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The Black Church

from The Horror Show (2013) by Ian Gordon

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A boy of unknown origin plots to take over the world. Welcome to the black church...

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i. origins

from the banks of the river came crawling a boy
the memory of a past unclear in his mind

the word amongst the elders, "sacred is the child"
a history of conflict locked behind his eyes

and now the evil in him stirs

elders
will we pray for you? to make your dreams come true?

the boy
the time has come to overrun the world

ii. atrocities

the boy is gathering a crowd
preaching sermons under clouds
slowly turning them from god

and things are raining from the skies
fearful people run and hide
children falling prey to plagues

the boy is carving out his name
ancient words are on display
fire invoking something strange

the thing it rises from the flames
it has come to take them all

the boy
answer to the master's call!
come forth with water - enter into me
rise, i bring you water - enter into me

iii. foul

frail, the women of his world
lured into the darkness of his lair

the boy
drink from me you've got to drink from me!
if you want to be a part of the black army!

mankind it slowly ebbs away
losing touch with mortal plains
out of time and out of space

the boy
come forth with water - enter into me
rise, i bring you water - enter into me

iv. conclusion

the dreamers are the victims
they slowly fade away
the last are trapped
impaled upon the words of yesterday
a monster lost in history
remembered once again
summoned in the dream of an innocent boy out in the rain

echo of mankind
maybe he knows
maybe it shows

v. beneath

so much to love
so much to pride
so much to all we left behind
so much to the dreams we used to share
our forgotten hopes
our forgotten words
our sentiments
our dying words
our final thoughts
upon the wings of birds
flying endlessly

and those empty cries when we're alone at night
the rolling clouds in the summer skies
the winter night is locked away
on distant shores
forever aloof
and when the time it comes at last
i'll look to you with a tearful gasp
the broken man
the broken child
the bastard son of a burnt-out fire

the son of all
the son a king
the son of your brother
your son is free

credits

from The Horror Show (2013), released September 16, 2013
Ian Gordon - vocals, keyboards, bass, drums, lead guitars
Rob Heyes - guitars

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