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holy hookers & sinner saints
the dove absolves you all
oh hasty crowds of drunken men
pride before the fall
& through the valley shadow-filled
those graves you whistle past
in tune with hymns all angel-sung
these years could never last

down into - you never know
drowning in the wave
down into this empty hole
now you become its slave

with raven claw & eagle eye
the meek are carried off
to sound the trump & break the seal
while safely borne aloft
from two towers in the sky
the world comes crashing down
count the hours passing by
you wear this thorny crown

follow far the echo sound
round canyons made of fear
tremble 'neath the shadow's pound
these long & bitter years

cos every one must bear the beam
they pluck from others' eyes
in the light of God your love must gleam
'lest Satan call you wise
holy hookers & sinner saints
the dove absolves you all
oh hasty crowds of drunken men
pride before the fall

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from saints beneath the stairs, released May 15, 2010

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Appalachian distortion, folk samples, and ancient myths.

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