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Rusty Halo Lyrics
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming;
But you know you had it coming,
Know you had it coming.
Everyone's running from something
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
Everyone's running from something
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
Now I'm looking up the Bible
Trying to find a loophole.
Yeah I'm living for revival,
Dying for a new soul.
Now there's no light to guide me
On my way home:
Now there's no time to shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time coming,
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time coming,
Yeah it's been a long time,
It's been a long time coming.
Been so long
But I gotta shine, shine, shine
My rusty halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo.
Now I'm running for the light in the tunnel
But it's just the train,
But it's just the train.
Yeah I'm looking for the right type of pleasure
But all I find is pain,
Oh.
Now there's no light to guide me
On my way home:
Now there's no time to shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time coming,
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time coming,
Yeah it's been a long time,
It's been a long time coming.
Been so long
But I gotta shine, shine, shine
My rusty halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time;
It's been a long time;
It's been a long time;
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know that I gotta shine my rust halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo;
Gotta shine my rusty halo;
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
My halo, my halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
My halo, my halo,
Gotta shine.
Everyone's running from something
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming.
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming;
But you know you had it coming,
Know you had it coming.
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
Trying to find a loophole.
Yeah I'm living for revival,
Dying for a new soul.
Now there's no light to guide me
On my way home:
Now there's no time to shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time coming,
Yeah it's been a long time,
It's been a long time coming.
Been so long
But I gotta shine, shine, shine
My rusty halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo.
But it's just the train,
But it's just the train.
Yeah I'm looking for the right type of pleasure
But all I find is pain,
Oh.
Now there's no light to guide me
On my way home:
Now there's no time to shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time coming,
Yeah it's been a long time,
It's been a long time coming.
Been so long
But I gotta shine, shine, shine
My rusty halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo.
It's been a long time;
It's been a long time;
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know I had it coming yeah, yeah,
I know that I gotta shine my rust halo.
Gotta shine my rusty halo;
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
My halo, my halo,
Gotta shine my rusty halo,
My halo, my halo,
Gotta shine.
But we don't know when it's coming,
So we keep running and running,
Gotta…
It's been a long time coming;
It's been a long time coming.
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Is it me or does he sound really like Sting/The Police in this song, it's quite eerie!
Exactly! Gotta like it just for that. Not a fan of the lyrics though.
Exactly! Gotta like it just for that. Not a fan of the lyrics though.
u hit the nail on the head. i've been trying to figure out who this sounds like and it sound like 80's police hits like every little thing she does is magic or msg in a bottle.
u hit the nail on the head. i've been trying to figure out who this sounds like and it sound like 80's police hits like every little thing she does is magic or msg in a bottle.
The song could possibly be a personal revival; trying to become "good" again? I could be wrong. :P
I love the lyrics "Now I'm looking up the Bible Trying to find a loophole. "
This clearly has a religious interpretation. About the judgement day when your soul will be judged. You don't know when it's coming and your halo might be "rusty" but you gotta try to shine it before it's judged, not to try and find a "loophole" or a way to justify your actions in life.
omg yes, blessbabe
he so does sound like sting, even my parents picked it!
but yer im thinking its about religion i think the shining of the rusty halo, means that all the bad things that maybe he's done in his life are catching up with him.
one of my favs on the album. good song. i think the song is saying that everyone is afraid of the end, afraid of death, afraid of hell but no one knows when that is coming. and ppl have been saying that the end is near for so long(it's been a long time coming). he's saying that he knows he's been living wrong and all that time his halo has rusted and he needs to clean it up hoping to get back on the right track. or maybe he wants to shine it so he appears to look good even tho he isnt.
I think the song is about this:
This song is about the idea of religion as a whole. People created religion to have a point in life and think that something is still there after death Now I'm looking up the bible trying to find a Loophole Ye I'm living for revival, dying for a new soul The thing that has been coming for so long is death. We shine our rusty haloes as we're getting closer to death. We become more piet embracing death and hoping to overcome sins of our life by becoming pure religion-wise towards the end