Slaine - Body of Christ lyrics

You go to church (you go to church)
You listen to the priest and shit
(our father)
Whatta they call it, the sermon?
(Forgive me for my sins)
Here's my sermon (yeah)

Yo my mental capacity's like
An infinite universe where worlds collide
And each thought's a star soon to burst
My temperament
A lust for temptation's a human curse
I'm losin my religion through ghosts
Of a ruined church i pursue and search for a
Higher power to guard me
Fightin with every violent instinct
That's inside me before I was ever born
In this war-torn society
Grown inside a womb that
Was filled with anxiety i grew up
Drinkin bottles of booze 'til I threw up


Smokin bags of fuel before school
I was a screw up
Priests tried to reach me and teach me
I wasn't listenin
Like a wild horse they never can
Break and who doesn't discipline
Mother bitchin and cryin
She's tryin to answer her own demons
My grandmother's dyin of cancer
She lights another cigarette
She's gonna be dead soon
She never weeps and sleeps with
A cross in her bedroom

When I go to sleep my moms told me
If I prayed to God that he'd hold me (down)
When death and sinnin is a part of your life
Say a prayer for the Body of Christ
To the Body of Christ

Yo I've wanted to believe in good
Even the reason I could
But they nailed Jesus up to
Two pieces of wood
And it's hard to find peace
Keep belief that I should
In this dirty game where everybody's
Feet's in the mud
I've seen people drownin in pain in
The streets of the hood
I've seen a young man who's now
Layin deceased where he stood
I've seen a government that's evil
Bezerk people in fear
And every few blocks it's still
A church steeple that's near
In this cold world of crack
Cocaine in cookin pots crime trickles down
Corrupt politicians to crooked cops
To know what time it is you
Just gotta look and watch
So I loaded up a gun and took a shot
The American Dream, fueled by
Money, guns, hookers, and drugs
Where our legends are thieves and criminals
Who took it in blood in God We Trust
So close your eyes when you look at the sun
Say a prayer for forgiveness
Look at what you've become

When I go to sleep my moms told me
If I prayed to God that he'd hold me (down)
When death and sinnin is a part of your life
Say a prayer for the Body of Christ
To the Body of Christ

We live inside a holy war and
It's survival of the strong
Tribalism rivals scripture of the
Bible and Qu'ran
Palestinians and Israelis - spill
Blood over holy land
And God when no one knows who he is really
We launch missiles, killin maimin civilians
Try to poison our water and
Fly planes into buildings
Got me feelin like religion's
Full of miserable feelings
While the Catholic priests
Is diddlin children
This is where I confess - I ponder
The thought of a world that's Godless
'Til I saw my baby boy come out my girl
I'm hard-pressed
To ever think that again, look at this thing
Called life that we're livin
And we'll never understand
I suffered tragedies and pain
I hurt people for personal gain
A stone thrower and a person to hang
Now I'm no longer a boy
But, I'm searchin a-gain
I guess that it's a personal thing
Jesus Christ'!

When I go to sleep my moms told me
If I prayed to God that he'd hold me (down)
When death and sinnin is a part of your life
Say a prayer for the Body of Christ
To the Body of Christ

Dear God