The Mercy Seat

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I began to warm and chill
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To objects and their fields,
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A ragged cup, a twisted mop
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The face of Jesus in my soup
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Those sinister dinner deals
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The meal trolley's wicked wheels
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A hooked bone rising from my food
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All things either good or ungood.

[Chorus]
Am
And the mercy seat is waiting
AmMaj7
And I think my head is burning
Am7
And in a way I'm yearning
       G                           
To be done with all this weighing 
        Gm
of the truth.

An eye for an eye
                   Bb
And a tooth for a tooth
                      Fmaj7
And anyway I told the truth
                       Am
And I'm not afraid to die.

Am / E / Am / E

[Verse 2]
Am
I hear stories from the chamber
AmMaj7
Christ was born into a manger
Am7
And like some ragged stranger
     G                           Gm
He died upon the cross. Might I say,
                           Bb
it seems so fitting in its way
                      Fmaj7
He was a carpenter by trade
                              Am
Or at least that's what I'm told

Am / E / Am / E

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Am                         E
My kill-hand's tatooed E.V.I.L.
Am                      E
across it's brother's fist
Am              E
That filthy five!
Am                             
They did nothing to challenge or 
     E
resist.

Am                              
AmMaj7
In Heaven His throne is made of gold
                                Am7
The ark of his Testament is stowed

A throne from which I'm told
     G
All history does unfold.
Gm
It's made of wood and wire
       Bb
And my body is on fire
Fmaj7                 Am
And God is never far away.

Am                      AmMaj7
Into the mercy seat I climb
                               Am7
My head is shaved, my head is wired

And like a moth that tries
   G
To enter the bright eye
     Gm
I go shuffling out of life
        Bb
Just to hide in death awhile
Fmaj7              Am
And anyway I never lied.

[Chorus]
Am
And the mercy seat is waiting
AmMaj7
And I think my head is burning
Am7
And in a way I'm yearning
      G                            
To be done with all this weighing 
        Gm
of the truth.

An eye for an eye
                  Bb
And a tooth for a tooth
                       Fmaj7
And anyway I told the truth
                       Am
And I'm not afraid to die.

[Verse 3]
Am
And the mercy seat is burning
AmMaj7
And I think my head is glowing
Am7
And in a way I'm hoping
      G                            
To be done with all this twisting 
        Gm
of the truth.

An eye for an eye
                  Bb
And a tooth for a tooth
                        Fmaj7
And anyway there was no proof
                       Am
And I'm not afraid to die.

Am
And the mercy seat is glowing
AmMaj7
And I think my head is smoking
Am7
And in a way I'm hoping
      G                            
To be done with all these looks of 
     Gm
disbelief.

A life for a life
                  Bb
And a truth for a truth
                             Fmaj7
And I've got nothing left to lose
                       Am
And I'm not afraid to die.

Am
And the mercy seat is smoking
AmMaj7
And I think my head is melting
Am7
And in a way that's helping
      G                            
To be done with all this twisting 
       Gm
of the truth

An eye for an eye
                  Bb
And a tooth for a tooth
                      Fmaj7
And anyway I told the truth
                         Am
But I'm afraid I told a lie.