Name: Where the Faithless Go to Get Baptized
Duration: P00H03M16S
Description: Meh. Little derivative Elton John moment? I'm scorning a short film this week so I ran out of time to expand upon what I'd originally conceived of. S'alright though, I guess. I like it more as I listen back.

J. Dale Walker - Where the Faithless Go to Get Baptized

from Round 32, Week 3 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Meh. Little derivative Elton John moment? I'm scorning a short film this week so I ran out of time to expand upon what I'd originally conceived of. S'alright though, I guess. I like it more as I listen back.

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It’s the twilight of the gods
Thought the lonely priest
Still the lamplight’s trimmed and burning
The congregation fleeced

The muses and their spinning
Cutting golden thread
Roses wilt and water’s turning
We’re burying the dead

The porcelain is cracking
Settling the fate
Belshazzar saw His hand writing
Too little much too late

God fearing men would tremble
To behold his wrath
Now the children are all fighting
They’ve burned away the path

Lost and weary finding sleep
In the narrow streets
Churches’ bells are ringing silent
Communion for empty seats

The priest surveys his parish
Once more walks the night
Prays himself a lonely tyrant
And then turns out the light

Meet father John on the riverside
Where the faithless go to get baptized
Leave your worries there
In the sanctuary square
Burning all our vestments in the morning light

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from Round 32, Week 3, released May 17, 2021

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