Surely it's the second coming And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
It's hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Oh oh yeah To be born, oh oh oh yeah Hoping and hoping as if by my weak faith
The spirit of this world would heal and rise
Vast are the shadows that straddle and strafe
And struggle in the darkness troubling my eyes
Shaped like a lion, it has the head of a man
With a gaze as blank and pitiless as the sun
And it's moving its slow
Thighs across the desert sands
Through dark indignant, reeling falcons
Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
It's hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Oh oh yeah
To be born, hey Bethlehem, shape of a lion
Raging and raging, it rises from the deep
Opening its eyes after twenty centuries
Vexed to a nightmare, out of a stony sleep
By a rocking cradle, by the sea of Galilee
Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast It's hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Oh oh yeah
To be born, hey Bethlehem
Shape of a lion, oh oh Just the shape of a lion, oh oh
Hey Bethlehem, shape of a lion
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