A red priest broke into our classroom
Caught us children by attention
Listen closely to the words I speak
Lord knows if I'll ever, ever again be

Spoke such words never spoken before
On the way he declared the world
Miracles like you've never seen
From a man who was raised up in the sea

A man is coming in thirteen were
To charm the daughters and the sons
Scared for our lives I turn to your hand
Hold this time while we run if we still can

[Chorus]
What disasters may come
Whatever it may be
At the end of the age
It will land you and me
Tragedy may bring
Whatever may fall
At the end of the world
You'll still be loved

Before the red priest took his last breath
He told me child now don't forget
The sun will turn dark very soon
The days are numbered when there's blood on the moon

The earth will shake and the sky will fall
The ice will open up frozen ground
Don't take the son but you'll be killed
By the man from seven years

A man is coming in thirteen were
To charm the daughters and the sons
Scared for our lives I turn to your hand
Hold this time while we run if we still can

[Chorus]

Looked up into the eastern sky
When you hear the voice, say your last goodbyes
Look back to the eastern skies
When the ghost take hold of the men who died

Looked up into the eastern sky
When your fathers weep and your mothers cry
Looked up into the eastern sky

[Chorus]

Looked up into the eastern sky
When you hear the voice, say your last goodbyes
Look back to the eastern skies
When the ghost take hold of the men who died

Looked up into the eastern sky
When your fathers weep and your mothers cry
Looked up into the eastern sky

Look children to the eastern sky


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Miserabile Visu (Ex Malo Bonum) Lyrics as written by Deon Rexroat Christian Edwin Mcalhaney

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    The line says...A man is coming in 13:1 (as in Revelation 13:1) which is the introduction of the beast in Revelation at the end of the world.

    bustinlooseon August 21, 2008   Link

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