Sniper at the Gates of Heaven Lyrics

Where do you go when heaven calls you
What do you do, who do you turn to
All over your knee(?) when they finally catch you
Don't stop moving they're right behind you
When theres no one left on this Earth you know who can say you care(?)
So just wake up, wake up, wake up

What is it like when hell surrounds you
How hot does it get I think I've already felt it
Is there any way out you better find one
Where do you go...(?)
Oh when theres no one here in this world of truth
Who knows firsthand so just wake up, wake up, wake up
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So,

{00:47} Where do you go when heaven calls you What do you do, who do you turn to How old will you be when they finally catch you Don't stop moving, they're right behind ya Where there's no one left on this Earth you know Who can save you kid so just wake up, wake up, wake up

What is it like when hell surrounds you How hot does it get I think I've already felt it Is there any way out you better find one Where do you go, down down the book said Oh where theres no one here in this world of truths Who knows firsthand so just wake up, wake up, wake up

Sounds to me like the worries of a sniper, who killes unsuspecting people that don't know he's there, about the possiblity of an afterlife, and what it might hold in store for him. This makes a lot of sense considering the two tracks before it are both about young men having to go to war and die, as is the last track.

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I got the lyrics the best I could, the lyrics weren't anywhere else..

I heard this song for the first time after the band was interviewed by local Austin radio station 101X.

Cover art for Sniper at the Gates of Heaven lyrics by Black Angels, The

I'm hearing -

'how old will you be when they finally catch you'

and

'well there's no one left on this earth you know who will save you kid'

Cover art for Sniper at the Gates of Heaven lyrics by Black Angels, The

I agree with bocamelie.

Also i'm hearing -where do you go? down down the book says.

This song has got to be about Atheism, and the disbelief of Christianity.

Cover art for Sniper at the Gates of Heaven lyrics by Black Angels, The

God=The State=The Family