The Mercy Seat (Live at Alexandra Palace, 2020)

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 either good or ungood Chorus And the mercy seat is awaiting And I think my head is burning And in a way I'm yearning To be done with all this measuring of proof Of An eye for an eye A tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die Verse 2 Interpret signs and catalogue A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog The walls arе bad Black, bottom kind They are the sick brеath at my hind They are the sick breath at my hind They are the sick breath at my hind They are the sick breath gathering at my hind Verse 3 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 Bridge 1 Like my good hand I Tattooed E.V.I.L. across it's brother's fist That filthy five They did nothing to challenge or resist Verse 4 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 Bridge 2 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 Chorus And the mercy seat is a-waiting And I think my head is burning And 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 Chorus The mercy seat is burning And I think my head is glowing And in a way I'm helping 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 Chorus And the mercy seat is a smoking And I think my head is melting And in a way I'm helping To be done with all this twisting up of truth A lie for a lie And a tooth for a tooth And anyway I've got nothing left to lose And I'm not afraid to die Chorus And the mercy seat is melting And I think my blood is boiling And in a way I'm spoiling all the fun With all this truth and consequence A lie for a lie And a truth for a truth And anyway I told the truth And I'm not afraid to die