Omnia - The Mercy Seat lyrics

Interpret sign and catalogue
A blackened tooth, a scarlet fog
The walls are bare, black, bottom kind
They are sick breath at my hind
They are sick breath at my hind
They are sick breath at my hind
They are sick breath gathering at my hind

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 it's way
He was a carpenter by trade
Or at least that's what I'm told
My good hand tatooed EVIL all
Across it's brother's fist
That filthy five! They did nothing
To challenge or resist

In Heaven His throne is made of gold
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

Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And like a moth that tries
To enter the bright eye
So I go shuffling out of life
Just to hide in death awhile
And anyway I never lied

My kill hand is called EVIL
Wears a wedding band that's GOOD
Tis a long-suffering shackle
Collaring all that rebel blood

And the mercy seat is waning
And I think my head is glowing
And in a way I'm hoping
To be done with all this
Weighing of the 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

And the mercy seat is glowing
And I think my head is smoking
And in a way I'm hoping to be done with all
This truth and consequence an eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And anyway there was no proof
Nor a motive why

And the mercy seat is smoking
And I think my blood is boiling
Anyway I'm spoiling
All the fun with all this
Weighing of the truth an eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And I've got nothing left to lose
And I'm not afraid to die

And the mercy seat is burning
And I think my head is melting
Anyway it's helping to be done with all this
Weighing of the truth an eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth
And I've got nothing left to lose
But, I'm afraid I told a lie