The Prodigal Sun Lyrics

Lyric discussion by scarsdale 

Cover art for The Prodigal Sun lyrics by Black Angels, The

I'm going to take the lyrics from Genius as authoritative, but this site already has comments on the song. The throughline that I can make fit is a take on Christian cosmology. The creator, in the first verse, makes humanity, then later allows the sun to grow cold and everything to die, with the promise of bringing us all back in a mass resurrection. The tone of the song is intimate and menacing. I hear some resentment towards the divine authority.