Current 93 - The final church

In the mo^Emonlight By the se^Aa In a cou^Emntry In a to^Awn ^EmNow quickly ^ANow slowly ^EmNow in p^Aain ^{Em A}Now in love ^EmIn different sh^Aapes ^EmWhen I was you^Ang ^EmWhen I was you^Ang ^EmI used to dr^Aeam ^EmAnd the wind b^Alows ^EmAnd the owl si^Angs ^EmAnd dogs are dr^Aiven wild ^EmAnd dogs bre^Aak their chains ^EmAnd run throu^Agh the lands ^EmA prey to mad^Aness ^EmWith wild eyes dy^Aing ^EmWith wild eyes bu^Arning ^EmThey raise their he^Aads ^EmThey swell the^Air cold necks ^EmLike a cat that's^A ripped its guts ^EmLike a hungry ch^Aild's breath ^EmLike a woman ab^Aout to give birth ^EmLike a young gi^Arl singing

^EmAt the stars in the n^Aorth ^EmAt the stars in the s^Aouth ^EmAt the stars in the w^Aest ^EmAt the stars in the e^Aast ^EmAt the moon ^AAt the mountains ^EmAt the rocks ^AAt the pain ^EmAt the thief ^AAt the snakes ^EmReveal their blac^Ak black backs ^EmFresh fl^Aesh ^EmGlazed eyes s^Atare ^EmFrom long pale hu^Aman faces ^EmWe cannot satisfy the^A hopes ^EmWe are now de^Aad ^EmWe are all d^Aead ^EmThe hammer breaks the ^Aanvil

^EmFrom the cleft^A of its hood ^EmIt was fair a^As morning an^Emd full of heaven^A dew

^EmThen it put on da^Arkness ^{Em A}Declined its softness ^EmAnd put on the s^Aymptoms of^Em its sickly age^A It b^Emowed its head an^Ad broke its stalk It l^Emost its l^Aeaves and ^Emall its be^Aauty ^EmFalling to w^Aeeds and un^Emknown fa^Aces ^EmThe same is the ^Aportion ^EmOf man and wom^Aan ^EmThe black heri^Atage ^EmOf worms and s^Aerpents ^EmRottenness and col^Ad discharge

Out ^Embeauty is ^Anow so c^Emhanged My fr^Aiends ^EmMy friends ^A

^EmBy violenc^Ae and se^Emcret influ^Aence ^EmThe aspect of ^Aa star a^Emnd the stink o^Af a mist ^EmBy emissions of ^Aa cloud ^EmThe meeting of a ^Avapour ^EmBy the fall of^A a chariot and ^Emthe stumbling ^Aat a stone ^EmBy a full me^Aal or an^Em empty stoma^Ach ^EmBy watching at^A wine or b^Emy watching at ^Aprayers ^EmBy the sun or ^Athe moon ^EmBy a heat or a^A cold ^EmBy sleepless n^Aights or^Em sleeping days^{A Em}By water froze^An ^EmTo the hardnes^As of a dagger

^EmOr water t^Ahawed ^Eminto t^Ahe floo^Emds ^Aof a^Em river^{A Em}By a hair or a^A current ^EmBy violent mot^Aion ^EmBy sitting sti^All ^EmOr severely ^{A Em}By dissolution^{A Em}By God's mercy ^AOr God's anger ^EmWe take pains^A to heap^Em up things us^Aeful to our life ^EmAnd get our de^Aaths in^Em the barga^Ain a^Emnd the pers^Aon is snatched away

^EmAnd the goods ^Aremain an^Emd all this ^Ais The la^Emw and constitu^Ation of ^Emnature unveile^Ad it ^Emis a Pu^Anishment to our sins ^EmThe unalterable event o^Af providence and the dec^Emree ^A Of H^Emeaven ^A