We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

The dim-lit bar across the town hall
is a place where men and women lose their souls,
and to my mind a place to pay a call,
a real palace of philanderers and whores —
and to its brown bar I am chained
with a thirsty soul and conscience stained, oh no.

It was the Reverend Smit who told me all about sin,
the Devil’s Hoof and the brimstone down in hell —
mouth like a claw he tore it from within,
said, “Your soul is safe as long’s your heart’s a cell.”
Well, my heart is locked, my soul is safe,
and I make sure you scum behave, hey-ho.

Your look into my eyes I cannot bear —
you see, with love I’ve been unlucky and undone.
It’s a dirty business, Love, so just beware:
you don’t ever return here once you’ve gone.
Why don't you move along,
why don't you just get out of here...

So many nights I’ve judged the room from here,
picked out those mangy bastards I should show —
I’ve got the Word, and you’ve got ears;
if all else fails there is this blade I hold.
I am the man to purify
the world of crimes and scum and lies, hey-ho.

This misfit came up to me through the din:
I said, “O whoreson, would you deal with me?”
and explained to him the nature of his sins
and I’m proud to say he saw it finally:
blood on his lips, knife in his heart,
he shut his eyes and cried at last, “O Lord!”

I often wonder what a man must be
to take the measure of eternity.
You know I'm righteous, yet I fear:
Some fucking thing is wrapped up tight in here
and I can’t make out its name,
I can’t make out his name, my dear.

credits

from From the Wrong Side of the River, released September 8, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jeremiah Brimstone Band image

Jeremiah Brimstone Band Cape Town, South Africa

contact / help

Contact Jeremiah Brimstone Band

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Jeremiah Brimstone Band, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now