Minarets

main lyrics

Santa Maria, choose your children
Santa Maria, virgin child
all our wars over you we are fighting
in our time, faith justifying

Brother caged, Babylon will fall
sister chained and bound, beaten and bleeding
the TV's on, to me this explains it
wearing a tie like Daddy speaks it

Screaming from the minarets

And later on, we'll all be dancing
screaming from the minarets
yes, indeed, and making faces

Rain on the ground in a space, God has grown
alone till a man, looking glass in his hand
he is holding up to you
what you see, what you see, what you see, what you see is human
what you see, what you see, what you see, what you see is human
what you see, what you see, what you see, what you see is human, yeah

Screaming from the minarets

August 7, 2003

The Gorge Amphitheatre
George, WA

alternate lyrics

[5:17]
Rain along
You know that I’m seething
I’m only notions to people how to love
So they’re gonna see world tried right
I conceive in my head
bloodied in open hands
gonna tell her so her eyes open
I believe
Isn’t everything passing over and older
I see raining on and on
behind this scene
and right on the hour
Will you look at me?
While we are away
So high and mighty
Somebody’s growing big big big
Cross the line
And I probably get the notion down
To know God is [going/growing] by
I’m nervous
God is always seeing
Better care of what we [ride?]
I [?pulled your stick??] at the hour is
What is freedom if you know you’re gonna die
Question of the hour is what is freedom when you know that god’s on your side
Question of the hour is what is freedom when you know that god is on your side
I’m not joking what is freedom if you know god is on your side
Question now is what is freedom when you know
God on my side
The question
what is freedom if I got
God on my side
Question freedom
What is freedom
If I got razed way
It’s why we all need our play
Then I’ll go yea yea yea
What else I’ve forsaken yes
What is freedom if I got God
What is in my head
What is freedom if I got god
What is freedom if I may
What is freedom if I got god
What is raining in plain
What is freedom if I got god
What ??????
What is freedom if I got god
Wanna play out yea?
It’s why I’ll go-oh-oh
It’s why I’m naked man
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1991
9.20
10.21
1993
12.2
1997
6.22
2003
8.7