Verse:
Put a filter of grey
On the human remains
Run to the river side
Wrap tight the babe
In the blanket you made
While Hell and Earth collide
Chorus:
Men bleed sweat and ire
Flames lash whips of wire and
Wilt the robes of the angel choir
When the Devil breathes
Hungry sheets of fire
Verse:
Wade wet into the cold
She’s only nine days old
Peel back your burning eyes
Wake sober from your dream
Ignore the horses’ scream
The babe has to survive
Chorus:
Men bleed sweat and ire
Flames lash whips of wire and
Wilt the robes of the angel choir
When The Devil breathes
Hungry sheets of fire
Bridge:
Some dip and hide
But their clever pride
Puts off a sickly smell
Till the ground gives away
Their hiding place and
They’re boiled inside their well
Chorus:
Men bleed sweat and ire
Flames lash whips of wire and
Wilt the robes of the angel choir
When The Devil breathes
Hungry sheets of fire