Lyrics Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan

Pentacostal

Down so long now Jesus

You know I been down so long

Far turned out and freezing

Won't you carry my body home

This is why I came

To live a life in a day

With a fire in my head

Who's got the keys to the workhouse?

Satan has locked the door

Got no wings to take us

Up off of that killing floor

Is this why you came?

To handle a snake

And wear a new starry crown

There's no phoenix rising

To a mansion up on the hill

This albatross I'm riding

Is a train just standing still

This is how I came

With a stench and a stain

To be washed in the blood