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Artist: Bruce Cockburn
Canonical path: /cockburn-bruce/of-the-angel-beast
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Of The Angel Beast
Read Of The Angel Beast lyrics by Bruce Cockburn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Of The Angel Beast
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From the lying mirror to the movement of stars
Everybody's looking for who they are
Those who know don't have the words to tell
And the ones with the words don't know too well
(CHORUS:)
Could be the famine
Could be the feast
Could be the pusher
Could be the priest
Always ourselves we love the least
That's the burden of the angel/beast
Birds of paradise -- birds of prey
Here tomorrow, gone today
Cross my forehead, cross my palm
Don't cross me or I'll do you harm
(Chorus)
We go crying, we come laughing
Never understand the time we're passing
Kill for money, die for love
Whatever was God thinking of?
(Chorus)
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Bruce Cockburn performs "Of The Angel Beast", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Cockburn catalog on LyroVerse.
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