I rejected God, that makes me a heathen.
Despite that fact I go on breathin'.
The things I do are what I am,
I hope that makes me a better man.
Tainted by the tribulation,
Haunted by prognostication,
Getting rated on a lifelong test,
I won't know the score 'til I come to rest.
Within' the heat the hinges creak, the devil steps inside,
I let loose with the burning truth and the pain now subsides.
Shedding the outer layers of myself, a new skin starts to form Underneath, beneath the sheath, a new reality is born.
Tainted by the tribulation,
Haunted by prognostication,
Getting rated on a lifelong test,
I won't know the score 'til I come to rest.
Ecstasy fails to come about yet the world keeps on turning,
The more I think about the things that are the more my brain keeps squirming,
Looking, learning and seeing how to feel,
Realizing that reality's not real.
Haunted by the tribulation,
Taunted by the population,
Getting rated on a lifelong test,
I won't know the score 'til I come to rest.
credits
from Banned from Eden,
released February 2, 2020
Music and lyrics by Jeff Walls
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