A preacher clarifies his status with the lord
a soldier measures his rank against the dead,
the preacher deludes his conscience with a word
now the soldiers soul is clean but his hands are red
in a church the preacher previews heavens screens.
In a war zone a soldier records dreams escaping the dead,
and wars bloody data is amplified by pitiless machines
waving his script the holy-man impersonates a Godhead.
Soldier attended mass the dead's dreams flicker in his eyes
and the priest asks the soldier to forgive his sins,
soldier pacifies the war dead a church echoes with their cries.
and the boundary between heaven and hell thins,
and for a soldier the promise of Heaven is Hell
in Hell the priest will this story to tell.
a soldier measures his rank against the dead,
the preacher deludes his conscience with a word
now the soldiers soul is clean but his hands are red
in a church the preacher previews heavens screens.
In a war zone a soldier records dreams escaping the dead,
and wars bloody data is amplified by pitiless machines
waving his script the holy-man impersonates a Godhead.
Soldier attended mass the dead's dreams flicker in his eyes
and the priest asks the soldier to forgive his sins,
soldier pacifies the war dead a church echoes with their cries.
and the boundary between heaven and hell thins,
and for a soldier the promise of Heaven is Hell
in Hell the priest will this story to tell.