The Church - Myrrh

The Church - Myrrh

Emerald haunt in overdrive
Nightmare descent into Jericho city
Camel dust heralds our arrival
New Christ beneath the drumkit moon
Oh Lord we are threatened again
In the slipstream pull of the federal men
Plummeted in some seamless night
Down here to earth it's hopeless then

Apache gunman in the boiling crowd
Who never got to meet you last time
We're interrupted by the telephone
You didn't think they were invented then
Oh Lord we need miracles
We need more wine and gold
We need slaves and roads and personal favors
We need microphones and manifolds

How can you be so invisible
Give me the nerves to see
Privilege on privilege
An unwanted discovery

So now we're cruising down this shuddering highway
With a dead sun shining on my back
And we talk about the way people treat us back there
Their hollow laughter, the pain in their eyes
Oh my Lord I trust your intentions
But money strangles our love
Struggling like a fool with my junk and my jewels
You would have thought I'd had enough

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock
• indie
• steve
• kilbey
• marty
• wilson-piper
• peter
• koppes
• the
• church
• myrrh

[LordChoxy]

Marty's on the wrong side

[eaulon]

Just a little too fast

[karanaman68]

@ParsleyMicroTroupe

Ditto that...heard this song a million times and the lyrics still haunt me

[gavgams]

played live at the corner, 12/09. Greatest drive/cruise song ever. If you appreciate the lyrics check out the Time Being blog.

[ParsleyMicroTroupe]

what amazing lyrics...blown away reading them for the first time...

[JoeChrisMorris]

shame they don't do this live anymore

oh well. At least they still play "Hotel womb"

[STEVERED24]

Very good song! I can't say the same about the sound.

[JoeChrisMorris]

Very good Kilbey lyrics..

[CamboL]

One of my very favourite Church songs. This is good but this song needs the electric treatment for best effect.