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Banish Gods From Skies and Capitalists From Earth

from JFMMJJASOND by Box Nation

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If I live to be a hundred I may never understand
How you can live like sheep and cattle yet still claim the soul of man
We are doomed to meet in battle for the conscience of this land
I pray to empty skies when I think of days to come

There are few now who remember days when courage was the rule
We've been weaned on flags and pledges from the master's church and school
We've grown dull around the edges like so many trusty tools
I pray to empty skies this battle may be won

We'll find freedom from the burdens we've been shackled with from birth
When we banish gods from skies and bosses from the earth

Well, you know you're being driven and you know who holds the reins
But you accept that this is your lot as you swallow all the pain
You pray that you ain't forgot when sweet Jesus comes again
And pray to empty skies for heaven's clarion call

You offer supplication for the strength to pull you through
But when you get down on your knees then the bosses prey on you
You pay your weekly fees, your salvation to renew
And pray to empty skies to come and save us all

We'll find freedom from the burdens we've been shackled with from birth
When we banish gods from skies and bosses from the earth

Well, I bet that they are sure today that God is on their side
With wealth and power hallowed by the tears they've never cried
It wasn't their land that went fallow or their own sons that died
These empty skies won't open up to save their skins

'Cos there'll be a time of reckoning, when all your sins are known
And the kindness you receive will match the kindness you have shown
And I bet that you believe it'll come from God's own holy throne
You'll be disabused of that thought in the end

We'll find freedom from the burdens we've been shackled with from birth
When we banish gods from skies and bosses from the earth

We'll find freedom from the burdens we've been shackled with from birth
When we banish gods from skies and capitalists from the earth

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from JFMMJJASOND, released January 16, 2014

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