Crucifixion lyrics

Artist  : Phil ochs 
Song : Crucifixion
 
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Em 				   d
And the night comes again to the circle studded
sky
G					bm
The stars settle slowly, in lonliness they lie
Am	   d		g	   em
’till the universe expodes as a falling star is
raised
Am	  d	   g 	  em
Planets are paralyzed, mountains are amazed
Am	  d		   g		   em
But they all glow brighter from the briliance of
the blaze
Am	    d	    em
With the speed of insanity, then he dies.

In the green fields a turnin’, a baby is born
His cries crease the wind and mingle with the
morn
An assault upon the order, the changing of the
guard
Chosen for a challenge that is hopelessly hard
And the only single sound is the sighing of the
stars
But to the silence and distance they are sworn

Em	   c	 d
So dance dance dance
Em
Teach us to be true
C
Come dance dance dance
D	  em
’cause we love you

Images of innocence charge him go on
But the decadence of destiny is looking for a
pawn
To a nightmare of knowledge he opens up the gate
And a blinding revelation is laid upon his plate
That beneath the greatest love is a hurricane of
hate
And God help the critic of the dawn.

So he stands on the sea and shouts to the shore,
But the louder that he screams the longer he’s
ignored
For the wine of oblivion is drunk to the dregs
And the merchants of the masses almost have to be
begged
’till the giant is aware, someone’s pulling at
his leg,
And someone is tapping at the door.

To dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
’cause we love you

Then his message gathers meaning and it spreads
accross the land
The rewarding of his pain is the following of the
man
But ignorance is everywhere and people have their
way
Success is an enemy to the losers of the day
In the shadows of the churches, who knows what
they pray
For blood is the language of the band.

The spanish bulls are beaten; the crowd is soon
beguiled,
The matador is beautiful, a symphony of style
Excitement is estatic, passion places bets
Gracefully he bows to ovations that he gets
But the hands that are applauding are slippery
with sweat
And saliva is falling from their smiles

So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
’cause we love you

Then this overflow of life is crushed into a
liar
The gentle soul is ripped apart and tossed into
the fire.
First a smile of rejection at the nearness of the
night
Truth becomes a tragedy limping from the light
All the (canons|heavens) are horrified, they
stagger from the sight
As the cross is trembling with desire.

They say they can’t believe it, it’s a
sacreligious shame
Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the
game? 
But you know I predicted it; I knew he had to
fall
How did it happen?  I hope his suffering was
small.
Tell me every detail, I’ve got to know it all,
And do you have a picture of the pain? 

So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
’cause we love you

Time takes her toll and the memory fades
But his glory is broken, in the magic that he
made.
Reality is ruined; it’s the freeing from the
fear
The drama is distorted, to what they want to
hear
Swimming in their sorrow, in the twisting of a
tear
As they wait for a new thrill parade.

The eyes of the rebel have been branded by the
blind
To the safety of sterility, the threat has been
refined
The child was created to the slaughterhouse he’s
led
So good to be alive when the eulogy is read
The climax of emotion, the worship of the dead
And the cycle of sacrifice unwinds.

So dance dance dance
Teach us to be true
Come dance dance dance
’cause we love you

And the night comes again to the circle studded
sky
The stars settle slowly, in lonliness they lie
’till the universe expodes as a falling star is
raised
Planets are paralyzed, mountains are amazed
But they all glow brighter from the briliance of
the blaze
With the speed of insanity, then he died.

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