The White Papers - Murder to a Man lyrics

Off the sands, the souls are bleak But I would never think to speak Of half the things I used to say I wouldn't crawl back down to appreciate Beyond the hills, the souls are bent It's safer when you don't repent Bottle up the sins of righteous men And everybody will atone For someone in limbo It was hallowed and bright in fading light The bulls went blank with such a fright Spilling onto the planks in enormous ranks As if anybody had the strength to bring them in Like this * the bridge was swept away And it barely divided up our faith It swells up to rise up past every tide Past the shoulders of men Drinking smoking sleeping in the inns If it's cold tonight I'm gonna have to stay and try When everybody believes the same Well won't you go and hide I been long below the decks Crawled over the side And rattled floorboards from beneath Well with my rusty knife Oh, what to tell you... Of all the things I thought I'd seen My eyes can never take from me Church bells are going to ring And they've all come to sing over broken gla** The wind will sting So dance me twice across your eyes We'll come to rest between your thighs I know we're wanting to breathe There is no relief From what they brought back in Into the shallows to die, though...