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The Mercy Seat

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The Mercy Seat

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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 deals

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 proof

An eye for an eye

A tooth for a tooth

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

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

Tattooed evil 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

So I go shuffling out of life

Just to hide in death awhile

And anyway I never lied

My kill-hand is called Evil

Wears a wedding band that's good

'Tis a long-suffering shackle

Collaring all that devil blood

And the mercy seat is a-burning

And I think my head is flowing

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 waiting

And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning

To be done with all this measuring of proof

An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And anyway, there was no proof

And nor a motive why

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 tooth for a tooth

And anyway there was no proof

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 tooth for a tooth

And anyway there was no proof

And I'm not afraid to die

Now the mercy seat is waiting

And I think my head is smoking

And in a way I'm hoping

To be done with all these looks of disbelief

A 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 waiting

And I think my head is burning

And in a way I'm yearning

To be done with all this measuring of proof

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 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 eye for a eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And anyway I told the truth

But I'm not afraid to 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 proof

An eye for an eye

And a tooth for a tooth

And anyway I told the truth

But I'm afraid I told a lie

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