Same Shade As Concrete Lyrics

Rejoice, rejoice a noble BIRTH
A PRINCE IS BORN
BEHOLD THE BIRTH OF VIOLENCE
BEASTS OF FANG AND FEATHER
CRY FOR OUR CONCRETE RAPTURE
AND IF WE BEG TO BE PUT DOWN

UNTO US THE MOST INSPIRED STORM
A PRINCESS RAVAGED BY HER PRINCE BEHOLD
THE BIRTH OF SEX AND DISTANCE
TWO FRAIL CORPSES BOTH WERE THEY
HIS EYES WERE THE FIRST TO STRAY
EVERY TREE HELD FAST THE EARTH TO SKY
CONCRETE REPLACES EVERY BRANCH
AND TWIG AS THEY WERE FRAYED
UPON THE BIRTH OF AMBITION
THE HEAVENS FILLED OUR GILDED VESSEL
WITH POISON TEARS
BEFORE WE DRINK I PROPOSE A TOAST A FINAL PRAYER
HERE'S TO THE WATCHERS IN THE WOOD
HERE'S TO THE LAST DAYS
UNTO US A MOST INSPIRED SONG

Shaper stop the music
Halt the harp strings whose chords
(Music patterns that)
Confuse our histories with textures
With the disheartened chorus
Of a hymnal whose choir is the conviction of the starving
ARTLESS TEMPTED BY THE FEAST OF PROOF
THAT THIS BODY
THAT THIS BODY OF WORK HAS WORTH
Uncertain as the fingering
Of a chord torn prematurely
From a piano's womb

AS WE FILL OUR PRECIOUS LUNGS
WITH CONCRETE THAT FAITHFUL SHADE
A SHAPER'S SONG IS STOPPED SHORT
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THEN THE ONLY MOVEMENT
AND THE LAST REMAINS OF GRACE
POLLEN FALLING OFF THE SIMPLE HINGE JOINT LEG
Upon the final breath of a dragonfly
A CARDINAL LOST BUT HEADSTRONG
IN MID FLIGHT CRIES FOR OUR CONCRETE RAPTURE
(Wade in the water wade (4x))
(Wade in the water
Wade in the water child (6x))
Wade

(Let the flood swell) (10x)
THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
ITS GOD'S WILL
BUT THE FOOL KNOWS
WHAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SEEN
NO SALVATION'S IMPENDING
THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
ITS GOD'S WILL LET THE FLOOD SWELL
AND THE BODIES THAT BREAK
WE'LL JUST FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER

Stay tame soft river
While we weigh our faith stay sweet
Run softly sweet river
The fool who wades in doubt will float like concrete
(Come and, come and fill your lungs (8x))

THERE'S SO MUCH HOPE BURIED UNDERNEATH (2x)
TRAGEDY ITS THE SAME SHADE AS CONCRETE (2x)

THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
ITS GOD'S WILL LET THE FLOOD SWELL
ON THE LOUDSPEAKER SERMONS
AND A PARISH DESCENDING

THERE'S SO MUCH HOPE BURIED UNDERNEATH
TRAGEDY ITS THE SAME SHADE AS CONCRETE
LET THE FLOOD SWELL