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by Wetdryvac
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The Butcher
May 25, 1999
ah the butcher with his hand upon the metal of the cane
beacons to me, "son, this will clear your passing honor
in this little hour's silent isolation, when the blade and meat are closer to the throne
king and queen upon their bloodless cushions, Cain come alone to call them home
chains come to conquer, and the blade of one and all comes passing ��
this will clear your passing through the hour and refrain
when the singers are all broken when in the dungeons are all slain.
ah be not the pennant little minor on the button of the hour
carry you flower, your flower, your flower like a rose"
and the singers, oh the singers, well I remember them
they were piled in the wagons with the garbage and the fathom
in the little hour's silent isolation when the drip and drip of morphine grows me dim
I still recall their ravaged voices harkening the shame
ah the butcher with his cane, ah the butcher with his cane
when all has been departed, when the parts are dead and gone
I'll be the meat upon the counter and the food in every home
when the flesh is weak and willing and the hammer strikes is chord
the time and tone will carry us, the time and tone will carry us
back to the butcher
ah the butcher with his hand upon the metal of the cane
raises one arm, then the other, says, "son this is how the end came
when the voices were all silent, when the taint of meat was pain
when the churches were all hollowed out and scavenged
when this little hour's isolation got upon it's knees said
'Jesus please, yes Jesus please.'"
ah the butcher with his hand upon the pulse in blood and vein
laid his heart upon the table with the rest,
said "Son I did my best in my consumption, yes I consumed the masses and the meek
when the cattle were all laid upon, both the bullock and the overcome
we stayed behind - with only us to eat.
when the meat's upon the table and the beast is in the stable
when the beast is you and me and flock shepherd and the sheep
we'll look upon each broken back, cry out, 'what burden if you please?'
ah the shepherd, I'm the shepherd" - then he lay down with his sheep
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