Church - Aura lyrics

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We all came back from the war<br />

I wish somebody would tell me the score<br />

We raked old Poseidon over the coals<br />

Shook his shells, shaved his shoals<br />

Where can a soldier fix himself a drink<br />

Forget the noise, forget the stink<br />

And the opium is running pretty low<br />

'Cause when the pain comes back, I don't want to know <br />

Across yonder ocean the natives are fierce<br />

Their ears are filled their teeth are pierced<br />

But it's not their spears that spill your breath<br />

They kill their enemies by loving them to death <br />

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We were on some battlefield<br />

I felt something soft go through my shield<br />

I felt something warm enter my guts<br />

I was bleeding bad but there were no cuts<br />

They captured three of us, took us back to their village<br />

After a long long time I could decipher their language<br />

They worshipped Baal, they worshipped the sun<br />

They worshipped the son of the evil one<br />

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They were more than voracious, they sucked our ambition<br />

They let me go on one condition<br />

That was when I came back to my native shore<br />

I tell you they don't want to play with us anymore<br />

But a part of me will never be free<br />

And the part that's free will never be me<br />

But a thing of love and beauty is in my head<br />

A message from my enemies, and here's what they said <br />

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They said that love = hate<br />

And death = fate<br />

An enemy always = an adorer<br />

But priest = aura<br />

And life = time<br />

And time = space<br />

And space = sublime<br />

And human = race<br />

Oh and woman = man<br />

And pot = pan<br />

The fauna ought to equal the flora<br />

But priest = aura<br />

And beginning = the end<br />

The end always = the start<br />

But straight = bent<br />

The mind sometimes = the heart<br />

And you = me<br />

The land = the sea<br />

Richer = poorer<br />

And priest = aura