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Holy Rollers for Love Lyrics
Down from the mountain out walking the flood
I see the future in the setting sun
Unfolded gardens uncover the earth as it was
Filled with canteens and tear gas
From this last voyage of us
Ain't no gentlemen here hiding wings
The devil himself would be puzzled to give
Any reasons to sink his fingers in
All this voodoo and black magic
Doing the work that was his
With battle songs filling their lungs
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just
Holy rollers for love
Split this ocean, set these sails
It's down to the seabed, we dazzle and fail
Hereafter's bringing more funerals than fairs
And it's a book of blank maps
That we're using to get us there
To the hilltops my daughter, my son
The rescue's too little to cover the slums
Cross this river, deeper than it ever was
There's a pause in the evening
When prayers are supposed to be done
With battle songs filling their lungs
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just
Holy rollers for love
Glory, glory, hallelujah be warned
God is still marching, still raising his sword
Board these windows and guard your stretch of floor
Something sinister's got you the minute you open the door
With battle songs filling their lungs
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just holy rollers for love
World is crazy or maybe she's holy rollers for love
World is crazy and making us holy rollers for love
I see the future in the setting sun
Unfolded gardens uncover the earth as it was
Filled with canteens and tear gas
From this last voyage of us
The devil himself would be puzzled to give
Any reasons to sink his fingers in
All this voodoo and black magic
Doing the work that was his
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just
Holy rollers for love
It's down to the seabed, we dazzle and fail
Hereafter's bringing more funerals than fairs
And it's a book of blank maps
That we're using to get us there
The rescue's too little to cover the slums
Cross this river, deeper than it ever was
There's a pause in the evening
When prayers are supposed to be done
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just
Holy rollers for love
God is still marching, still raising his sword
Board these windows and guard your stretch of floor
Something sinister's got you the minute you open the door
Move them out down under the sun
Give them tears for cherry-red blood
Stack them old, we cradle them young
World is crazy or maybe just holy rollers for love
World is crazy or maybe she's holy rollers for love
World is crazy and making us holy rollers for love
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Absolutely beautiful song.
It's obviously about militant evangelism who become the very thing they preach against. My favorite line in the song is the second stanza:
"Ain't no gentlemen here hiding wings The devil himself would be puzzled to give Any reasons to sink his fingers in All this voodoo and black magic Doing the work that was his"
If I was the devil I'd be completely flabbergasted too that some people do evil in the name of the person who was supposed to fight it.
This song reminds me of the story of when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. These two stanzas really reflect that:
Split this ocean set these sails It's down to the seabed we dazzle and fail Hereafter's bringing more funerals than fairs And it's a book of blank maps That we're using to get us there
Glory glory hallelujah be warned God is still marching, still raising his sword Board these windows and guard your stretch of floor Something sinister's got you the minute you open the door
This stanza ^^ reminds me of the tenth plague where the Israelites were supposed to mark their doors with blood so God wouldn't kill their sons. Very well-done song, in my opinion.