in paralysis, too deep to reciteDress yourself and bless yourself, you've won the fightWe're gonna celebrate tonightMaybe we'll even climb the pillar like you always meant toWatch the sun rise over the strand
