Loving the Alien
Journey Through Holy Lands: Unraveling the Strangest Prayers
Lyrics
Watching them come and go
Observing people entering and leaving.
The templars and the saracens
Reference to historical groups (Templars and Saracens).
They're traveling the holy land
They are journeying through a sacred area.
Opening telegrams
Receiving and reading messages, possibly significant ones.
Torture comes and torture goes
Physical and emotional pain come and go.
Knights who'd give you anything
Generous individuals, possibly knights, willing to give anything.
They bear the cross of coeuf de leon
They carry the cross, a symbol of Coeuf de Leon (Heart of the Lion).
Salvation for the mirror blind
Salvation for those unable to see their own reflection.
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Praying results in sins being connected to the sky.
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
Praying makes lies disappear.
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Prayers conceal a sorrowful reality.
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
People believe in peculiar things and love the unfamiliar.
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Prayers have a profound impact, splitting the sky.
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
Belief in strange things, loving the alien.
You pray til the break of dawn
Continuous prayer until dawn.
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
Believing in unusual things, loving the alien.
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
Conviction that one is embracing the unfamiliar.
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
Believing in peculiar things, loving the alien.
Thinking of a different time
Reflecting on a different era.
Palestine a modern problem
Modern issues in Palestine.
Bounty and your wealth in land
Wealth and rewards tied to land ownership.
Terror in a best laid plan
Terror in a well-planned strategy.
Watching them come and go
Observing the passage of time.
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
Reference to past and future days.
Christians and the unbelievers
Mentions of different religious groups (Christians and unbelievers).
Hanging by the cross and nail
A graphic depiction of suffering, crucifixion, and pain.
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