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Advent (Single Remix)
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In a hard-lit room
Bleached and sterilized
News of suspect cells
Worms through baffled eyes
Oh, won’t you come again, Lord
Under creaking boughs
Down a sodden lane
‘midst the broken black
He recites a name
Oh, won’t you come again, Lord
Darkness calls to dark
Deep embraces deep
Wisdom’s voice stands dumb
Empty places speak low
Oh, won’t you come again, Lord
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Hail to the new King of England
Hail to the new Sovereign of the States
When he comes around
You will know him by his crown
When he leaves you’ve learned that death’s his name
Sometimes he passes silently
Sometimes he snuffs your sense of smell
Sometime he rests,
lays himself across your chest
Till you get to know him well
Kyrie Eleison
Hail to the new Duke of Lombardy
Hail to the new Prince of Peru
His taste is for the lost
For black lives, the shunned, forgot
For the outcast and estranged
Kyrie Eleison
Pray mercy for the refugee
Pray mercy for the old and poor
Pray mercy for all those who mourn or die alone
Pray mercy when he knocks upon on your door
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Rev Simpkins UK
Notorious sinner-songwriter, folk symphonist & Anglican priest.
The Rev’s unique psychedelic gospel and gritty folk owes as
much to the Old Testament, & the dark folk tales & barren landscapes of Essex & Suffolk, as it does to his musical heroes Bert Jansch, Captain Beefheart & the Kinks. He comes from a long line of priests whose fiery performances characterise his own style.
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