Three Songs About Religion

by

BILLIE EYEBALL


DIED LAUGHING

 

HE DOESN'T FEEL WELL, MY MOM WOULD SAY

MY UNCLE DIED IN HIS DINNER ONE DAY

THEY PUT HIM IN BED AND EVERYBODY PRAYED

3 DAYS DEAD, MY UNCLE LAY

I TOOK A DRINK OF YOUR HOLY WATER

AND I CAN TELL YOU I FEEL MUCH SMARTER

IN THE FOUNTAIN OF TRUTH,

I COULDN'T COME CLEAN

SOAKED TO THE BONE, BUT I COULDN'T COME CLEAN

PURIFY ME, PURIFY ME

 

SAD WITH GRIEF, I WAS THERE FOR SUPPORT

MY AUNT HEARD A CRY AND SHE OPENED THE DOOR

TO LET THE CAT IN THAT HAD DIED THE YEAR BEFORE

SHE FORGOT, SHE FORGOT

THROW ME DOWN INTO THE DIRT

SAVE ME FROM THIS LUNATIC WORLD

SPLASH ME WITH YOUR HOLY WATER

I CAN'T FEEL IT HARDER, HARDER

PURIFY ME, PURIFY ME

 

I HAD A DREAM I DIED AS A SLAVE

THEY THREW ME INTO AN OPEN GRAVE

DEEP INSIDE THE LUNATIC EARTH

I LAY LAUGHING UNDER THE DIRT

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JESUS IN A PISS JAR

 

IT CAME TO ME WHEN I WAS ASLEEP

AN IMAGE MISSED; A THOUGHT INCOMPLETE

THE WATER BELOW WAS CLEAR AND DEEP

SWIMMING AROUND, FLAT BUMPY FISH

 

THE PEOPLE ARE DUNKED, SINKING THEIR MASS

MASSES OF PEOPLE, DROWNING THEIR ASS

IF ONLY THEY HELD ONE BELIEF

IT LOOKS LIKE HOPE, THEY FIND RELIEF

 

I SEE, I SEE, I SEE

LIKE THE SUN NEVER WENT DOWN

I SEE, I SEE, I SEE

LIKE THE SUN NEVER WENT DOWN

BELOW THE GROUND

 

I CAN'T SEE THROUGH A SUGARY GLAZE

I CAN'T GET STUCK, STUCK IN THIS PLACE

GOBBLING UP GROUPS OF THE LARGE AND DEAD

LEAVING BEHIND ONLY THE HEAD

 

I KNOW THAT LADY

STANDING OVER ME

I TRY TO ERASE

CONCENTRATE

I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T

I CAN' T LIVE THRU EVERY DYING DAY

I CAN'T GET STUCK, STUCK IN THIS PLACE

 

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ANOTHER SONG INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE DEAD MAN WALKING, BUT NOT INCLUDED ON THE SOUNDTRACK

 

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, BEFORE I HAVE TO GO

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND THE CLOCK IS MOVING SLOW

WAITING FOR THE TIME TO PASS

I NEVER HAD THE NERVE TO ASK

I WAS WRONG

BUT BEFORE I'M GONE

SAVE ME WITH YOUR LOVE

 

I SHOT A FLARE UP INTO THE NIGHT

IN ITS RED GLARE, IT LIT UP THE SKY

WARNING TO THE INNOCENT

DANGER TO THE WITNESSES

IF I NEED

WOULD YOU COME TO ME

SAVE ME WITH YOUR LOVE

 

ALL THE SINS I HAVE TO BEAR

YOU CAN STACK THEM SIDE BY SIDE

AND THEN COMPARE

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE LIST BEGINS

I DON'T EVEN CARE WHEN IT ENDS

I CRY OUT

SAVE ME WITH YOUR LOVE

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