Retribution Gospel Choir - S/T - Lyrics

It didn't come with a booklet. Alan Sparhawk isn't Thom Yorke or suchlike, so you have some chance of figuring out the lyrics on your own. But I feel like transcribing them. So here they are.

THEY KNEW YOU WELL
They cut a path through the forest
Right to the heart of the fever
And when they got to the ocean
They knew that nothing could keep her
They knew you well

So let the water surround us
And let the forest hide evil
She tried to speak like a stranger
We tried so hard to believe her
They knew you well

TAKE YOUR TIME
So she waits at the edges of the mattress
What it takes to get a bad mess out of a bad dress
When she sings, it's like a bluebird on a whipping post
When she speaks, she thanks the good Lord for the Holy Ghost
Take your time, sweet thing

BREAKER
Our bodies break
And the blood just spills and spills
Yet here we sit discussing math

It's just a shame
My hand just kills and kills
There's got to be an end to that

SOMEBODY'S SOMEONE
She's always on with the burnout
She's always talking like Jesus
See her walk to the west side
Make a line 'cause you have to
She's somebody's someone

Put your hand on the birdhouse
Keep on talking like Jesus
And take out all of the good lines
Leave the people with nothing
Somebody's someone

DESTROYER
I am the destroyer
I am the angel of death
My head is filled with fire
I hear the voices of the dead

Well I watched my angry father
Turning circles in the ground
And I saw the great devourer
Yeah he cut my father down

Well I could have been a sailor
Lay my life down for the queen
But when the ocean took my brother
That put a curse on everything

So I ran to the feet of Jesus
He said "Where the hell you been, boy?"
I've been to the top of the highest mountain
I've been to the bottom of the sea

HOLES IN OUR HEADS
They put holes in our heads
And out of them climbed
First just a dread
Then to the river we ride
With our holes in our heads

It was just like she said
A word to the wise
You run yourself sick
But we just blow by
With our holes in our heads

WHAT SHE TURNED INTO
A face like that
She could have escaped
She cut off her hair
And burned at the stake
And then she turned into the rain

Soap in your eyes
Looks like you're weak
Runs down your face
It's cold on your feet
But then she turned into the rain
Then she turned into
The rain

Pardon my heel
Pardon my speech
Down to the bridge
Down to the beach
But then she turned into the rain
Then she turned into

FOR HER BLOOD
They all say
"That girl is strange"
Now everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her for her blood

So afraid
People like to hear their name
What they really want from her

Just a little change
But people don't like to wait
So everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her for her blood
For her blood

They took the bait
But then she took the stage
Now everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her (for her)
Everybody's at her for her blood

KIDS
The Salvation Army
Was all out of ammo
They threw down their weapons
But kept up the battle
It's so hard to handle
We laughed and we made up
Deflecting the arrows
But cutting your face up

Those damn kids
Don't they understand
That you can't do shit like that
Someday soon they'll be just like us
And they'll stare down at their feet

The kids that we hated
Did better than we did
The girl with the habit
I wish you could see her
'Cause all of the dreamers
Have come to disaster
The panel is waiting
"Just give us your answer"

Those damn kids
Don't they understand
That you can't do shit like that
Someday soon they'll be just like us
And they'll stare down at their feet

Some men bring you flowers
Some men pay the bills
God rest you sons of morning
Amen

EASY PREY
Oh could joy be nothing
And every strain a waste
Even if they are, we're in trouble
Even if we are what they say
Even if we are easy prey

'Cause everyone on fire
And through the eyes of birds
Well even if they are, we're in trouble
Even if we are what they say
Even if we are easy prey

Everyone loves power
And everyone loves cake
And every time those words fall out
You laugh like they're too late
Well even if they are, we're in trouble
Even if we are what they say
Even if we are easy prey

Bonus track:
POOR MAN'S DAUGHTER [From EP#2]
We sing of salvation
We sing what me must
'Cause one man's treasure
Is another man's lost

But down in the valley
The shadow of death
The poor man's daughter takes her very first breath

Forty wild horses
Float in the dust
I'm a wanton repeater
And a breaker of trust

But down in the valley
The shadow of death
The poor man's daughter takes her very first breath

They crumble before us
In ribbons of string
But the poor man's daughter
Is the ghost inside me

And she says:
La la
La la

Suggested tracklist:

1. They Knew You Well


2. Breaker


3. Somebody's Someone


4. Poor Man's Daughter


5. Destroyer


6. Holes in Our Heads


7. What She Turned Into (EP2 version)


8. For Her Blood


9. Kids


10. Easy Prey