Song of the Day #19
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Orenda Fink - Invisible Ones Guard the Gate
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Orenda Fink - Invisible Ones Guard the Gate
Something's happened, now you're far away
You had to leave, no time to explain
I called Brother, said, "Mother's gone"
The Red Bird came and took her off
I asked, "will she be in Heaven above?
A roof o'er my shoulder like a carrier dove?"
He said, "one, two, three, four
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Five, six, seven, eight
Only love, only hate"
I went to a preacher to seek the truth
The wisest man that I knew
The preacher had fallen, his collar torn
He slept with a bottle, his face unshown
He looked at me with bloodshot eyes
A beaten man can tell no lies
He said, "prophets, pimps, angels, whores
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Money grows to fill the preacher's bank
He saves your soul for himself to take"
I traveled the world to understand
The words he spoke were no man's
I came to an island of beauty and pain
Shimmering souls untamed
And now the children, talking bright
Sing to me in the night
They sing, "one, two, three, four
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Five, six, seven, eight
Invisible ones guard the gate
Invisible ones guard the gate"
You had to leave, no time to explain
I called Brother, said, "Mother's gone"
The Red Bird came and took her off
I asked, "will she be in Heaven above?
A roof o'er my shoulder like a carrier dove?"
He said, "one, two, three, four
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Five, six, seven, eight
Only love, only hate"
I went to a preacher to seek the truth
The wisest man that I knew
The preacher had fallen, his collar torn
He slept with a bottle, his face unshown
He looked at me with bloodshot eyes
A beaten man can tell no lies
He said, "prophets, pimps, angels, whores
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Money grows to fill the preacher's bank
He saves your soul for himself to take"
I traveled the world to understand
The words he spoke were no man's
I came to an island of beauty and pain
Shimmering souls untamed
And now the children, talking bright
Sing to me in the night
They sing, "one, two, three, four
There ain't no devil, there ain't no lord
Five, six, seven, eight
Invisible ones guard the gate
Invisible ones guard the gate"
One of my favorites from her album. The lilting almost nursery rhyme like melody contrasts with the very dark lyrics perfectly.