Slouching Towards Bethlehem Lyrics - The Art Of Loss - Redemption

Turned and tossed in this widening flight 

And I can't find my bearings 

The voice that called me once is lost 

And the silence left is tearing at me 

Everything's starting to fall apart 

The center cannot hold 

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed upon us 

And innocence is drowning 

All around the best of men are lacking in conviction 

While the wicked and the worst are full of passion and intent 

All we have is falling apart 

The center cannot hold 

The blood-dimmed tide has covered us 

And the innocent are drowning 

Surely there's some revelation coming close at hand - A second coming 

I can barely mouth the words before the images assault me 

Somewhere in the desert, a monstrous affront turns its pitiless gaze to me 

Its blinding stare is like the sun 

I turn my eyes and fight to shake it but it's frozen in my mind 

The darkness drops again, but now I know 

Twenty centuries of sleep have been shaken to a nightmare 

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What rough beast, its hour come 'round at last 

Slouches towards Bethlehem, waiting to be born?All we have has fallen apart 

The center could not hold 

The blood-dimmed tide was loosed 

And the innocent have drowned