The Mercy Seat - Live from KCRW

Lyrics for The Mercy Seat - Live from KCRW

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 good or ungood And the mercy seat is waiting And I think my head is burning In a way I'm yearning To be done with all this weighing up of truth An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die Interpret sign and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog The walls are bad, black, bottom kind They are the sick breath at my hind And 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 My kill-hand is evil Across his brother's fist That filthy five! Did nothing to challenge or resist In Heaven His throne is made of gold And 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 My kill-hand is called E.V.I.L. Wears a wedding band that's G.O.O.D. 'Tis a long-suffering shackle Collaring all that rebel blood And the mercy seat is waitin' And I think my head is burnin' In a way I'm yearnin' To be done with all this weighing up of truth 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 burnin' And I think my head is glowing In a way I'm a-hopin' To be done with all this weighin' 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 smoking And I think my head is boiling In a way it's spoilin' all the fun With all this truth and consequence 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 Thank you very much