"Paint the Town Red" Album Cover
-Lyrics Written by T. Welbeck, Instrumentation Written and Arranged by E. Mooring-
Biblical References: Genesis 6, 7(1-12) Matthew 24(13-42), II Timothy 3:1-7, Hebrews 11:7
Verse 1
Existence as we know it is coming to a halter/In a time so ravenous even the elect could falter/These are the times the prophets spoke of/Stop sleeping it’s time that you woke up/The lake awaits those who have chosen their fate/The blind leading he blind into a pit of snakes/In these last days would you turn away and wait when the Master forgave and He is ready to save/He said it Himself, read all about it/The Lord is coming soon, there’s no one who can doubt it/He’s coming like a thief in the night/While you’ve got your head laid in bed and your covers wrapped tight/Two will be in the field and one will be taken/The thunder will roll the ground will be shaken/The Lord is coming back with not much more waiting/Because in the blinking of an eye, in the shortness of breath, two will be grinding in the mill, and one will be left/Because one turned his back and the other took that step
Hook
But of the day and the hour knoweth no man no/The last days are like unto the days of Noe/But of the day and the hour knoweth no man no/The last days are like unto the days of Noe/But of the day and hour knoweth no man no/The last days are like unto the days of Noe when they were eating and drinking until their clothes were soaked/And giving away in marriage until he got on the boat
Verse 2
And it came unto pass as men grew in number/It was with ease he appeased his sinful hunger/And as all manner of flesh had his way corrupted the Father looked upon it and He became disgusted/So it purposed the Lord to destroy His creation/The wasp to the whale, the crook to the cavemen/But one found grace in this whole situation/God commission Noe, and Noe obeyed Him/He told him to build an ark with these blueprints/300x50x30 cubits/But the people of his day told him he was foolish/The looked on Noe, suggested he was foolhardy/And jested later they’d join his pool-party/They’d rub-a-dub-dub in the back of the tub/And bring the bubble bath as soon as they saw the flood/For they thought not upon it, because it wasn’t pouring yet, they merely found if ironic like Alanis Morrisette/But this was no rain on your wedding day/and no free ride when already late/Because the waves gave way/The waters would not abate, and they became afraid when the drops hit their face
Hook
So we rehashed a tale of boats, goats, lions, and giraffes/To parallel it with the present and show these problems relapsed/For in the days of Noe violence swept the globe/Like unto the present day when that’s all we know/Notice how on the new nothing is breaking and new, unless it involves breaking laws that solve the aggression in you/We chose flair over substance with an air of corruption/The end is imminent, it all; makes so much sense/And as we walk before the Lord the mocks as before/thinking that judgment will no longer come once more/They deplore what we adore/The dismiss what they see/The walk these streets so cold so obviously/Doing the same mundane things without missing a beat/The scoffed Jesus, why would they listen to me/When I just give them His words like they were given to me/Ears were given to hear, eyes were given to see/And looking in the sky looks like rain to me . . .
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