Faithful Departed Lyrics - Seven Nations

Faithful Departed 

(Phil Chevron) 

This graveyard hides a million secrets 

And the trees know more than they can tell 

The ghosts of the saints and scholars will haunt you 

In heaven and in hell 

Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogieman, holy man 

Livin' in the shadows and the shadows of a gunman 

Rattle like the coppers in your greasy till 

Rattle til the time stood still 

Look over your shoulder; hear the school bell ring 

Another day of made-to-measure history 

I don't care if your heroes have wings 

Your terrible beauty's been torn 

Faithful departed 

We fickle hearted 

As you are now 

So once were we 

Faithful departed 

We the meek hearted 

With graces imparted 

Bring flowers to thee 

The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you 

When you stumbled in they knew you for a shilling or two 

They curse you on Sundays and holy days 

When you all stayed away 

You slept there naked; light bulb hid your shame 

The shadows on the wall they took all the blame 

The sacred hearts picture compassion in his eyes 

Drowned out the river of sighs 

The grass grow green on the brewery tonight 

Never come between the darkness and the light 

There is no pain that can't be eased 

By the devil's holy water and the rosary beads 

You're a history book, I never could write 

Poetry in paralysis too deep to recite 

Bless yourself and dress yourself; you've won the fight 

We're going to celebrate tonight 

We'll even climbed the pillar like we always meant to 

Watch the sun rise over the strand 

Close our eyes and we'll pretend 

It could somehow be the same again 

I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you 

You won't have to gaze at the rain and the stars 

Sleep and dreams of chapels and bars 

And whiskey in the jar 

Faithful departed 

Look what you started 

An underdog's wounds 

Aren't so easy to mend 

Faithful departed 

There's no broken hearted 

And no more distress 

In your world without end