Manchester Orchestra - After the Scripture lyrics
[Manchester Orchestra - After the Scripture lyrics]
After the scripture we started to pray
Holdin' our hands up waitin' for change
I hardly knew you you knew me the same
So we built a shelter
While we turned the weak away
Your mother beside me rattlin' her brain
Makin' an offering pacing the pain
We took a picture placed it in frame
We built a fire and we turned the cold away
And I know it's not what you desire
This pain can't crumble won't soon retire
Everybody there was trying to
Hide some great desire
Put away the positives and let
That good girl die
Everybody's prayers were turned into
A gradual sigh
So I paced around the backyard for awhile
That was bee sting a speck in my eye
A casual movement a thief in the night
Now I can't forget you sword in my side
Candle that burned me deliver me light
And I know it's not what you desire
This pain can't crumble won't soon retire
Holdin' our hands up waitin' for change
I hardly knew you you knew me the same
So we built a shelter
While we turned the weak away
Your mother beside me rattlin' her brain
Makin' an offering pacing the pain
We took a picture placed it in frame
We built a fire and we turned the cold away
And I know it's not what you desire
This pain can't crumble won't soon retire
Everybody there was trying to
Hide some great desire
Put away the positives and let
That good girl die
Everybody's prayers were turned into
A gradual sigh
So I paced around the backyard for awhile
That was bee sting a speck in my eye
A casual movement a thief in the night
Now I can't forget you sword in my side
Candle that burned me deliver me light
And I know it's not what you desire
This pain can't crumble won't soon retire