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Bread and Circus

from Myths and Roads by Lesser Beggars

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WE ARE KEPT CONTENT BY THEIR CIRCUSES AND BREAD WE STILL WORSHIP OUR IDOLS OF BLUE WHITE AND RED AND WE’RE DRUNK ON HER WINE O’ BABYLON THE GREAT WHEN HER CITIES ALL COME CRASHING DOWN WE WILL SHARE IN THEIR FATE SO COME OUT OF HER MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS WE’LL FOLLOW FERAL JOHN AND HE’LL TEACH US TO BE OTHER BUT IF AFTER WALKING FORTY YEARS TO FIND OUR PIECE OF LAND ONLY TO FIND IT RUINED BUT THE WORKS OF MAN THEN WE’LL MARCH AROUND THEIR CITIES AND SHOUT AT THE WALLS UNTIL OUR LORD MAKES THEIR CITIES FALL AND WE’LL TAKE OUR BAGS OF GOLD NEVER MEANT FOR US TO HOLD THEY ARE JUST SHINNY BITS OF STONE AND WE’LL MELT THEM DOWN TO PAVE A ROAD…THE FIVE THOUSAND JESUS FEED WERE OUT IN THE WILDERNESS WITH FOOD BACK AT THEIR HOMES IN THEIR VILLAGES BUT NOT TOLD TO GO BACK THERE BUT TO THE CITIES THEY RESIST IF ONLY FOR TONIGHT THEY WILL LIVE AND REALLY LIVE WHILE THE TEMPLES CLEANSING REEKS LIKE THE SINS OF CITY STREETS SUBVERTED BY THE WILD HONEY THAT HE EATS ‘CAUSE FERAL JOHN’S OUT IN THE RIVER AND HE’S CLEANSING FROM DESIRE BEFORE JESUS COMES TO BAPTIZE US IN HOLY FIRE

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from Myths and Roads, released August 4, 2010

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