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Kneel To The Cross Lyrics
Summer is coming, Arise, Arise...
Give us our bread and bury our dead
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Whether burnt at the stake or drunk at the wake
Just kneel to the cross on the wall
We've original sin, but we might just get in
If we beg to the cross on the wall
It's love your neighbour and rattle your sabre
But kneel to that cross on the wall.
See the roof fall, hear the bells crash
As flesh and bone turn to ash
Tried to conquer the sun with a Christian frost
The corpses' stench beneath the cross
Give them gold and they'll save your soul
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Hail to the boss of the great unwashed
And kneel to the cross on the wall
They wail and weep, the march of the sheep
As they go to the cross on the wall
And it's ever so wrong to dare to be strong
So kneel to the cross on the wall
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Whether burnt at the stake or drunk at the wake
Just kneel to the cross on the wall
We've original sin, but we might just get in
If we beg to the cross on the wall
It's love your neighbour and rattle your sabre
But kneel to that cross on the wall.
As flesh and bone turn to ash
Tried to conquer the sun with a Christian frost
The corpses' stench beneath the cross
And kneel to the cross on the wall
Hail to the boss of the great unwashed
And kneel to the cross on the wall
They wail and weep, the march of the sheep
As they go to the cross on the wall
And it's ever so wrong to dare to be strong
So kneel to the cross on the wall
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Where, oh where can I get this album/song? Agalloch's version of it is so unbelievably fitting and amazing, but I can't find this song anywhere.
It's on "Of Stone, Wind And Pillor" EP, it's a hard to find album...
It's on "Of Stone, Wind And Pillor" EP, it's a hard to find album...
"And it's ever so wrong to dare to be strong So kneel to the cross on the wall":
It is true that kneeling to the cross can often be seen as giving up on life, hoping for someone else to take control over it, and it is true that the cross doesn't answer your prayers, instead theres a sculpture of a grotesquely nailed, dying and beaten man to make you more depressed and perhaps ultimately freak you out if you visit too often.. You can take an alternate view of this though, in the modern church it is also taught as the symbol of the afterlife, and most don't look at it as a sculpture, but only as a promise that their dead loved ones are at a better place, which can give strenght to carry on
"Whether burnt at the stake or drunk at the wake Just kneel to the cross on the wall":
Even if you're going to be burnt as a witch, you should praise the lord for perhaps letting you in after you've repented your false faith.. And no, being a believer doesn't pay for your sin when you're drunk at the wake..
All in all.. christian faith is better today than hundred years back, but it still shouldn't be the only possibility... the good thing about christianity is that it gives many a person a way to express his good will.
@EuropeanJazz I don't know about you, but this whole song reeks of satire. Interesting view (...?) nonetheless.
@EuropeanJazz I don't know about you, but this whole song reeks of satire. Interesting view (...?) nonetheless.
@Moonshielded I did see the satire, of course. My comment was written at a time when I was equally irritated by hate towards christianity, and hate towards atheism or other religions. So I chose to feed the opposite flame. Nowadays I see the shortcomings of christianity much more clearly.
@Moonshielded I did see the satire, of course. My comment was written at a time when I was equally irritated by hate towards christianity, and hate towards atheism or other religions. So I chose to feed the opposite flame. Nowadays I see the shortcomings of christianity much more clearly.
@EuropeanJazz Cool. I'm in the practice of spamming my friends whenever I find a delightful new song, but this has proved a problem with this song in particular. It is rather hard to find to find pro-Christianity metal songs, at least in my experience. Other songs you can get away with, this one not so much.
@EuropeanJazz Cool. I'm in the practice of spamming my friends whenever I find a delightful new song, but this has proved a problem with this song in particular. It is rather hard to find to find pro-Christianity metal songs, at least in my experience. Other songs you can get away with, this one not so much.
Not that I disagree with the lyrics.
Not that I disagree with the lyrics.
@Moonshielded I don't think a strong faith needs you choosing your songs to support it. If there be a God, I don't think he judges you by whether your songs praise him or not , it is your good will in life that matters.
@Moonshielded I don't think a strong faith needs you choosing your songs to support it. If there be a God, I don't think he judges you by whether your songs praise him or not , it is your good will in life that matters.
@EuropeanJazz Unfortunately I can't guarantee the same of everyone else. I like your kind of thinking, though. I'd hope most people don't worship a vengeful, jealous kind of God, but one that values your goodwill in life.
@EuropeanJazz Unfortunately I can't guarantee the same of everyone else. I like your kind of thinking, though. I'd hope most people don't worship a vengeful, jealous kind of God, but one that values your goodwill in life.
@EuropeanJazz This song was written in the 80s by Sol Invictus. They were a neofolk band with interest in heathenry and this song was certainly not written as positive view of Christian ideals.
@EuropeanJazz This song was written in the 80s by Sol Invictus. They were a neofolk band with interest in heathenry and this song was certainly not written as positive view of Christian ideals.