The Mercy Seat-Stromkern

[ti:The Mercy Seat] [ar:Stromkern] [al:Flicker Like a Candle] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Mercy Seat - Stromkern [00:20.14]It began when they come took me from my home [00:22.97] [00:24.95]And put me in dead row [00:27.14] [00:30.01]Of which I am nearly wholly innocent you know [00:32.59] [00:34.95]And I'll say it again [00:36.27] [00:38.49]I am not afraid to die [00:41.89] [01:35.22]I began to warm and chill [01:37.17]To objects and their fields [01:39.29]A ragged cup a twisted mop [01:41.34]The face of Jesus in my soup [01:43.61]Those sinister dinner deals [01:45.71]The meal trolley's wicked wheels [01:47.62]A hooked bone rising from my food [01:50.13]All things either good or ungood [01:52.31]And the mercy seat is waiting [01:54.20]And I think my head is burning [01:56.39]And in a way I'm yearning [01:57.92]To be done with all this measuring of proof [02:00.88]An eye for an eye [02:01.79]A tooth for a tooth [02:03.06]And anyway I told the truth [02:05.47]And I'm not afraid to die [02:07.21] [02:26.91]I hear stories from the chamber [02:28.68]How Christ was born into a manger [02:30.95]And like some ragged stranger [02:32.56]Died upon the cross [02:34.08]And might I say it seems so fitting in its way [02:37.23]He was a carpenter by trade [02:39.79]Or at least that's what I'm told [02:41.66]And the mercy seat is waiting [02:43.57]And I think my head is burning [02:45.69]And in a way I'm yearning [02:47.26]To be done with all this measuring of proof [02:50.22]An eye for an eye [02:51.14]A tooth for a tooth [02:52.21]And anyway I told the truth [02:54.78]And I'm not afraid to die [02:57.29] [03:59.09]And the mercy seat is waiting [04:00.81]And I think my head is burning [04:02.92]And in a way I'm yearning [04:04.34]To be done with all this measuring of proof [04:07.37]An eye for an eye [04:08.32]And a tooth for a tooth [04:09.64]And anyway I told the truth [04:11.94]And I'm not afraid to die [04:13.93]And the mercy seat is waiting [04:15.72]And I think my head is burning [04:17.92]And in a way I'm yearning [04:19.51]To be done with all this measuring of proof [04:22.23]An eye for an eye [04:23.26]A tooth for a tooth [04:24.60]And anyway I told the truth [04:26.98]And I'm not afraid to die [04:29.07] [04:58.95]And the mercy seat is waiting [05:00.84]And I think my head is burning [05:02.98]And in a way I'm yearning [05:04.49]To be done with all this measuring of proof [05:07.47]A life for a life [05:08.47]And a tooth for a tooth [05:09.59]And anyway there was no proof [05:11.79]And I'm not afraid to die [05:13.79]And the mercy seat is waiting [05:15.81]And I think my head is burning [05:17.99]And in a way I'm yearning [05:19.57]To be done with all this measuring of proof [05:22.47]A life for a life [05:23.37]And a tooth for a tooth [05:24.60]And anyway there was no proof [05:26.75]And I'm not afraid to die [05:28.88]And the mercy seat is waiting [05:30.80]And I think my head is burning [05:32.96]And in a way I'm yearning [05:34.44]To be done with all this measuring of proof [05:37.34]A life for a life [05:38.37]And a tooth for a tooth [05:39.60]And anyway there was no proof [05:41.90]And I'm not afraid to die [05:43.98]And the mercy seat is waiting [05:45.86]And I think my head is burning [05:48.03]And in a way I'm yearning [05:49.45]To be done with all this measuring of proof [05:52.40]A life for a life [05:53.33]And a tooth for a tooth [05:54.64]And anyway there was no proof [05:57.14]And I'm not afraid to die