The Church - Incident on Bannerville lyrics

We were on a street called
Bannerville i remember that
Huh the streetlights were bare
Of the terrible
Burden of death yeah some of them work they
Glowed green at the end of Bannerville
We'd turn to the right and we'd be
A block away from the Truffidian Cathedral

A strange surge of joy
Or recognition overtook us, all out of
Proportion to our reality we began
To run, to laugh
Abandoning our shuffle through the
Shadows with safety so
Close, it was agony to walk slowly the worst
Seemed past it really did i was
Already thinking about what I'd say to Bonmot
I was already thinking about that
Truff help me

And Sybel had been holding my hand he was
A little behind me at this point we
Were almost at the end of Bannerville, not
More than twenty feet from safety overhead
A street lamp flickered free
Of the green glow
That pervaded the rest of the city

And we were both about to turn
The corner i could hear Sybel's
Heavy breathing as he ran then I
Heard an unfamiliar sound-a sound
Trapped between a gasp and a moan-and
When I turned and looked
At Sybel, all I could see
Was a mist of blood
Floating out in streamers i stopped running
And stared i couldn't breathe
For a second nothing of him was
Left not even his shoes
Man nothing at all his dissolution
Was complete and utter
There was such a final terrible beauty to
It i thought it must be
An absurd magic trick
A horrible joke but it
Wasn't, and the laughter caught in my
Throat and became a sob yeah
Laughter caught in my throat and
Became a sob yeah

(The closer I get to the end)
(The closer I get to the end)
(The closer I get to the end)
The closer I get to the beginning
(The closer I get to the end)
(The closer I get to the end)
The closer I get to the beginning
(The closer I get to the end)
(The closer I get to the end)
The closer I get to the beginning
(The closer I get to the end)