City

The Church · Other Songs - The Church

There smoke turns into serpents in the air

Beware, there's no sanctuary anywhere



On this very spot, a great city once stood

It oozed with evil but it felt so good

Well, I don't know, where did it go?



And here, there's lots of method in their madness, dear

And we're considering remaining here



In this very house a giant was born

With two angry eyes and one sharp black horn

Well, I don't know, how could he grow?



The fountains gush wine, the chimneys spurt flowers

Where me and my friends pass the fleeting hours

Well, yes and no, where did they go?



Goodbye, there's no reason, there's no alibi

I'll try to write you a letter from the cyclone's eye



On this very day, a hundred years before

They opened up the future like it was a door

Well, I don't know, where did it go?



The towers stretch up, the spires spiral odd

Behind the vicar's gate, the sign, 'Beware of God'

Well, I don't know, where did he go?