The Church - Aura

The Church - Aura

We all came back from the war
I wish somebody would tell me the score
We raked old Poseidon over the coals
Shook his shells, shaved his shoals

Where can a soldier fix himself a drink
Forget the noise, forget the stink
And the opium is running pretty low
'Cause when the pain comes back, I don't want to know

Across yonder ocean the natives are fierce
Their ears are filled their teeth are pierced
But it's not their spears that spill your breath
They kill their enemies by loving them to death

We were on some battlefield
I felt something soft go through my shield
I felt something warm enter my guts
I was bleeding bad but there were no cuts

They captured three of us, took us back to their village
After a long long time I could decipher their language
They worshipped Baal, they worshipped the sun
They worshipped the son of the evil one

They were more than voracious, they sucked our ambition
They let me go on one condition
That was when I came back to my native shore
I tell you they don't want to play with us anymore

But a part of me will never be free
And the part that's free will never be me
But a thing of love and beauty is in my head
A message from our enemies, and here's what they said

They said that love = hate
And death = fate
An enemy always = an adorer
But priest = aura

Yeah, and life = time
And time = space
And space = sublime
And human = race

Oh and woman = man
And pot = pan
The fauna ought to equal the flora
But priest = aura

And beginning = the end
The end always = the start
But straight = bent
The mind sometimes = the heart

And you = me
The land = the sea
Richer = poorer
And priest = aura

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[dirako]

Yes thank you!! I will have to buy you a drink at the next Church concert!! Cause you know they are gonna play the Belly -Up!!

[caiofons]

Hi, thank you very much..

It's a pity I don't have conditions to go to these great shows of this great band.

But if they come here to Brazil, I will do my best to be there (they went to Brazil only one time, 20 years ago, when I was 6 yr old and didn't knew them)!

Thanx for the drink, anyway. By the way, just for curiosity, are you a guy or a girl?

[VersaViceBAB]

1998? HOB tour?

[karmineka]

So nice to see them playing live there masterpieces...

[DKashman]

Great track from a Masterpiece body of work, by far one of the most relevant bands to ever be formed.

[Shards013]

Superb! How many bands can keep going for 20+ years and then still have fresh life in their performance like The Church? Not damn many (if any). ~ S

[karmineka]

absolutely theyre best album!

[cubba65]

Thx for zooming at the end of the lyrics to Steve's close-up, ... classic!

[151badfish]

I cant believe it's been almost 2 decades since this album came out. It is nonetheless timeless and relevant.

[SoyYo253]

I bought this in cassette too almost 18 years ago.....and it sounded so ecclectic, and so future minded as it does today......great song!!!

[mikebott]

i seem to recall buying this album on cassette when i was around 15 or 16, and so receiving a ton of shit from indie kids for liking something that had been on MTV.... what a bunch of pedantic shits those boys were.

[jamichelash]

these guys are so under rated in the years to come their talents will rival the rock geniuses of the 20th century awesome post , thanks