The Mysterious Stranger

By Rusty Cage

On Rusty Cage, Vol. 3: Crowley

Released on February 12, 2016

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[Verse 1]

Traveled up the country from a town down south

Where the laws are governed by a lack of fiction

He was a man of supreme extravagance

Sent to us to test our human contradiction

Well, he was just a mysterious stranger

With the supernatural claim to raise the dead

He sang a song of his redemption

He sang a song of seven sins that plague the dead

Soulless sings when sorrow brings us down


[Verse 2]

You could believe nothing's set in stone

Anything could change the way you see by what is known

For when the light shines bright on the right side

You’re left blind to the blight that the shadow hides

But what is your perspective?

Could you acclimate the empathy enough to try and respect it?

To praise God as a menacing host

Just to crucify the Devil when he needed us most?

Throw stones, break bones, you can take your turn

But is it all right? Fuck it, let ‘em burn


[Pre-Chorus]

Soulless sings, sorrow brings us down


[Verse 3]

Jesus cried inside the manger

But his tears were never once written about

And was he weeping Hallelujah

Or was he weeping for the sins he lived without?

Well, take my sword down to the river

May the waters wash above my weary head

The river rests and the river wakes

The river calms and the river breaks

The river gives and the river takes you to its bed

Soulless sings when sorrow brings us down


[Verse 4]

These people really know how to take

They understand forgiven when they make a mistake

They understand strife and the value of life

But yet, forget to ever stop and question whether it's right

We're subject to morality, morality of that which is subjective

And act upon the fact that we know best as a collective

Remedy the enemy the populous picks

And implement a prejudice to stir up the mix

How strong are your convictions that a Heaven exists?

Is it enough to sacrifice the choice of life to persist?

Always knowing that our crowing keeps us safe and snug?

Life is easy sweeping underneath the rug

But deep down, we know the truth about death

When it finally comes, we know there ain’t nothin' left

Because God is indifferent, nobody is innocent

And we invent the definition of the infinite

I can do what's right, and I try

But if you want God? Then fuck it, let ‘em die


[Chorus]

Death never waits, follow me down

Down to the gate, follow me down

Heaven awaits, follow me down

Don't hesitate, follow me down

Soulless sings, sorrow brings us down

Death never waits, follow me down

Down to the gate, follow me down

Don't hesitate, follow me down

Heaven awaits, follow me down

Soulless sings when sorrow brings us down