Seven Nations - Faithful Departed lyrics

This graveyard hides a million secrets And the trees know more than they can tell The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you In heaven and in hell Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man And livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunman Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till Rattled until time stood still Look over your shoulder, hear the school bell ring Another day of made-to-measure history I don't care if your heroes have wings Your terrible beauty's been torn Faithful departed, we fickle hearted As you are now so once were we Faithful departed, we the meek hearted With graces imparted bring flowers to thee The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two They cursed you on Sundays and holy days When you all stayed away When you slept there a naked lightbulb hid your shame The shadows on the wall, they took all the blame. The Sacred Heart's picture, compa**ion in his eyes Drowned out the river of sighs Let the gra** grow green over the brewery tonight It'll never come between the darkness and the light There is no pain that can't be eased By the devil's holy water and the rosary beads Faithful departed, we fickle hearted As you are now so once were we Faithful departed, we the meek hearted With graces imparted bring flowers to thee You're a history book I never could write Poetry in paralysis, too deep to recite Dress yourself and bless yourself, you've won the fight We're gonna celebrate tonight Maybe we'll even climb the pillar like you always meant to Watch the sun rise over the strand Close your eyes and we'll pretend It could somehow be the same again I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you You won't have to gaze at the rain and the stars Sleep and dream of chapels and bars And whiskey in the jar Faithful departed, look what you've started An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend Faithful departed, no broken-hearted And no more tristesse in your world without end