Pray betray the deceased?
Such an infamous freedom, such a militant peace.
How dare they distrust
Do they know who we are?
And our progony's brave, their tract house waiting, pre-plucked and pre-paved:
To the ends of the earth, wife, kids and a car
But oh no no I see them falling
Let's all pray for rain
Let's all pray for rain
And your children are reared by panic and fear
But what when your fields are all rotten
your waves of grain, amber waves of grain?
Your work is yet done: inbreed us all 'till we're all the same
Your collection of tongues
You keep framed in parlor with your bibles and guns
The fetus of Christ with a fistful of scars.
And your vision is clear
while you blind your own kind behind a curtain of fear
your words twisted skywards distracted by stars
But oh no no the sky is falling
Let's all pray for rain
Let's all pray for rain
You pour out your prayers
And weep 'cause you care
But what when all your fields are rotten
Your waves of grain, amber waves of grain?
And you hide the dead while my friends head to die in your name
"This playground is yours," spoke God when you met behind closed doors, "Gesture your hands and the pawns shall subside."
And though you play alone, you never get lonely, you never get bored
Who needs a friend when God's on your side?
But oh no no I see them falling
Let's all pray for rain
Let's all pray for rain
And ever I can't pretend we're not near the end
But what when all your fields are rotten
Your waves of grain, amber waves of grain?
When your days are done, I hope you've had fun with your game.
And it was written as fact:
Behold a white horse with you on it's back
A long dozen arrows locked in your stare.
And the oceans shall rise up and slap of the shores of mountainsides
Great waves of progress shall wet the air.
But oh no no the sky is falling
Let's all pray for rain
Let's all pray for rain
And you fools in the back with your heads in your hat
What when all your fields are rotten
Your waves of grain, amber waves of grain?
And my words won't be done, they'll never be done 'till the end