The Mercy Seat Lyrics

The Mercy Seat lyrics

It began when they come took me from my home



 And put me in Dead Row,



 Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know.



 And I'll say it again



 I..am..not..afraid..to..die. 



 



 I began to warm and chill



 To objects and their fields,



 A ragged cup, a twisted mop



 The face of Jesus in my soup



 Those sinister dinner meals



 The meal trolley's wicked wheels



 A hooked bone rising from my food



 All things either good or ungood. 



 



 And the mercy seat is waiting



 And I think my head is burning



 And in a way I'm yearning



 To be done with all this measuring of truth.



 An eye for an eye



 A tooth for a tooth



 And anyway I told the truth



 And I'm not afraid to die. 



 



 Interpret signs and catalogue



 A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog.



 The walls are bad. Black. Bottom kind.



 They are sick breath at my hind



 They are sick breath at my hind



 They are sick breath at my hind



 They are sick breath gathering at my hind 



 



 I hear stories from the chamber



 How Christ was born into a manger



 And like some ragged stranger



 Died upon the cross



 And might I say it seems so fitting in its way



 He was a carpenter by trade



 Or at least that's what I'm told 



 



 Like my good hand I



 tatooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist



 That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resist. 



 



 In Heaven His throne is made of gold



 The ark of his Testament is stowed



 A throne from which I'm told



 All history does unfold.



 Down here it's made of wood and wire



 And my body is on fire



 And God is never far away. 



 



 Into the mercy seat I climb



 My head is shaved, my head is wired



 And like a moth that tries



 To enter the bright eye



 I go shuffling out of life



 Just to hide in death awhile



 And anyway I never lied. 



 



 My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L.



 Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D.



 `Tis a long-suffering shackle



 Collaring all that rebel blood. 



 



 And the mercy seat is waiting



 And I think my head is burning



 And in a way I'm yearning



 To be done with all this measuring of truth.



 An eye for an eye



 And a tooth for a tooth



 And anyway I told the truth



 And I'm not afraid to die. 



 



 And the mercy seat is burning



 And I think my head is glowing



 And in a way I'm hoping



 To be done with all this weighing up of truth.



 An eye for an eye



 And a tooth for a tooth



 And I've got nothing left to lose



 And I'm not afraid to die. 



 



 And the mercy seat is glowing



 And I think my head is smoking



 And in a way I'm hoping



 To be done with all this looks of disbelief.



 An eye for an eye



 And a tooth for a tooth



 And anyway there was no proof



 Nor a motive why. 



 



 And the mercy seat is smoking



 And I think my head is melting



 And in a way I'm helping



 To be done with all this twisted of the truth.



 A lie for a lie



 And a truth for a truth



 And I've got nothing left to lose



 And I'm not afraid to die. 



 



 And the mercy seat is melting



 And I think my blood is boiling



 And in a way I'm spoiling



 All the fun with all this truth and consequence.



 An eye for an eye



 And a truth for a truth



 And anyway I told the truth



 And I'm not afraid to die. 



 



 And the mercy seat is waiting



 And I think my head is burning



 And in a way I'm yearning



 To be done with all this measuring of proof.



 A life for a life



 And a truth for a truth



 And anyway there was no proof



 But I'm not afraid to tell a lie. 



 



 And the mercy seat is waiting



 And I think my head is burning



 And in a way I'm yearning



 To be done with all this measuring of truth.



 An eye for an eye



 And a truth for a truth



 And anyway I told the truth



 But I'm afraid I told a lie