Bad Sects

seems to me the title is a play on words.

seems to me the title is a play on words.

This song is about Gay relationships I think, and how the Church doesn't agree with them.

this is how i hear it... only slight changes, makes a bit more sense though.

For 20 years I’ve held this pulpit Preached the word, served the Eucharist Gained the trust of the townsfolk Made every football game Never missed a social Last week a boy I taught theology Came back into town with a new ideology Those feelings I tucked away Threading the sanctuary A lifetime of burning culminated In one innocent forbidden touch I know this is wrong, cause I’m told this is wrong A new recruit, 25 years old He joined the habit with a chip on his shoulder Some nights he’d proclaim his preference But only flat back drunk on a bottle of Jameson When all those nights, we stayed up, the two of us Singing our lives, just the two of us We were hiding in the dark, I fell asleep by his side We woke to the chimes and the bells of the steeple and ran of to supper at once They cant know what we’ve done, our whole world would come undone You’ll never live this down (repeated) They’re gonna find you out And when they find you out They’re gonna drag you out Don’t let them find you I know this is wrong, cause we’re told this is wrong A lifetime of burning culminate anymore In one innocent forbidden touch I know this is wrong, cause we’re told this is wrong

I made the correct changes, but I'm 99.9% sure it's

"We woke to the chimes and the bells of the steeple And ran off to separate rooms"

so I left it. Thanks for the other corrections though.

It's about a priest and his former (male) student falling in love, and how they are ashamed because they know that no one will approve of it because of who they are.

"I know this is wrong cuz we’re told this is wrong" The church teaches you to think the way they want you to, instead of thinking and living for yourself.

I agree with tom.

"We woke to the chimes and the bells of the steeple And ran off to separate rooms They can’t know what we’ve done Our whole world would come undone"

I agree about the homosexual relationship. I would also like to point out the play on words with the title "Bad Sects" which ryhmes with "bad sex," what homosexual love-making is often considered.

am i the only one who thinks "threading the sanctuary" should be "threaten the sanctuary"?

Saying "You'll never live this down" fifteen times in a row kind of reminded me of going through the beads on a holy rosary.