Neon Cathedral
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[Verse 1: Macklemore]Round here they sing broken hymnsTheir prayers flow better when they're soaked in ginThe amp's dusty and sits in the cornerBy a bartender that’ll pickpocket your heartAnd a jukebox that’ll steal your quarterBartender, please give me a confessionExchange fear for courage in the form of a well drinkThere’s a heavy current, got a long way to swimClosed the Bible a while ago, I need some shots for this sinHail Mary, come with me, feel like Pac when it hitsGot some fire in my belly and a riot in the gutBushmills for a band-aid, the sweet taste of bloodThen I might actually feel something if I don’t cover it upRusted faces, familiar placesEven if they haven’t left the vinyl booth that they stayed inThe motel next door, a sign that reads vacantAnd a truth that’s so strong I’d be a fool not to chase itBut yea, I’m a fool and I stay hereHope these problems drown themselves, I die in wait hereOne more, four more, fuck it a night capService starts at 5 tomorrow and I’ll be right back
[Hook: Allen Stone]Underneath this fragile frameLives a battle between pride and shameBut I’ve misplaced that sense of prideThis crown of thorns is perched atop my spineBut listen closely as I testifyDependency has been a thief at nightThief at night, thief at night
[Verse 2: Macklemore]I read the Bible but I forgot the versesThe liquor store is open later than the churchesPure by their imperfections, everything is burningTo hell with the confessions, all the Lord Have MercysBlessed in holy water, the sin of Holy FatherHave you ever smelled flesh that sweats out Monarch vodka?11 AM in the morning and you can’t get it off yaCalling to the preacher but it’s like the pastor isn’t talkingUntil the store opens and I can re-up on that doctrineThe people close to me say that I’m in need of a doctorThink that I got a problem but these are not apostlesThis is the drink of the Lord, that’s according to my gospelOpen to interpretation, if you’re judging it I don’t want itI got sins that scald like my throat when I hit the bottleAnd I’m sinking and that’s why I keep on drinkingI need a refill, bar more than once every weekendSweet Jesus, I’m getting amnesiaShaking til I’d get a taste, my faith is having seizuresEvery time I walk away and try to leave itEvery time I walk away and try to leave it
[Bridge: Macklemore]Wouldn’t miss it for the worldBaptized in my vices and the bar is my churchTraded my artist and I pawned off the easelSpend it all searching for God at the Neon Cathedral
[Bridge: Macklemore]Wouldn’t miss it for the worldBaptized in my vices and the bar is my churchTraded my artist and I pawned off the easelSpend it all searching for God, Neon CathedralNeon Cathedral
[Hook]Underneath this fragile frameLives a battle between pride and shameBut I’ve misplaced that sense of prideThis crown of thorns perched atop my spineBut listen closely as I testifyDependency has been a thief at nightThief at night, thief at night
Dependency has been a thief at nightThief at night, thief at nightDependency has been a thief at nightThief at night, thief at night